Transcript: IMF and World Bank: How to Stay Resilient During the War. Oct 22

Hosts: International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Washington DC

Duration: 1.5 hours

Topics Covered: Funding government continuity in Ukraine at the outset of the war, the necessity of reconstruction while the war is ongoing, the importance of maintaining government services for the population.

Speakers:

• Oleksandra Betliy, Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
• Olena Pavlenko, President of DiXi Group think tank
• Karlis Smits, Lead Economist and Program Leader for Economic Policy for Eastern Europe, World Bank
• Roman Kachur, Senior advisor, World Bank
• (Moderator) Sanaa Nadeem, Deputy IMF mission chief in Kyiv