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Shamshad Akhtar

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Shamshad Akhtar

Shamshad Akhtar is a former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and chair of the board of Karandaaz Pakistan.

Ink it: For people in countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change, such as Mukuka and his family in Poti-Kro in Brazil’s Amazon forest, coming up with Earth-saving debt relief strategies will be a matter of survival, the writers argue. (Taylor Weidman/LightRocket/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Debt-for-climate swaps are crucial for economic recovery in the developing world

COMMENT: Developing countries face a debt crisis that will only become worse as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, and massive debt relief will inevitably be necessary. The only…

  • Jörg Haas
  • Shamshad Akhtar
  • Kevin P Gallagher
  • Stephany Griffith-Jones
  • Ulrich Volz
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