This paper is devoted to the study of the concept of responsible investment and the assessment of gender balance in the corporate governance of state-owned companies in Belarus.

This paper employs and combines different tools of macroeconomic analysis, which is argued to be more effective for uncovering alternative scenarios. For these scenarios, the study reports indicative estimates for main macroeconomic variables. Some of them are fraught with a substantial decline in GDP and/or painful financial stress.

The paper considers demanding qualifications among applicants, distributions, and dynamics of admission scores.

The policy paper considers the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund and analyses the measures that central banks take to support and enhance the quality of financial institutions work with economic entities, including customers, that are most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.