Exploring Debt Swaps: Advocacy Work and Challenges

The chapter delves into advocacy work targeting European policymakers regarding debt swaps, with discussions on the historical context, motivations, and complexities behind these transactions. The conversation highlights the process of researching and writing a discussion paper on debt swaps, emphasizing the importance of making these mechanisms more effective, fair, and transparent while addressing concerns about their sustainability and limitations. Different types of debt swaps, including modern nature swaps and bilateral agreements, are contrasted, with an emphasis on the challenges and criticisms surrounding these transactions.