Debt Justice

Daniel Munevar

IIF Private creditor participation proposal: A cure worse than the disease

Following the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) announced during the 2020 Spring Meetings, the International Institute of Finance (IIF) has released a template for the voluntary involvement of private creditors in a debt service suspension.

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Resolution
Eurodad

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#Covid-19 #IMF #Debt #DevelopmentFinance #CONCORD #HumanRightsWatch #LebanonSupport #JobVacancy

  • Development Finance
  • Covid-19
Daniel Munevar

Back to the Future: A sovereign debt standstill mechanism - IMF Article VIII, Section 2 (b)

A new Eurodad report has identified an available IMF mechanism to impose debt standstills: Article VIII, Section 2 (b) of the IMF Articles of Agreement. The article in question allows the IMF to impose a debt standstill through the temporary suspension of enforceability of debt contracts in domestic courts of more than 189 IMF member countries, including the US and the UK.

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  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Resolution
Eurodad

Argentina: creditors must take action to stem human impact of debt crisis

#Covid-19 #Paris #Argentina #Debt #GreenDeal #OECD #Development #ActionAid #JobVacancy

  • Climate Finance
  • Covid-19
Iolanda Fresnillo

Argentina: creditors must take action to stem human impact of debt crisis

Argentina continues to struggle with recession and a mounting debt crisis. The country has been on selective default for a few months, and is battling to avoid a broader default.

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Resolution
Eurodad

Is ODA Up To The Challenges Posed By The Coronavirus Pandemic?

#Covid-19 #IMF #OECD #Debt #SpringMeetings #G20 #ODA

  • Climate Finance
  • Covid-19
Mark Perera

Eurodad reacts to UN calls for a global mechanism for sovereign debt restructurings

Today, the UN Secretary General called for a sovereign debt restructuring mechanism to be established as part of the longer term response to the Covid-19 crisis and its economic impacts. The call is accompanied by a new report from UNCTAD - the main UN body dealing with trade, investment and development issues - calling for a global authority to oversee debt restructurings.

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Sustainability
Maria Jose Romero

IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2020: a world in crisis looks for leadership

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank virtual Spring Meetings took place as global economic turmoil deepened

  • Publicly-backed Private Finance
Daniel Munevar

G20 debt service suspension: A response not fit for purpose (II)

This second part of our two-part blog series provides an assessment of the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative announced last week. Part I analyses the impact of the proposal on fiscal responses to Covid-19. Part II places the initiative in the context of the broader economic costs of the crisis for developing countries.

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Sustainability
Daniel Munevar

G20 debt service suspension: A response not fit for purpose (I)

This blog series of two parts will provide an assessment of the G20 debt service suspension initiative announced last week. Part I analyses the impact of the proposal on fiscal responses to Covid-19. Part II places the initiative in the context of the broader economic costs of the crisis for developing countries. 

  • Debt Justice
  • Debt Sustainability