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Webinar II: Criteria for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Process
 

Tuesday, January 27

 
You can join by clicking on this link: 

https://www.anymeeting.com/WebConference-Beta/Default.aspx?code=215-469-170


 

You can also call in by phone:

Phone number: 213-416-1560

Access Code: 2341953#


 

In this second webinar, we invite you to a discussion on the criteria necessary for an effective and fair sovereign debt restructuring process. Matthew Martin, Director of Debt Relief International and Development Finance International, will begin by articulating principles that have guided the years of debt negotiations he has been involved in.

 

Commentators will be invited to compare Matthew's proposed principles with those mentioned in the first webinar by Jurgen Kaiser ( Principles for Settling Sovereign Debt Disputes, pages 17-18) and the market-based principles for private creditors and sovereign debtors as articulated by Hung Tran, Executive Managing Director at the International Institute of Finance ( Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring, beginning on page 10). 

 

Where do these principles overlap? Where do they differ? What do YOU think?

As several subsequent webinars will focus specifically on different proposals for restructuring processes, it will be useful to keep a list of necessary criteria in mind to evaluate each proposed process. Criteria will help manage the expectations of all parties involved, ultimately providing an element of "feasibility" in addition to ensuring fairness and transparency.

 

The overall goal of this process is to develop a "handbook" for policy-makers that will provide information on all possible options for restructuring sovereign debt. Evaluations based on established criteria will serve to bolster the consultation findings.

Agenda

  1. Matthew Martin, Director of Debt Relief International and Development Finance International, will begin by articulating principles that have guided the years of debt negotiations he has been involved in.
  2. Hung Tran, Executive Managing Director at the International Institute of Finance, will present the IIF's principles.
  3. Mikis Hadjimichael, a former IMF official and former Director of Emerging Markets Policy at the IIF, will respond to questions raised in Matthew's remarks and pose questions of his own for discussion.
  4. Jubilee USA, TBC, will review the criteria in light of the needs of developing countries.
  5. Open Discussion: Participants are invited to discuss, critique, and expand upon the criteria for an effective and fair sovereign debt restructuring process.
 

Webinar II: Criteria for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Process


Tuesday, January 27
9:00 AM EST

Please click here to register

 

 

 


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If you are unable to attend the webinar, you can still participate.  Let us know what issues you think should be addressed in this webinar series on sovereign debt restructuring.


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