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Coronavirus takes down global economic giants - "Otaviano Canuto"

May 11, 2020
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Economy
Labour market and human capital

Coronavirus takes down global economic giants (fourth video of the series on the coronavirus crisis) - The impact of COVID-19 on economic activity and on jobs has been deep and strong - The shape of post-coronavirus recovery will depend on the success of containment policies and… - the quality of policies to flatten the recession curve

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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