Virtual

 

Agenda

 

Session 1: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): Implications on Developing Countries

Tomasso Mancini Grifolli – Digital Money, an Overview

Dr. Hassan Mahmud – Central Bank of Nigeria’s Expectations of the Benefits and Challenges of Developing the eNaria

Kwame A. Oppong – eCedi Ghana’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Pilot

Gerardo Zúñiga Villaseñor – Central bank digital currencies in emerging market economies: the case of Mexico

Raymond Estioko – Presentation by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

 

Session 2: The Urgency of Dealing with Inequality

Franziska Lieselotte Ohnsorge – Global Economic Prospects

Halsey Rogers – The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery

Luis Felipe López Calva – Addressing Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean in Uncertain Times

Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez – Wage inequality and income inequality: a gender perspective

Video Recording

 

Session 3: Mobilizing Public Revenues for Inclusive Growth and Development

Ruud de Mooij – Mobilizing Public Revenue for Inclusive Growth and Development

Sol Picciotto – The Global Minimum Tax and Developing Countries

Thomas Lassourd & Viola Tarus- Mobilizing Public Revenues for Inclusive Growth and Development: The Future of Resource Taxation

Video Recording

 

Session 4: Remittances and Migration for Development

Luca Dall’Oglio – IOM Presentation

Dilip Ratha – Remittances during COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond

Dr. Manuel Orozco – Remittances, Migration and Development to Latin America and the Caribbean

Dhammika Nanayakkara – Challenges in Enhancing Labour Migration and Remittances

Video Recording