ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

The Macroeconomics of Pandemics

Chair:

Aart Kraay, Director of Research (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers:
Francesco Lippi (LUISS University)
Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
Roberto N. Fattal Jaef (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |  (Updated on June 3)

Discussant:
Ana Paula Cusolito, Senior Economist, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Papers:

A Simple Planning Problem for COVID-19 Lockdown

The Economic Ripple Effects of COVID-19 

April 1, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

Macroeconomic Policy in the Time of COVID-19: A Primer for Developing Countries

Chair:
Bill Maloney (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speaker:
Norman Loayza (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) | 

Discussants:
Roberto Chang (Rutgers University) | 
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (UC Berkeley) | 
Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard Kennedy School)
Andr¨¦s Velasco (London School of Economics) | 

Documents:

April 7, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Policies for Small and Informal Firms

Chair:
Aart Kraay, Director of Research (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers:
Leonardo Iacovone, Lead Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) | 
Santiago Levy, Senior Fellow (The Brookings Institution)
Miriam Bruhn, Senior Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) | 

Documents:

April 9, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Understanding the Epidemiology of COVID-19

Chair:
Roberta Gatti, Chief Economist, Human Development

Speakers:
Damien de Walque, Senior Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |
Jed Friedman, Senior Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) 
Patrick Walker, Lecturer, Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team) |
Azra Ghani, Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team)
David Wilson, Program Director, Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)
Marelize Gorgens, Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Report:

April 14, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

The Politics of Pandemics

Chair:
Aart Kraay, Director of Research (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers:
Filipe Campante, Associate Professor (Johns Hopkins University) |
Stuti Khemani, Senior Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |

Discussant:
Antonio Spilimbergo, Deputy Director, Research Department (IMF) |

Paper:

April 16, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Supporting Poor Households Affected by COVID-19

Part I: Designing Social Safety Net Programs in the Era of COVID-19

Martin Ravallion, Professor (Georgetown University) |
Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, Global Director (Poverty and Equity GP)
Ugo Gentilini, Senior Social Protection Specialist (Social Protection and Jobs GP) 
Emanuela Galasso, Senior Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |

Part II: Payment Logistics to Get Cash to the Neediest

Jenny Aker, Professor (Tufts University) |
Carolina Trivelli, Senior Researcher (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) & former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru
Ruth Goodwin-Groen, Managing Director (UNCDF Better than Cash Alliance) |
Leora Klapper, Lead Economist (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Additional Resources:

Poverty and Distributional Impacts of COVID-19: Potential Channels of Impact and Mitigating Policies
Better than Cash Alliance Webinar:

April 20, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

Trade and Global Value Chains in the Age of COVID-19

Chair:
Aaditya Mattoo, Chief Economist, East Asia & Pacific Region (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers:

Richard Baldwin, Professor, Graduate Institute Geneva |

The Role of Supply Chains in the Propagation of Economic Effects
Vasco Carvalho, Professor, Cambridge University |

Trade Policy Dynamics Unleashed by COVID-19
Simon Evenett, Professor, University of St Gallen |

April 22, 2020

9 - 10:30am ET

Financiamiento de Empresas Hibernando durante el Coronavirus
(Financing Firms in Hibernation during the Coronavirus Pandemic)

Please note this event was conducted in Spanish

Organized by

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research and Development Center in Chile

Chair:

Jos¨¦ Tessada (Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile)

Speakers:
Mauricio Larra¨ªn (Financial Markets Commission, Chile; Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile) | 
Rodrigo Vald¨¦s (Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile; Former Finance Minister, Chile)
Fernando Coloma (Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile; Former Superintendent, Chile)
Diego Fleischmann (Executive Director Migrante Sociedad Financiera)

April 22, 2020

1:30 - 2:30pm ET

Financial Sector Policies to Salvage Firms Hit by COVID-19

Chair:
Bill Maloney, Chief Economist (Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions)

Speakers:

Sergio Schmukler (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) (Joint work with Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, and Mauricio Larrain) |

Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University) |

Viral Acharya (New York University) |

Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School) |

Discussant:
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Global Director (Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation) |

April 29, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

Maintaining Finance for Firms Impacted by COVID-19: Perspectives for East Asia

Opening Remarks:
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Global Director (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group)

Speakers:

Ilhyock Shim, Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific Monetary and Economic Department (Bank for International Settlements) |

Sergio Schmukler, Lead Economist and Acting Research Manager (Development Research Group, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |
(joint work with Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, and Mauricio Larrain)

COVID-19 and the Chinese Corporate Bond Market
Yi Huang, Associate Professor of International Economics (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)
(joint work with Jun ¡°QJ¡± Qian, Dora Xia, and Yaya Yu)

Maintaining Financing for Firms: Perspectives from Singapore
Joseph Cherian, Practice Professor of Finance (National University of Singapore) |

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Eastern Daylight Time
May 4, 2020

9:30 - 11:00pm

Kuala Lumpur Time
May 5, 2020

9:30 - 11:00am

Labor Mobility, Migration, and COVID-19 (Part 1)

Chair:
Asli Demirg¨¹?-Kunt, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia Region

Speakers:
Restarting an Economy with Heavy Reliance on Cross-Border Workers
Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Docquier, Professor (Universite Catholique de Louvain) and Program Leader (LISER, Luxembourg) |

Social Protection for Migrants during the COVID-19 Crisis
Michal Rutkowski, Global Director, Social Protection and Jobs (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |

May 7, 2020

9 - 10am ET

Labor Mobility, Migration, and COVID-19 (Part 2)

Chair:

Aart Kraay, Director of Research (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers:
Responding to COVID-19 in Developing Countries
Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics (Yale University) |

Labor Mobility and Pandemics
Erhan Artuc, Senior Economist (Development Research Group) |

Documents:
Using Migration Patterns to Predict COVID-19 Risk Exposure in Developing Countries: |

May 14, 2020

9:30 - 10:30am ET

The Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America

Organized by

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research and Development Center in Chile

Chair:
Martin Rama, Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Opening Remarks:
Ignacio Briones, Minister of Finance (Chile)

Speakers:
Laura Alfaro, Professor, (Harvard Business School); Former Minister of Planning and Economic Policy (Costa Rica) |
Guillermo Calvo, Professor (Columbia University); Former Chief Economist (Inter-American Development Bank) |
Mauricio C¨¢rdenas, Senior Research Scholar (Columbia University); Former Minister of Finance (Colombia)
Andres Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy (London School of Economics); Former Minister of Finance (Chile)

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May 19, 2020

11:30am - 1pm ET

Air Pollution Exposure and COVID-19: Evidence and Unanswered Questions

Chair:
Richard Damania, Chief Economist (Sustainable Development Practice Group, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers:
David Wheeler, Senior Fellow (World Resources Institute)
Bo Pieter Johannes Andr¨¦e, Consultant (Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Unit, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)
Anna Hansell, Professor and Director of the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (University of Leister)

Discussants:
Somik Lall, Global Lead for Territorial and Spatial Development (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)
Urvashi Narain, Lead Economist, South Asia Region (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

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June 11, 2020

11:00am - 12:30pm ET

Different Strategies for Different Contexts: Fighting the Pandemic in Developing Countries

Chair:
Aart Kraay, Director of Research, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Presentations:

Norman Loayza, Lead Economist, Development Research Group |

Titan Alon, University of California, San Diego |
Minki Kim, University of California, San Diego
David Lagakos, University of California, San Diego 
Mitchell VanVuren, University of California, San Diego

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June 23, 2020

9:00 - 10:30am (ET/ Washington, D.C. time) 

The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19

Chair:
William Maloney, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Speakers:
Nick Bloom, Professor, Stanford University |
Edward Glaeser, Professor, Harvard University |
Bob Rijkers, Senior Economist, Development Research Group |
David Autor, Professor, MIT |

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July 6, 2020

11am - 12:30pm ET

The Long-term Impacts of School Closures

Chair:
Jamie Saavedra, Global Director, Education, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Speakers:
Jishnu Das, Professor, Georgetown University |
Jo?o Pedro Azevedo, Lead Economist, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ |

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July 9, 2020

12:30 - 2pm ET

Channeling Capital Flows to Developing Countries: Can International Financial Institutions Help?

Chair:
Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Speakers:
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor, UC Berkeley
Anne Krueger, Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University & Senior Fellow, Stanford University
Carmen Reinhart, Vice President and ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Group Chief Economist
Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, BIS
Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Director, Strategy and Policy Review, IMF

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July 15, 2020

12:30 - 2pm ET

Recovery from the Pandemic across the World: Balancing Short-term and Long-term Concerns

Chair:
Andrea Repetto, Professor and UAI Senior Fellow, School of Government (Universidad Adolfo Ib¨¢?ez)

Welcome:
Julio Riutort, Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Business (Universidad Adolfo Ib¨¢?ez)
Sergio Schmukler, Research Manager, Development Research Group (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

Speakers: 
Norman Loayza, Lead Economist, Development Research Group (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) |
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department (IMF) |
Eric Parrado, Chief Economist and General Manager, Research Department (Inter-American Development Bank, IADB) |

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November 11, 2020

9:00 - 10:15am (Eastern Time, U.S.)