Here's how we can defeat debt and strive for sustainability post COVID-19

Aug 21, 2020

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Sustainable investments could be a way of managing mounting debt for many countries. Image: Unsplash/Laura Ockel

Shamshad Akhtar

Chair of the Board of Directors, Karandaaz Pakistan

Kevin P. Gallagher

Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston , University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.

Stephany Griffith-Jones

Financial Markets Director at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue , Columbia University

Jörg Haas

Head of International Politics, Heinrich Böll Foundation

Ulrich Volz

Senior Research Fellow, German Development Institute

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