Acknowledgements This volume of studies has benefitted from the thoughts and efforts of many experts both at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), the central bank of Hungary, and its partner institutions throughout Europe and Asia. First and foremost, the editors would like to thank all of the authors for their valuable contributions, as well as their teams and organizations for the cooperation throughout the editing process. Among them, special thanks go to the Bank of Korea (BOK), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Fudan University, the Development Research Center of the State Council of China, the Boao Forum for Asia, National University of Singapore, Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Hungary for their excellent support. Special thanks also go to Governor György Matolcsy and Deputy Governors Mihály Patai, Barnabás Virág and Csaba Kandrács for their encouraging support and professional comments on the volume. The book has also capitalized on the insightful remarks and editorial work of the experts at the MNB’s International Relations Directorate, namely Marcell Horváth, Executive Director, as well as Eszter Boros, Veronika Mikes, Györgyi Puhl, Nóra Anna Sándor, István Péter Szabó and Dávid Szabó. Dániel Károly Szakács also provided valuable assistance. The editors would also like to express their gratitude for the contribution of Norbert Csizmadia, Head of the Board of Trustees of PADME, Kristóf Lehmann, Director for International Monetary Policy Analysis and Training of Economic Sciences at the MNB, and Levente Horváth, Director of the Eurasia Centre at John von Neumann University, as well as his colleagues. Furthermore, thanks go to the experts of the MNB, namely Judit Baranyai Csutiné, Kálmán Árpád Marincsák, Delal Sadik, Balázs Lóránt, Márton Varga, Balázs Sárvári and Renátó Ritter.
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