Professor Leonard Wantchekon of Princeton University, who is also affiliated with the research projects at the SOAS Centre for Global Finance is one of the co/signatories to a letter to the G20 about Covid-19.
The gravity and urgency of the entwined COVID-19 public health and economic crises must be reflected in an unprecedented response. In this letter world leaders, leading global health experts and economists outline what is needed. The two crises require urgent specific measures that can be agreed on with speed and at scale. Both require world leaders to commit to funding far beyond the current capacity of our existing international institutions. The economic emergency will not be resolved until the health emergency is effectively addressed: the health emergency will not end simply by conquering the disease in one country alone, but by ensuring recovery from COVID-19 in all countries.
Full letter available at: https://voxeu.org/article/letter-governments-g20-nations