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Podcast: IMF Podcasts
Episode: Dag Detter: Unlocking Public Wealth
Description: While countries around the world scramble to find new revenue streams, it turns out most are sitting on wealth they don't even know they own. The IMF's Fiscal Monitor launched in October, analyses public wealth in 31 countries to find their assets worth $101 trillion or 219 percent of GDP. Dag Detter is a specialist in public commercial assets, and works as an adviser to local and national governments to help make their public assets work for the benefit of their citizens. In this podcast, Detter says countries could easily double the amount of money available for infrastructure if assets were properly...