parallel sessions

Day 1: Wednesday 29th May

DEBT FOR NATURE SWAPS

Chair: Jim Ho (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

"A financial analysis of Debt for Nature Swaps"
Diego Rivetti, David Mihalyi (World Bank)
"Debt for Nature Swaps - Birth a New Asset Class?"
Maria C. Schweinberger (Milbank LLP)
"Examining Visions and Readiness of Debt-for-Development Swap in China"
Tianshu Sun (CAITEC)
"Miracle or mirage: are debt swaps really a silver bullet?"
Iolanda Fresnillo (Eurodad)
“TNC Nature Bonds—Evolution, Lessons Learned and Critical Issues of Commercial Debt for Nature Swaps”
Kevin Bender (The Nature Conservancy)

Amphitheater Daniel Cohen

THE CHALLENGE OF REDUCING DEBT

Chair: Martin Kessler (FDL)

"Debt Reduction in Emerging and Developing Economies"
Andrew Powell (Inter American Development Bank & Williams College), Ugo Panizza (Geneva Graduate Institute)
"Design Choices for Safe Harbour Laws (And Why Private Creditors Still Might Not Like Them"
Anahí Wiedenbrüg (Latin American University of Social Sciences), Simon Hinrichsen (Sampension and University of Copenhagen), Daniel Reichert-Facilides (Chatham Partners & Institute for Law and Finance), Michael Waibel (University of Vienna)
"Sovereign CoCos"
Yasin Kursat Onder (University of Ghent), Juan Hatchondo (Western University), Leonardo Martinez (IMF), Francisco Roch (IMF)
"Unpacking the Drivers of Africa Debt Dynamics and Vulnerabilities"
Alexandre Kopoin, Lacina Balma, Martin Nandelenga, Zackary Seogo, Anthony Simpasa (African Development Bank)

R2-01

CHINA AS A CREDITOR

Chair: Frederico Gil Sander (World Bank)

"A Study on the Effectiveness of China's Sovereign Financing in Africa"
Xinyue Wu, Sovath Kenh, Jia Yu (Institute of New Structural Economics, Peking University)
"The financial returns on China’s Belt and Road"
Lukas Franz (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Sebastian Horn (World Bank), Bradley C. Parks (AidData - William & Mary), Carmen M. Reinhart (Harvard University), Christophe Trebesch (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
"Is China an immature creditor? Implications for debt sustainability"
Paola Subacchi (Queen Mary University of London), Barry Eichengreen (UC Berkeley)
"China and Sovereign Debt Relief: Key Challenges and Remedies" Jianye Wang (Formerly China Exim Bank, Silk Road Fund, and IWG)

R2-21

FROM THE 2001 DEFAULT TO JAVIER MILEI: A DISCUSSION OF ARGENTINA'S DEBT HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS

Chair: Jorgelina Do Rosario (Bloomberg)

"Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring"
Author: Gregory Makoff (Center for International Governance Innovation)

Amphitheater Daniel Cohen

MONETARY AND FISCAL INTERACTION

Chair: Jérémie Cohen-Setton (IMF)

"Economic crisis resolution & monetary power - sovereign immunity rules concerning central banks and sovereign debt"
Astrid Iversen (BI Norwegian Business School)
"Central Bank Government Lending restrictions increase fiscal space"
Davide Romelli (Trinity College Dublin), Angelos Athanasopoulos (Trinity College Dublin), Nicolo Fraccaroli (Brown University), Andreas Kern (Georgetown University)
"Monetary Policy and the Maturity Structure of Public Debt"
Michele Andreolli (Boston College)
"Sovereign Bond Purchases and Rollover Crises"
Paul Fontanier (Yale University)

R2-01

BILATERAL LENDING

Chair: Carlo Monticelli (Council of Europe Development Bank)

"Central Bank Swap Lines as Bilateral Sovereign Debt"
Francisco Roldan (IMF), César Sosa-Padilla (University of Notre Dame)
"Loans and Taxes: How Bilateral Loans shape Revenue Composition and Tax Instruments"
Jonas Bunte (Vienna University of Economics and Business), John Taden (Pepperdine University)
"Terms and Conditions: The pricing and Politics of Bilateral sovereign lending"
Alexandra Zeitz (Concordia University), Layna Mosley (Princeton University)
"The Comparability Conundrum"
Theo Maret (Global Sovereing Advisory), Brad Setser (Council on Foreign Relations)

R2-21

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