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Kevin P. Gallagher, Haihong Gao, Edwin Truman, and others: Building Back a Better Financial Safety Net The year 2021 is year two into the most important decade of the century where drastic reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and inequalities in a manner that raises standards of living is paramount to the survival of the world’s people and planet earth itself.	Mon, Apr 5, 2021	BU Global Development Policy Center
William R. Rhodes: The Role of the IDB in the Time of COVID The IDB is the leading source of development financing in the region. Since September 2020, it is under new leadership, which has numerous challenges on its agenda, some of them associated with the pandemic that are without precedent.	Tue, Apr 27, 2021	Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland
William C. Dudley: The Days of Low Treasury Yields Are Numbered The 10-year U.S. Treasury note is part of the foundation of global finance. Its yield helps determine the cost of mortgages, the value of U.S. stocks and how much the U.S. government must pay to service its growing debt.	Wed, May 12, 2021	Bloomberg Opinion
Masood Ahmed: Low-Income Countries Need a Boost for the Recovery. Here's How the IMF Can Step Up Most observers gave the IMF high marks for its initial response to the COVID-19 crisis. It responded quickly with emergency financing to 86 countries, including a fivefold increase in its concessional lending to low-income countries (LICs).	Mon, May 3, 2021	Center for Global Development
Jason Furman, Jacob J. Lew, Maria Demertzis, Marcel Fratzscher, Rana Foroohar: Comparing the US and EU Response to the COVID-19 Economic Crisis On April 12, BWC member Jason Furman, Jacob J. Lew, Maria Demertzis, and Marcel Fratzscher joined Rana Foroohar to discuss the US-EU fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.	Mon, Apr 12, 2021	Atlantic Council
Catherine L. Mann, Jonathan Goldberg, Inosi Nyatta and Edward Morse: The State of Energy Finance On April 21, BWC member Catherine L. Mann (Citigroup) joined Jonathan Goldberg (Carbon Direct), Inosi Nyatta (Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP), and Edward Morse (Citigroup, moderator) to explore various issues within the world of energy finance, including how the market is evolving, how to define "green finance", and additional relevant policy issues.	Wed, Apr 21, 2021	Our Energy Policy
Lyric Hughes Hale and Paul Sheard: Hale Report Podcast with Paul Sheard Our guest is the eminent economist Paul Sheard, Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center, an expert in both monetary policy and the Japanese economy.	Fri, Apr 16, 2021	Econvue
Nathan Sheets: How Long Will the Great Reflation Trade Last? Analysts expect the global economy to expand by 6% or more this year, the fastest pace in decades. The US will lead the way, but growth in Europe should also bounce back as the year progresses. And, of course, the Chinese economy will record another solid performance.	Mon, Apr 12, 2021	OMFIF
William R. Rhodes and Stuart Mackintosh: Europe's Halfway Banking Reforms Have Run Out of Time Europe’s banking sector continues to be shaken by scandals and failures.	Tue, Apr 6, 2021	Bloomberg Opinion - Quint
Mark Sobel and David Dollar: America Needs a Positive IMF Agenda How will a new allocation of special drawing rights affect the global economy?	Mon, Mar 29, 2021	The Brookings Institution