Regional Responses to the Covid-19: Crisis A Comparative Study from Economic, Policy, and Institutional Perspectives

This study compares responses to the Covid-19 crisis across six regions covered by Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs), outlining the pandemic’s economic impact, policy measures implemented by authorities to limit its economic damage, and the institutional actions by the RFAs to support members through the initial stages of the crisis.

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5th Joint RFAs Research Seminar Discusses Fiscal Burdens and Post-Pandemic Recovery

The 5th Joint Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Research Seminar “Debt and growth in the post-pandemic world” takes place today. The discussions focus on the implications of rapidly growing debt burdens and ways to foster post-pandemic recovery in different regions of the world.

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4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangements Research Seminar Discusses Financial Sector Post-COVID-19

The 4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Research Seminar takes place on 16-17 December 2020 in a virtual format amidst the unprecedented circumstances. The discussions focus on emerging global and regional financial stability risks due to the pandemic, and policy options to build a more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive financial landscape in a post-COVID-19 environment.

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The 4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangement (RFA) Research Seminar

The 4th Joint Regional Financing Arrangement (RFA) Research Seminar co-organized by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR), will be held on December 16 and 17, 2019 virtually.

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The Managing Director of the IMF and the Heads of the RFAs to Strengthen Cooperation to Support their Members During the Next Stages of the COVID-19 Crisis

SINGAPORE, October 13, 2020 – In the context of the fifth High-level RFA Dialogue, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) discussed today ways to strengthen cooperation…

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Joint Statement of the Fifth High-Level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFA) Dialogue (Virtual, October 13, 2020)

The fifth High-Level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Dialogue took place virtually on 13 October 2020 at a time when the international community continues to suffer from the extraordinary human and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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