May

9

2023

10:00—11:30 AM ET / 3:00-4:30 PM BST

CGD TALKS

Experience with the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust in its First Year

FEATURING

Sanjeev Gupta, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development

John Hicklin, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development

Thierry Watrin, Green Economy and Climate Change Advisor to the Minister of State of Rwanda, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda

Andrea Gamba, Deputy Division Chief, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Dileimy Orozco, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G

Mark Plant (moderator), Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development

Additional panelist to be determined

The IMF established the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) in April 2022 and five countries now have programs with the IMF under the RST. During this event, panelists will discuss the challenges in putting together the RST-supported programs and the nature of the conditions for lending under the RST. Is it accomplishing its goals of helping countries prepare for a sustainable transition to a low-carbon global economy? What about pandemic preparedness – a second goal of the RST? And what changes might the IMF contemplate as it engages with other countries in RST-based lending? Join us as we explore these questions during this virtual conversation.