Category: Anna Gelpern

Spring 2022 - Sovereign Debt Architecture, Suspended
A Manifesto for Going from Billions to Trillions in Climate Finance Now: Some Highlights of the Bridgetown Initiative

Avinash Persaud, Gresham College in the UK
The geography of the political economy is why climate mitigation is not happening fast enough. A coalition has developed five integrated “asks” as part of the broader 'Bridgetown Initiative’ unveiled by Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados in September. They will deliver more change to the debt, aid, and funding architecture than we have seen in a lifetime.
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Spring 2022 - Sovereign Debt Architecture, Suspended
The Depressing Tenacity of the Global Debt Architecture

Odette Lienau, Cornell University and Boston College
One silver(y) lining of a massive global crisis could have been the summoning of enough collective willpower to enact far-reaching change in international debt architecture. Instead we have seen piecemeal efforts that will prove insufficient. The international community needs to prioritize serious movement on multiple tracks to put in place a framework that embeds widely accepted sovereign debt resolution principles before it is desperately needed.
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Sovereign Debt and Hegemonic Transitions

Juan Flores Zendejas, University of Geneva
Changes in borrowing patterns by many middle-income countries reflect ongoing changes in the economic and geopolitical context. As creditors continue to grow more heterogeneous, debt default management and creditor coordination are likely to become major challenges to global economic governance.
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