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Fragility, Conflict, and Macroeconomic Policy in a Shock-Prone World - Session 1: Fragility, Conflict, and Macroeconomic Policy

  • June 6, 2022

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  • 58:57

Fragility and conflict impose heavy human costs, but also create a radically different policy space shaped by the mix of limited public goods, social tensions, political instability, and weak state capacity.

  • Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counselor and Director of Research IMF
  • Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director IMF
  • Raphael Espinoza, Deputy Division Chief IMF and co-editor Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States
  • James Robinson, University Professor and Director of the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts University of Chicago
  • Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum former Minister of Finance Sudan
  • Ralph Chami, Assistant Director IMF and co-editor Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States