The International Monetary Fund will host a virtual seminar Sept. 29-30 on sustainable development goals in the developing world in the post COVID-19 era.
"The developing world was not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before the COVID-19 pandemic," IMF said on its website. "The latter has made it even more difficult to achieve the SDGs. The pandemic has pushed millions into extreme poverty and has shrunk government resources available for development."
Among the topics that will be discussed in the live conference are the role of policies to advance the SDG agenda, including those that can encourage private-sector investments.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the tension between large development needs in infrastructure and scarce public resources," IMF said. "To alleviate this tension and promote a strong and job-rich recovery from the crisis, Africa needs to mobilize more financing from and to the private sector. The presentation by IMF staff will focus on the policies that countries could adopt to attract private financing."
The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. Eastern both Wednesday, Sept. 29 and Thursday, Sept. 30.
Participants can register for the conference here.
"Once registered, you will receive a Zoom link to join the forum," IMF said. "The same Zoom link & passcode will be used for both days."
Partipants will be allowed to listen to the conference in English, French and Portuguese.
Speakers include Abebe Aemro Selassie, director of the IMF's African Department and Abdoul Aziz Wan, director of the Africa Training Institute and AFRITAC South – IMF.