I am grateful to our partners, service providers and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for walking with us on this journey. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the teams at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) who have worked tirelessly over the last few months to make this event a reality.
The monetary policy challenges of emerging economies are clearly quite distinct from those of advanced economics. But we tend to forget this. During the crisis, for example, there was quite a bit of pressure on us to do everything that advanced economy central banks were doing notwithstanding the fact that our situation was different in many respects.