Global Economy and Development
2021
Jun
14
Past Event
Bolstering Africa’s green transitions: The role of an African-European partnership
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Online only
The IMF and the World Bank early on understood that the crisis and the economic recession … would be very broad and very deep . . . [Their push on the G20 to suspend debt payments for dozens of low-income countries] was the first major step in ensuring that the pandemic didn’t trigger a debt crisis that could have longer term consequences.