Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021 | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Location: HQ1-BL-517 (AV CORE)
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The presentation will assess the extent to which informality in North Africa countries is explained by their level of development, as opposed to policy distortions, and discuss what are the main policy measures needed to reduce “excess informality” in North Africa countries.
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Hippolyte Balima Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF |
Epidemics have a long-term impact on human capital formation, hurting #girlseducation particularly in developing countries. Our presentation discusses how this time around with #COVID19 it can be different with the right policies in place.
This presentation will be based on the IMF forthcoming paper: Epidemics, Gender, and Human Capital, author by Fabrizio, S., Gomes, D., Meyimdjui, C., and Tavares, M.M.
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Carine Meyimdjui Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF |
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Diego Gomes Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF |
Stefania Fabrizio
Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
Marina M. Tavares
Research Department, IMF
How do we measure inequality and income divergences in real time, especially in the face of a rapidly evolving pandemic? A team of IMF economists leveraged big data to build an innovative model that allows seeing where gaps are widening and why, providing a valuable timely tool for policymaking.
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Ting Lan Statistics Department, IMF |
