PEGNet Expert Meeting - Industrial policy in times of pandemic
Online event on 14 September 2020 - 14:00-15:30 CEST
Industrial policy is back! Many support the idea of using Post-Covid economic stimuli to promote structural change (#buildbackbetter), investing e.g. in green technologies and digital capabilities. But what is the best way to go about it? We very much look forward to discussing this topic with
Gabriel Felbermayr, President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Augustin K. Fosu, Professor, ISSER, University of Ghana
Arkebe Oqubay, Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
John Page, The Brookings Institution and former director at the World Bank
Lindsay Whitfield, Professor, Roskilde University
Tilman Altenburg, Head of department "Sustainable Economic and Social Development", German Development Institute
The session will be moderated by Clara Brandi, Senior Researcher, German Development Institute.
The online event, jointly organised by GIZ’s Sector Project on Sustainable Economic Development, DIE and PEGNet, on Industrial policy in times of pandemic - The risks and benefits of government intervention to #buildbackbetter will take placeon 14 September 2020 from 14:00 to 15:30 CEST.