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There Are No Shortcuts to Economic Development

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April 2022
Mahmoud Arbouch & Otaviano Canuto

The Covid-19 crisis has led to major disruptions in Global Value Chains. In this episode, Otaviano Canuto answers to questions about the impact on the design of post-covid industrial policies, and underlines the components that should be considered by policymakers to ensure a quick and sound economic recovery along with a regional integration which plays a role in this new industrial organization scheme.

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