Thread by @lai_latif

Friends join us: 17 June 2020 at 2-4pm East Africa Time. Google meet link: meet.google.com/vnk-fgsi-tvz

A no. of central themes hv been identified for discussion that are at the heart of the present socio-economic & fiscal realities that countries are looking to effectively address.

@milasoa starts off the webinar with a critical examination of the different dimensions of #inequality & how they design a government’s redistributive agenda.

@MarsitSabrine argues that tax transparency is rooted in the very idea of justice which then demands disaggregated tax data, in turn this will help address combating inequalities and embed fairness in redistributive measures.

@JasonBraganza1 reiterates the need to focus on social protection measures going into the new normal embedded as part of a state’s reconstructed political ideology aligned towards centre left views.

@cdieuzeide responds by giving eg of shanties in Argentina that have been left behind the state’s socio economic welfare programs. Calls out separationist governance that drives inequality between the haves and have nots.

@CueAfrica CEO Hamza drives home the point that corporations matter in driving economic recovery programs and asks that the social contract be revisited in light of shared responsibilities in driving the sdg agenda with corporations.

@ivan_mugabi #GBV and #mentalhealth should be on the top agenda of states, corporations and households to address. We can’t speak of development needs when people are suffering physical and mental anguish.

@RRiitho explains the need to revisit established legal doctrine around force majeure and workers compensation to claims by persons infected with #COVID19 at their workplace. The question of employer liability needs more debate.

Defny Holidin questions the unfettered discretion in implementing pandemic mitigation measures in #Indonesia. The importance of ensuring checks is to limit avenues for corruption and illicit financial flows disguised as pandemic relief packages.

@farheenkassim from Kenya Tourism Board argues that new economic strategies demand a move away from sole reliance on tourism as the leading revenue generator to adopting Islam finance and wealth creation opportunities responding to bottom up welfare security.

@halimaali15 concludes the webinar speaking about preserving the rights of future generations out of sustainable management of resource rents. Her focus is on looking at designing resilient sovereign wealth funds as part of continental economic rejuvenation!

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