Opening remarks by Mr Juyeol Lee, Governor of the Bank of Korea, at the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) - Bank of Korea Special Conference, Seoul, 26 April 2017.
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen!
I am very delighted to welcome you all today to this conference, jointly hosted by the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) and the Bank of Korea. Let me begin by expressing my special thanks to our conference co-host, IARIW President Albert Braakmann; and to our two keynote speakers, François Bourguignon, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, and Martine Durand, Director of the OECD Statistics Directorate. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to all of the panelists, session speakers, chairs, and discussants for their contributions to this conference.