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Otaviano Canuto's Infoparlament Keynote Speech on the Pandemic, Digital Transformation, Finance...

June 14, 2021
Related topics: 
Economy
Sectorial policies and structural transformation

Our Senior Fellow and former World Bank Vice-President, Otaviano Canuto, gave the Keynote Speech at Infoparlament online. Check out his though on the pandemic, digital transformation, finance, taxing tech and more in the video. For more related content, get to know our fellow & browse through his publications, videos & more here: https://bit.ly/3glwiny

Speakers
Otaviano Canuto
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Non-Resident Senior 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. ...

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