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Coronavirus brought a perfect storm to developing countries - Otaviano Canuto

April 13, 2020
Related topics: 
Economy

- Flattening coronavirus curves of infection and recession will be harder in developing countries - Developing countries have faced foreign capital outflows - A boosted IMF may provide liquidity buffers for developing countries, but debt relief will be necessary to help vulnerable countries manage the coronavirus crisis

Speakers
Otaviano Canuto
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, principal at Center for Macroeconomics and Development and non-resident fellow at Brookings Institute. Former Vice President and Executive Director at the World Bank, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Vice President at the Inter-American Development Bank. He was also Deputy Minister for international affairs at Brazil’s Ministry of Finance, as well as professor of economics at University of São Paulo (USP) and University of Campinas (UNICAMP). ...

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