20.10.20
14:00
Society
Covid-19 and economic development within BRICS countries: issues and actions
Covid-19 pandemia is responsible for severe and shocking negative effects on the global and national economies, and BRICS countries are not the exception. Pandemic downside pressures overlapped with the already existing serious economic problems and that makes current situation extremely difficult to overcome without focused and coordinated efforts оn multilateral and regional level. BRICS countries are the key economies in their regions and therefore bear responsibility for pandemic containment actions and their results. Sound anti-pandemic recovery policies should be elaborated and effectively implemented. this session will explore current economic trends and developments in BRICS countries, their pandemic containment policies with special focus on the applied best practices, joint anti-pandemic efforts within BRICS, and also discuss the agenda for future action on the national, plurilateral in the BRICS format and multilateral level to combat covid-19 pronounced destructive influence on economic development.
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