SDRs

Special Drawing Rights: Saving the Global Economy and Bolstering Recovery in Pandemic Times

Special Drawing Rights: Saving the Global Economy and Bolstering Recovery in Pandemic Times
May 21, 2021
9:00 am EDT – 15:00 CET
Speakers:
– Opening remarks by H.Em. Cardinal K.A. Peter Turkson, Prefect, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development- Ambassador Munir Akram, President, UN Economic and Social Council

– Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa

– Jose Antonio Ocampo, Former Finance Minister and Central Bank Board Member of Colombia

– Daouda Sembene, Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development, and Former IMF Executive Director for African Countries

– Ana Corbacho, Assistant Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF

– Esteban Perez Caldentey, Chief, Financing for Development Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

– Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

– Moderator: Eric LeCompte, Executive Director, Jubilee USA

May 21, 2021 09:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)