IPD AI Insights

2022 IMF/WB Annual Meetings – Side Event “Avoiding Austerity in a Time of Compounding Crises”

Governments are facing a disrupted recovery due to the spread of new Omicron variants, the impacts of the Ukraine war, surging inflation and interest rates and increased risk of debt distress.
Avoiding Austerity Photo Image

Expansionary recovery fiscal policies are turning into fiscal consolidation in most countries and spending in essential public services is threatened. The session presented new 2022 reports by IPD, Financial Transparency Coalition, OXFAM and Eurodad, showing fiscal consolidation trends and inequalities in recovery policies that are harming public services, people and the planet. It will discuss the role of IFIs in helping countries prevent austerity and enable an equitable people’s recovery.

Co-sponsors: IPD, Financial Transparency Coalition, OXFAM, ActionAid, Arab Watch Coalition, Bretton Woods Project, Eurodad, Latindadd, Third World Network, Wemos, Centre for Budget And Governance Accountability (CBGA India), Instituto de Estudos Socioeconômico (INESC Brazil) and the Global Alliance For Tax Justice.

Isabel Ortiz

Panelist:

Director Global Social Justice Program, Initiative for Policy Dialogue

Matti Kohonen

Panelist:

Executive Director, Financial Transparency Coalition

Susana Ruiz

Panelist:

Tax Policy Lead, OXFAM

Chiara Mariotti

Panelist:

Senior Policy Advocacy Officer, Eurodad

Rodrigo Cerda

Panelist:

Chief Expenditure Policy, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Klelia Guerrero García

Moderator:

Tax justice specialist, Latindadd

Related Events
El Premio Nobel de Economía 2001, Joseph Stiglitz, dijo este martes a EFE que las
Translate Website »