Might Credit Rating Agencies create obstacles to pardoning or rescheduling of debts? How might this affect economic, social recovery in states with strong fragilities? Is there a way to prevent such an hyphotesis?

These were some of the issues that Jayati Ghosh, prominent personality of the high-level advisory board to provide recommendations for the UN Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-COVID-19 world, addressed in the Lisbon Speed Talk moderated by Elisabete Tavares.

You can (re)watch the debate on Facebook and YouTube (direct links).

The Lisbon Speed Talks are digital conversations about global change that affects our lives and societies, carried out by the Club of Lisbon with the supposrt of Lisbon City Hall and Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr - IMVF.