Sovereign Debt with Jill Dauchy

Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance and Global Policy Initiatives at the Institute of International Finance, joins "Sovereign Debt" to discuss some of the IIF's key initiatives. 

Mark Flanagan, Director of Strategy and Policy Review Department at the IMF, discusses the new debt sustainability framework, concerns over debt problems, tools for assessing debt sustainability, IMF Resilience Sustainability Trust, China's approach as the largest official creditor, private creditors in debt restructuring, and analyzing risk of stress and default in debt management.

Brad Setser, economist at the Council of Foreign Relations, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the impact of the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates, the disruption of energy markets and the implications of it all on the world.

Jim Ho, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, joins ‘Sovereign Debt’ to discuss the introduction and use of natural disaster clauses and how Barbados has created a resilient debt portfolio. 

Yan Liu, Deputy General Counsel for the International Monetary Fund, discusses the IMF's Resilience and Sustainability Trust tackling global crises like pandemics and climate change. Exploring green finance, sustainable debt, and RSF financing conditionality, managing loans, and conditions of the RST program, unlocking flexibility for private sector financing, and ensuring debt sustainability within IMF programs.

Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Director of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the International Monetary Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the recent changes to arrears policies at the IMF. 

Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss climate debt, how rich countries can compensate poor countries to develop sustainable initiatives, and his forthcoming paper. 

Zsolt Darvas, senior fellow at Bruegel, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss how the EU fiscal rules can be revised to support increased green investments in Europe, and the implications of EU fiscal constraints on emerging market countries. 

Mitu Gulati, John V. Ray Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and Mark Weidermaier, Ralph M. Stockton, Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – also hosts of the Clauses and Controversies podcast - join 'Sovereign Debt' to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on multilateralism, and how to increase the effectiveness of sustainable finance.

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.