Spring Meetings

Climate Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Presenters: Anna Belianska (MCM) / Giovanni Melina (AFR)

Time: 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM

Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

A Low-Carbon Future for the Middle East and Central Asia: What are the Options?

Presenters: Gareth Anderson (MCD) / Jiayi Ma (MCD)
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

Tackling the Digital Divide

Presenters: Mariano Moszoro (FAD)

Time: 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

The Impact of the IMF’s COVID-19 Support to Developing and Emerging Economies

Presenters: Karmen Naidoo (MCD)

Time: 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

Tackling Legal Impediments to Women’s Economic Empowerment

Presenters: Audrey Yiadom (LEG) / Francisca Fernando (LEG)
Time: 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

Public Perceptions of Climate Mitigation Policies: Evidence from Cross-Country Surveys

Presenters: Giacomo Magistretti (APD) / Salma Khalid (FAD)
Time: 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

Big Data Meets Whale Conservation: A Nature-based Solution for Climate Change

Drivers of Capital Flows to Emerging Markets

Fragmentation in Global Trade: Costs to the Global Economy

U.S. Monetary Policy Spillovers to Middle East and Central Asia: Both Shocks and Fundamentals Matter

The Tightening of Financial Conditions in Europe: Drivers, Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Implications

Presenters: Vina Nguyen (EUR)

Time: 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

Central Bank Independence and Inflation in Latin America—Through the Lens of History

Presenters: Samuel Pienknagura (RES, formerly WHD) 
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B

War, Weather, and Fertilizer: the Drivers of Global Food Prices and Their Passthrough to Consumer Food Inflation

Presenters: Christian Bogmans ( RES) / Ervin Prifti (RES)  
Time: 12:30 PM - 12:55 PM
Location: Meeting Halls A&B,HQ1-3-430A&B