Webinar | A Framework to Evaluate Adjustment-cum-debt Restructuring Deals | Wed 1st Feb

Event date : 1st Feb 23

By: Martin Kessler,  Ishac Diwan,

In Partnership with the International Economic Association

image001

ZOOM WEBINAR

Wednesday,

1st February, 2023

WP 2 picture

The Working Paper is part of a joint initiative between the International Economic Association (IEA) and the Finance for Development Lab (FDL) that proposes to explore how to improve debt negotiation processes.

Read More

 

“A better balance between the structural agenda and the macro targets is crucially needed.” Reza Baqir

“Rather than ask the debtor to secure financing assurances, why don’t the IFIs and bilaterals negotiate directly, for example in DC, where the debtor is also represented at the Boards of the Bretton Woods institutions?” Reza Baqir

“The idea of new financing to be sufficient to cope with insolvency is an old one (e.g. bridge loans in the 1980s). (...) Unfortunately, the climate agenda might end up on the back burner given that there are so many other competing urgent social needs.” Carmen Reinhart

“We need to find a way to remove geopolitical considerations from debt restructuring processes.” Shanta Devarajan

Cropped. Source: World Bank

MODERATOR

Jeromin Zettlemeyer

Bruegel

SPEAKERS:

Source: World Bank Live. License: CC BY NC-SA 4.0
https://live.worldbank.org/en/experts/r/reza-baqir
Source: World Bank Live. License: CC BY NC-SA 4.0 https://live.worldbank.org/en/experts/r/reza-baqir

Reza Baqir

Harvard University

 

Ishac

Ishac Diwan

Finance For Development Lab

Dani Rodik

Dani Rodrik

Harvard University

 

DISCUSSANTS:

Simon

Simon Cueva

Universidad Internacional del Ecuador

Shanta

Shanta Devarajan

Georgetown University

Celestin

Celestin Monga

Harvard University

Carmen 2

Carmen Reinhart

Harvard University