for the deepest recession. how should policymakers be are therehis and opportunities to improve the lives of citizens? i am joined by the head of the organization for economic cooperation and developmentesigns policy for his 38 member countries. in many parts, we are looking at the start of lifting lockdown measures. in economic terms, does that mean we are at the beginning of the end of this crisis? it is a new place. knonow whether there will be recurrence. it is good that we are into the reopening. i can imagine a process where maybe it would be stop and go. that we m move into opening because already there has beenen this very high cocompliance. paid -- high compliance period. we s say that t for every monthf ---- of heart confinement, there is a 2% drop in the gdp. speeded of the war against the as a and how we beat it direct bearing on n the economoc consuencnces. >> we are hearing this expression the worst recession since the great depression. can you put that in terms euros can understand? ---- in terms viewers can understand? >> it is difficult to compare it with the depression. it was 80 years ago. coconditions were e different.t. we are n now seeing first quart, practically

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