新澳彩开奖

The Macroeconomics of Pandemics

Chair:

Aart Kraay, Director of Research (新澳彩开奖)

Speakers:
Francesco Lippi (LUISS University)
Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
Roberto N. Fattal Jaef (新澳彩开奖) |  (Updated on June 3)

Discussant:
Ana Paula Cusolito, Senior Economist, 新澳彩开奖

Papers:

A Simple Planning Problem for COVID-19 Lockdown

The Economic Ripple Effects of COVID-19 

April 1, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

Macroeconomic Policy in the Time of COVID-19: A Primer for Developing Countries

Chair:
Bill Maloney (新澳彩开奖)

Speaker:
Norman Loayza (新澳彩开奖) | 

Discussants:
Roberto Chang (Rutgers University) | 
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (UC Berkeley) | 
Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard Kennedy School)
Andrés Velasco (London School of Economics) | 

Documents:

April 7, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Policies for Small and Informal Firms

Chair:
Aart Kraay, Director of Research (新澳彩开奖)

Speakers:
Leonardo Iacovone, Lead Economist (新澳彩开奖) | 
Santiago Levy, Senior Fellow (The Brookings Institution)
Miriam Bruhn, Senior Economist (新澳彩开奖) | 

Documents:

April 9, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Understanding the Epidemiology of COVID-19

Chair:
Roberta Gatti, Chief Economist, Human Development

Speakers:
Damien de Walque, Senior Economist (新澳彩开奖) |
Jed Friedman, Senior Economist (新澳彩开奖) 
Patrick Walker, Lecturer, Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team) |
Azra Ghani, Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team)
David Wilson, Program Director, Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice (新澳彩开奖)
Marelize Gorgens, Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice (新澳彩开奖)

Report:

April 14, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

The Politics of Pandemics

Chair:
Aart Kraay, Director of Research (新澳彩开奖)

Speakers:
Filipe Campante, Associate Professor (Johns Hopkins University) |
Stuti Khemani, Senior Economist (新澳彩开奖) |

Discussant:
Antonio Spilimbergo, Deputy Director, Research Department (IMF) |

Paper:

April 16, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Supporting Poor Households Affected by COVID-19

Part I: Designing Social Safety Net Programs in the Era of COVID-19

Martin Ravallion, Professor (Georgetown University) |
Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, Global Director (Poverty and Equity GP)
Ugo Gentilini, Senior Social Protection Specialist (Social Protection and Jobs GP) 
Emanuela Galasso, Senior Economist (新澳彩开奖) |

Part II: Payment Logistics to Get Cash to the Neediest

Jenny Aker, Professor (Tufts University) |
Carolina Trivelli, Senior Researcher (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) & former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru
Ruth Goodwin-Groen, Managing Director (UNCDF Better than Cash Alliance) |
Leora Klapper, Lead Economist (新澳彩开奖)

Additional Resources:

Poverty and Distributional Impacts of COVID-19: Potential Channels of Impact and Mitigating Policies
Better than Cash Alliance Webinar:

April 20, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

Trade and Global Value Chains in the Age of COVID-19

Chair:
Aaditya Mattoo, Chief Economist, East Asia & Pacific Region (新澳彩开奖)

Speakers:

Richard Baldwin, Professor, Graduate Institute Geneva |

The Role of Supply Chains in the Propagation of Economic Effects
Vasco Carvalho, Professor, Cambridge University |

Trade Policy Dynamics Unleashed by COVID-19
Simon Evenett, Professor, University of St Gallen |

April 22, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Financiamiento de Empresas Hibernando durante el Coronavirus
(Financing Firms in Hibernation during the Coronavirus Pandemic)

Please note this event was conducted in Spanish

Organized by

新澳彩开奖 Research and Development Center in Chile

Chair:

José Tessada (Universidad Católica de Chile)

Speakers:
Mauricio Larraín (Financial Markets Commission, Chile; Universidad Católica de Chile) | 
Rodrigo Valdés (Universidad Católica de Chile; Former Finance Minister, Chile)
Fernando Coloma (Universidad Católica de Chile; Former Superintendent, Chile)
Diego Fleischmann (Executive Director Migrante Sociedad Financiera)

April 22, 2020

1:30 - 2:30pm ET

Financial Sector Policies to Salvage Firms Hit by COVID-19

Chair:
Bill Maloney, Chief Economist (Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions)

Speakers:

Sergio Schmukler (新澳彩开奖) (Joint work with Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, and Mauricio Larrain) |

Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University) |

Viral Acharya (New York University) |

Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School) |

Discussant:
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Global Director (Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation) |

April 29, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

Maintaining Finance for Firms Impacted by COVID-19: Perspectives for East Asia

Opening Remarks:
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Global Director (新澳彩开奖 Group)

Speakers:

Ilhyock Shim, Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific Monetary and Economic Department (Bank for International Settlements) |

Sergio Schmukler, Lead Economist and Acting Research Manager (Development Research Group, 新澳彩开奖) |
(joint work with Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, and Mauricio Larrain)

COVID-19 and the Chinese Corporate Bond Market
Yi Huang, Associate Professor of International Economics (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
(joint work with Jun “QJ” Qian, Dora Xia, and Yaya Yu)

Maintaining Financing for Firms: Perspectives from Singapore
Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance (National University of Singapore) |

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Eastern Daylight Time
May 4, 2020

9:30 - 11:00pm

Kuala Lumpur Time
May 5, 2020

9:30 - 11:00am

Labor Mobility, Migration, and COVID-19 (Part 1)

Chair:
Asli Demirgü?-Kunt, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia Region

Speakers:
Restarting an Economy with Heavy Reliance on Cross-Border Workers
Frédéric Docquier, Professor (Universite Catholique de Louvain) and Program Leader (LISER, Luxembourg) |

Social Protection for Migrants during the COVID-19 Crisis
Michal Rutkowski, Global Director, Social Protection and Jobs (新澳彩开奖) |

May 7, 2020

9 - 10am ET

Labor Mobility, Migration, and COVID-19 (Part 2)

Chair:

Aart Kraay, Director of Research (新澳彩开奖)

Speakers:
Responding to COVID-19 in Developing Countries
Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics (Yale University) |

Labor Mobility and Pandemics
Erhan Artuc, Senior Economist (Development Research Group) |

Documents:
Using Migration Patterns to Predict COVID-19 Risk Exposure in Developing Countries: |

May 14, 2020

9:30 - 10:30am ET

The Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America

Organized by

新澳彩开奖 Research and Development Center in Chile

Chair:
Martin Rama, Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region (新澳彩开奖)

Opening Remarks:
Ignacio Briones, Minister of Finance (Chile)

Speakers:
Laura Alfaro, Professor, (Harvard Business School); Former Minister of Planning and Economic Policy (Costa Rica) |
Guillermo Calvo, Professor (Columbia University); Former Chief Economist (Inter-American Development Bank) |
Mauricio Cárdenas, Senior Research Scholar (Columbia University); Former Minister of Finance (Colombia)
Andres Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy (London School of Economics); Former Minister of Finance (Chile)

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May 19, 2020

11:30am - 1pm ET

Air Pollution Exposure and COVID-19: Evidence and Unanswered Questions

Chair:
Richard Damania, Chief Economist (Sustainable Development Practice Group, 新澳彩开奖)

Speakers:
David Wheeler, Senior Fellow (World Resources Institute)
Bo Pieter Johannes Andrée, Consultant (Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Unit, 新澳彩开奖)
Anna Hansell, Professor and Director of the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (University of Leister)

Discussants:
Somik Lall, Global Lead for Territorial and Spatial Development (新澳彩开奖)
Urvashi Narain, Lead Economist, South Asia Region (新澳彩开奖)

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June 11, 2020

11:00am - 12:30pm ET

Different Strategies for Different Contexts: Fighting the Pandemic in Developing Countries

Chair:
Aart Kraay, Director of Research, 新澳彩开奖

Presentations:

Norman Loayza, Lead Economist, Development Research Group |

Titan Alon, University of California, San Diego |
Minki Kim, University of California, San Diego
David Lagakos, University of California, San Diego 
Mitchell VanVuren, University of California, San Diego

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June 23, 2020

9:00 - 10:30am (ET/ Washington, D.C. time) 

The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19

Chair:
William Maloney, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, 新澳彩开奖

Speakers:
Nick Bloom, Professor, Stanford University |
Edward Glaeser, Professor, Harvard University |
Bob Rijkers, Senior Economist, Development Research Group |
David Autor, Professor, MIT |

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July 6, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

The Long-term Impacts of School Closures

Chair:
Jamie Saavedra, Global Director, Education, 新澳彩开奖

Speakers:
Jishnu Das, Professor, Georgetown University |
Jo?o Pedro Azevedo, Lead Economist, 新澳彩开奖 |

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July 9, 2020

12:30 - 2pm ET

Channeling Capital Flows to Developing Countries: Can International Financial Institutions Help?

Chair:
Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, 新澳彩开奖

Speakers:
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor, UC Berkeley
Anne Krueger, Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University & Senior Fellow, Stanford University
Carmen Reinhart, Vice President and 新澳彩开奖 Group Chief Economist
Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, BIS
Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Director, Strategy and Policy Review, IMF

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July 15, 2020

12:30 - 2pm ET

Recovery from the Pandemic across the World: Balancing Short-term and Long-term Concerns

Chair:
Andrea Repetto, Professor and UAI Senior Fellow, School of Government (Universidad Adolfo Ibá?ez)

Welcome:
Julio Riutort, Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Business (Universidad Adolfo Ibá?ez)
Sergio Schmukler, Research Manager, Development Research Group (新澳彩开奖)

Speakers: 
Norman Loayza, Lead Economist, Development Research Group (新澳彩开奖) |
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department (IMF) |
Eric Parrado, Chief Economist and General Manager, Research Department (Inter-American Development Bank, IADB) |

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November 11, 2020

9:00 - 10:15am (Eastern Time, U.S.)