Official Civil Society Policy Forum Event at the 2024 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Spring Meetings
The debt crisis is no longer a risk, but a reality in many countries. High interest rates and debt service payments are squeezing global south countries’ fiscal space and jeopardising their ability to invest in climate and development. To get solutions right it is key to restore debt sustainability in a way it also ensures governments capacity to guarantee human rights, gender equality and climate action, but also to look at the crisis from a structural perspective. The panel will explore how to effectively solve this debt crisis considering it is as well a development crisis.
On Friday, April 19 from 11:30-13:00 PM EDT, join us for an official Civil Society Policy Forum event at the 2024 International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group Spring Meetings to explore how to effectively solve this debt crisis considering it is as well a development crisis.
This event is co-sponsored by Afrodad, African Sovereign Debt Justice Network (AfSDJN), Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), ActionAid International, APMDD, Bretton Woods Project, CESR, Debt Justice Norway, Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery (DRGR) Project, Development Finance International, erlassjahr.de, Eurodad, Global Policy Forum, Institute for Economic Justice, ISER, ITUC, Jubilee USA, Latindadd, SEATINI Uganda, Norwegian Church Aid
Speakers
- Samantha Kanoyangwa, Coordinator at the AfSDJN
- Jason Rosario Braganza, Executive Director- AFRODAD
- Marina Zucker-Marques, Senior Academic Researcher, Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery
- Mark Flanagan, Deputy Director, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF
- Iolanda Fresnillo, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Eurodad (Moderator)
Location
Hybrid – International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., HQ2-03B-768B