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Welcome, Formal Opening, and Presidential Address
Presentation Title: Job Creation and Life Cycle of Firms
Biography: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt is Director of Research at the World Bank. After joining the Bank in 1989 as a young economist, she has been in different divisions of the Research Group, advising on financial and private sector development issues. She is lead author of World Bank Policy Research Report 2007, Finance for All? Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access. She also created the World Bank’s Global Financial Development Report and directed issues on Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance (2013), and Financial Inclusion (2014). She has authored of over 100 publications. Her research has focused on links between financial development, firm performance, and economic development. Banking crises, financial regulation, access to financial services, including SME finance, are among her areas of research. Prior to joining the Bank, she was an economist at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Asli holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Ohio State University.