Anna Gelpern
Law professor at Georgetown University and non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Expert on sovereign debt and international finance.
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May 3, 2021 • 55min
Ep 37 ft. Anna Gelpern & Christoph Trebesch
Anna Gelpern and Christoph Trebesch discuss their unprecedented study on the legal terms of loans by Chinese state-owned entities to borrower governments around the world. They shed light on innovative and unexpected contracting practices, explore non-comparable treatment clauses in debt restructuring, examine leverage and pricing in Chinese lending, and emphasize the importance of carefully drafting provisions in contracts.
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May 2, 2022 • 54min
Episode 14: Anna Gelpern on "How China Lends"
Anna Gelpern, Professor of Law, discusses her work on China's lending practices to developing countries, highlighting unique contract terms like the Don Periscope clause. They also explore challenges in promoting transparency, collateral arrangements, and the future of sovereign debt distress framework.
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Jul 17, 2025 • 46min
How China Really Secures Its Loans to Developing Countries
In this discussion, Anna Gelpern, a legal scholar at Georgetown University, and Brad Parks, director of AidData, dive deep into China's approach to securing loans to developing countries. They debunk the 'debt trap' narrative, revealing there's no evidence of China seizing assets due to unpaid debts. The two experts explore innovative collateral methods, such as future cash flows from infrastructure projects. They also analyze the complexities involved in loan agreements, using case studies from Kenya and Ghana to highlight transparency issues and ethical implications in international finance.
