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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:The world economic situation after the Covid-19 shock and policy ch
 allenges ahead
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 shock has triggered a global macroeconomic crisis 
 of unprecedented scale. The policy responses and the outcomes that followe
 d varied widely\, with the greatest divide being marked between economies 
 with and without much access to financial resources\, infrastructure and r
 obust health systems.\n\nThis webinar is undertaken as part of the Respon
 se and Recovery: Mobilising Financial Resources for development in the tim
 e of COVID-19  in cooperation with ECA\, ECLAC and ESCAP\, aims to streng
 then macroeconomic diagnostic and policy design capacity in low-income and
  middle-income developing countries (LICs and MICs) to respond appropriate
 ly and innovatively to the COVID-19 pandemic and to contribute to a recove
 ry that enables the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs
 ).\n\nOne track of the project includes an assessment of the macro-financi
 al conditions of the world economy after the Covid-19 shock\, stressing th
 at\, beyond the short-term economic effects of the pandemic the yet unreso
 lved structural conditions that most developing economies faced have worse
 ned. With the help of scholars in various universities\, we have undertake
 n research based on country-specific analyses and the UN Global Policy Mod
 el\, that quantifies the combined effects of the pandemic and the pre-exis
 ting constraints\, thus offering a comprehensive layout of the policy chal
 lenges that lie ahead.\n\nIn this webinar\, three main issues are discusse
 d: (i) the macroeconomic prospects for growth recovery and economic develo
 pment in countries of the Global South\, given that their space for policy
  action has been dramatically reduced\; (ii) the challenges to climate cha
 nge adaptation when strategies for structural transformation have faded aw
 ay\; and (iii) the near-unsurmountable constraints of commodity-dependent 
 economies of the Global South.\n\nThe debate will be tailored to shed ligh
 t on plausible policy responses.\n \n\nPurpose and objectives of the webi
 nar\n\nThe webinar forms part of the activities of the Response and Recove
 ry: Mobilising Financial Resources for development in the time of COVID-19
  project. While non-technical in character\, the discussion at the webinar
  and the materials made available online offer rigorous\, state-of-the-art
  insights about the macro-financial limits to growth and development.\n\nW
 hat is expected from this webinar is\, in succinct terms:\n\n\nAn open and
  realistic discussion among policy-makers and scholars about economic poli
 cy alternatives ahead\;\nAn exploration of the possibilities to strengthen
  mechanisms for global and regional coordination\, and especially South-So
 uth cooperation\, which could serve as the basis for policy action by deve
 loping countries operating in an uneven world economy.\n \n\n\nProgramme 
 \n\nModerator and opening by: Mr. Alex Izurieta\, Senior Economist UNCTAD\
 n\n14:05–14:50 Panel discussion\n\n\n\nProf. Terry McKinley\, School of 
 Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\, University of London (England)\n\n\n
 Prof. Pranab Mukhopadhyay\, Goa Business School\, University of Goa (India
 )\n\n\nProf. Alemayehu Geda\, University of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)\n\n\n\n
 14:50–15:20 Open discussion (30 mins)\n\n15:20–15:25 Concluding remark
 s\, Mr. Jo Michell\, Associate Professor of Economics at UWE Bristol\, Eng
 land (5 mins)\nhttps://mobilizingdevfinance.org/\n\nView meeting on unctad
 .org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/world-economic-situation-after-covid-19-s
 hock-and-policy-challenges-ahead
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