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Fragility / Poverty

Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Franck Bousquet

January 31, 2022

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Franck Bousquet - Supporting Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
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Fragile and conflict-affected states are home to nearly 1 billion people and confront some of the greatest challenges among the world’s economies. 220 million people live within 40 miles from a major conflict event and 155 million globally are acutely food insecure. Franck Bousquet is the deputy director, coordinating the Fund's work in fragile and conflict-affected states. In this podcast, Bousquet talks about the growing costs associated with fragility and conflict, and how the IMF is trying to help. Transcript

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Franck Bousquet is deputy director of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development and coordinator of the IMF’s engagement with fragile and conflict-affected states.

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