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Defaulting on Development and Climate: Debt Sustainability and the Race for the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement
April 16, 2024
As time to achieve the UN 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement tightens, emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) face mounting obstacles to investment, including soaring external debt and limited growth prospects. Our new report delves into the urgent need to mobilize the necessary financing to meet these goals, while navigating debt sustainability challenges. By performing an enhanced global debt sustainability analysis (DSA), it estimates the extent to which EMDEs can mobilize the G20 Independent Expert Group recommended levels of $1 trillion external financing without jeopardizing debt sustainability.
Making Climate Finance Affordable / Chart of the Week
March 14, 2024
As the global debt crisis continues to unfold, the necessity of making low-cost capital available to the most vulnerable countries is evident. To break the cycle of environmental and economic crises, countries must invest. In a new op-ed Rebecca Ray and Ulrich Volz propose a combination of instruments that can address the world’s climate financing needs. In providing emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) with easier access to capital, multilateral development banks (MDBs) also have an important role to play. In our chart of the week, we analyze their lending towards low-income countries and why MDBs cannot be excluded from debt restructuring.
Navigating Global Debt Challenges in 2024: Opportunities for Collaboration and Progress
February 2, 2024
Embarking into 2024, a year poised at the intersection of global elections, geopolitical shifts, and pivotal events, nations face critical choices that will shape their trajectories. Amidst the looming challenges of mounting global debt, climate change, and social equality, lie opportunities for collaboration and progress. Our new blog gives an insightful outlook on the key events that will define this year and influence the pursuit of debt relief and sustainable development on a global scale.