In closing, it would be remiss of me if I didn’t mention that Sir Alister McIintyre, a distinguished 1/2  BIS central bankers' speeches  regional academic, development economist and statesman in his own right, was the first Coordinator of the Regional Programme of Monetary Studies and fate would have it that his son is delivering this distinguished lecture in the 50th year of that ground breaking programme.
It appears the stars are aligned for what is expected to be a stimulating and provocative lecture. Therefore, without further ado, I invite our distinguished speaker Dr. Arnold McIntyre to address you. 2/2  BIS central bankers' speeches