(Feb News) Tuesday, April 30, 2024, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga (FEB Unair) in collaboration with World Bank, held the Outreach Event of the Indonesian Economic Prospect, December 2023 Edition - Climate Action for Development, applies to the public of the Fadjar Notonagoro Hall,
This event is a Dissemination Event of the Indonesia Economic Prospect (IEP). Opening Remarks was delivered by Habib Rab, Lead Economist at World Bank Indonesia and Timor Leste and Dean of FEB UNAIR - Prof. Dr. Dian Agustia, SE., MSi., Ak., CMA., Ca.

Habib Rab, said that the world bank share the finding of Indonesia economic prospect which is analyzing development in economics and how to engage economic policy issues and what the implications for economic policy.
Prof. Dian expressed his hope that, "I hope that all of us will have additional insights from the world bank, government and business person about climate action and economic development in Indonesia, emphasizing the country's progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increased renewable energy."
Present as presenters at the event: 1. Anthony Obeysekere - Economist at World Bank, 2. David J. Kaczan - Senior Economist at World Bank, and 3. Maulyati Nuraini Slamet - World Bank External Affairs Officer. While as Discussants: 1. Wael Mansour - Senior Economist at the World Bank; Ichsan Maulana - Chairman of the Indonesian Biomass Energy Cooperative (Nit); and Nurareni Widiastuti, from the East Java Province Regional Development Planning Agency
further in this dissemination, discussed about:
1. Future economic prospects 2024, delivered by Anthony Obeysekere - Economist at World Bank. Economy in 2024 is motivated by several risks of global economy including: conflict and geopolitical pressure, inflation shocks, trade fragmentation, food and energy market disruption, financial pressure, disasters caused by climate change.
2. Further about climate change, David J. Kaczan - Senior Economist at World Bank explains the action of climate change as a development catalyst. The direction of climate transition in Indonesia shows that emissions have increased along with economic growth, in line with the stages of Indonesia's development. There are signs of "relative decoupling" along with slowing emission growth.
3. Hopefully the collaboration between FEB Airlangga University and World Bank will be sustainable in the future, for the future of Indonesia and a better world.