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Summit for a New Global Financial Pact: Key Takeaways on Debt

Despite the urgency of the crisis, the Summit fell short of agreeing on a decisive debt relief plan to tackle the pressing challenges faced by indebted developing and emerging economies. Nevertheless, important alliances were announced during the event.

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V20 Statement on Emergency Coalition for Debt Sustainability and Climate Prosperity

On the occasion of the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, the Finance Ministers of the V20 released a statement on the newly formed “Emergency Coalition for Debt Sustainability and Climate Prosperity”. The DRGR project is listed as a technical partner.

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Webinar Summary – Guaranteeing Sustainable Development: Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, the Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery (DRGR) Project hosted the webinar launch of its new report, “Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery: Guaranteeing Sustainable Development.”

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A New Common Framework Toward Guaranteeing Sustainable Development

A new report from the DRGR project analyzes new data on the level and composition of public and private external sovereign debt for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).
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The Debt-Climate-Nexus

The DRGR Project Co-Chairs comment on the tightened monetary policy of central banks, taking dozens of climate-vulnerable, highly-indebted countries to the edge of a financial abyss.
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Op-ed

No Time for Lost Decade: Why Debt Restructuring Must Be Linked with Climate and Development Goals

DRGR Project Co-Chair Kevin P. Gallagher on why debt restructuring must be linked with climate and development goals.
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V20 Statement on Debt Restructuring

The V20 has issued a statement on Debt Restructuring that draws upon the proposal “Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery”.
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Explainer – Debt Relief for a Green & Inclusive Recovery with Stephany Griffith-Jones

The World Bank and IMF are likely to announce a new debt relief initiative at COP26, tying debt relief to Green investment. At the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), DRGR-author Stephany Griffith-Jones explains our proposal as an alternative based on the Brady Plan that helped Latin America in the 1970s/80s.
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Webinar Summary – Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery: An Ambitious New Proposal for a Challenging Time

On Monday, 28. June 2021 the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University London and the Global Development Policy Center, Boston University hosted an expert webinar discussion and presentation of its new report.
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A Debt Relief Plan for Green Recovery

In the “Breakingviews” section at Reuters, our co-authors Shamshad Akhtar and Ulrich Volz write about the deceptive calm and misplaced optimism in debt markets.
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G20’s Turn to Lead on Debt Relief for a Global Recovery

A commentary by the DRGR authors Kevin Gallagher, Shamshad Akhtar, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Ulrich Volz and Moritz Kraemer, published at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI).
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The G20’s Missed Opportunity

At “Project Syndicate”, the DRGR authors Shamshad Akhtar, Ulrich Volz, Moritz Kraemer and Stephany Griffith-Jones warn against dangerous shortsightedness in sovereign-debt restructurings and suggest steps for comprehensive debt relief oriented around a green, inclusive recovery.