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We need a Covid-19 debt standstill
Season 3
Episode 19
Published 5 years, 11 months ago
Description
In a new paper called Born out of necessity, a group of economists and lawyers propose a way for developing and emerging countries to temporarily redirect debt repayments to fund Covid-19 relief. Ugo Panizza and Mitu Gulati tell Tim Phillips how it would work.
Read about this controversial idea at VoxEU.
Read about this controversial idea at VoxEU.