South-South Economic Integration for Sustainable Recovery
The objective of the Thematic Solution Forum is to provide an opportunity to governments, international organizations, and academia to reflect and debate on the role of South-South economic integration in the post-Covid recovery of developing countries.
Issues to be addressed:
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Boosting sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 shock.
Covid-19 pandemic has hit the world economy heavily and the developing countries has been affected disproportionately given their vulnerabilities and limited fiscal space to deploy stimulus packages. Despite some positive recovery signs from last year, the inflationary pressures may cause the rise of interest rates in advanced economies which could further result in global liquidity constraints particularly for developing countries. Meanwhile, other structural issues such as unequal access to the vaccines, narrow…
