Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continents New Era

Author: Development Reimagined

Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continents New Era podcast series features key African thought-leaders. It seeks to answer some of the trickiest questions relating to African economics, and the relationship between African countries and China.
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African Finance Unconstrained: Can the World’s Lenders of Last Resort Deal with Grey Rhinos?
Thursday, 29 April, 2021

Listen to the 7th instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained podcast series - Can the World’s Lenders of Last Resort Deal with Grey Rhinos? Featuring a panel discussion with Ann Pettifor, Gyude Moore, and Jason Braganza and moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder. They discuss the pros, cons, and practicalities of how to reallocate and use the newly endorsed $650 allocation of SDRs by the IMF – the world’s largest “lender of last resort” - to help address COVID19 recovery and other “grey rhinos”. The discussion focuses on discussing how SDRs can be used to ensure African countries can finance development and provides key recommendations for improving these approaches and whether they would be impactful. An important discussion, enjoy and leave your comments below!