Online
Oct 05, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (GMT-5)
Host:
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), the Bretton Woods Project, Eurodad, Erlassjahr.de, and Boston University's Global Development Poverty Center
Surcharges have become the IMF's largest source of revenue and have added billions to the debt of states struggling to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. This session explored whether they are necessary or, as some states claim, discriminatory and at odds with the IMF's stated objective of assisting member countries to protect the most vulnerable and pursue an inclusive and sustainable recovery.
This event wass sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), the Bretton Woods Project, Eurodad, Erlassjahr.de, and Boston University's Global Development Poverty Center.
In English (transcript)
En español
Moderator:
- Marilou Uy, Director of the G24
Panelists:
- Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Mark Weisbrot, co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Martín Abeles, Director of ECLAC/CEPAL Buenos Aires Office
- Joseph Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia University
