Thursday 1:00-2:00pm New York (UTC−4) ; 19:00-20:00 Brussels (UTC+2)

This will be a special session organised in partnership with the OECD Development Centre.

We will discuss two policy papers, Public debt and COVID-19. Paying for the crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean, and How to treat Africa’s Covid-contaminated debt ?

Introductory remarks:

• Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre 

Panel Discussion: 

• Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the UN Committee for Development Policies,
• Carlos Lopes, Professor, University of Cape Town and former Executive Director of the United National for Training and Research,
• Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Director ONE France and former French Minister of National Education,
• Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, IMF.

This weekly seminar is organized in partnership with the College of Europe and the European Institute (Columbia University).

If you want to take part in this debate, please do write us at [email protected].