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	Podcast:		IMF Podcasts
	Episode:		Averting a COVID-19 Debt Trap
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:23:00
	Publish Date:		2021-04-09 19:24:50
	Description:		Debt levels in many countries were high when the pandemic hit. But today, global public debt is reaching 100 percent of GDP. In this podcast, we hear a panel discussion about the very real danger for some countries of falling into a debt trap. The seminar was held during the 2021 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings and featured IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, Mohamed El-Erian, President of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and Vera Songwe, Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations. The Panel was moderated by Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. Go to IMF.org to watch the webcast.
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