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Improving Access to Credit post-COVID-19

Tenth session of the weekly virtual forum Inter-American law in times of pandemic

  • 7/13/2020 11:00 AM
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Event date: 7/13/2020 11:00 AM Export event

Persons in charge of the presentations:

Dr. Valeria Piñeiro, Economist, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Jeannette Tramhel, Senior Legal Officer, Department of International Law, Secretariat for Legal Affairs, OAS
Dr. Marek Dubovec, Executive Director, Kozolchyk National Law Center (NatLaw), Tucson, Arizona
Prof. Anna Veneziano, Deputy Secretary General, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), Rome
Dr. Dante Negro, Director, Department of International Law, Secretariat for Legal Affairs, OAS
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This session will explain the importance of access to credit in rebuilding economies post COVID-19, particularly for the agri-food sector and for MSMEs, and will consider the legal instruments designed for that purpose.