A high-level virtual panel discussing Social Spending to Tackle Rising post-COVID-19 Inequality was held on 22 November, attended by ministers, deputy ministers, central bank governors and senior officials from CAREC member countries. CWRD DG Yevgeniy Zhukov, WB Regional Director in the Central Asia region Tatiana Proskuryakova and IMF Director in the Middle East and Central Asia department Jihad Azour gave keynote statements.