IMF Seminar: Debt Restructuring: Why Too Little and Too Late
IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 11, 2022
DAY: Tuesday
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
LOCATION: IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
Overview
Government debt levels are climbing in emerging and developing economies. With rising interest rates, the strengthening of the US dollar, and weaker global growth, the risks of a systemic sovereign debt crisis are rising. The discussion draws on options for improving the functioning of debt restructuring mechanisms from a private sector perspective (a separate seminar looks at policy options and the G20 Common Framework).Join the conversation via #DebtRestructuring
IMF Seminar: Debt Restructuring: Why Too Little and Too Late
Panelists
Moderator: Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”. Mr Wolf is an honorary fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, an honorary fellow of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy (Oxonia) and an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham. He has been a forum fellow at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos since 1999. He was made a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, by Nottingham University in July 2006. He was made a Doctor of Science (Economics) of London University, honoris causa, by the London School of Economics in December 2006. His most recent publications are Why Globalization Works and Fixing Global Finance.
Panelist: Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath is the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as of January 21, 2022. In that role she oversees the work of staff, represents the Fund at multilateral forums, maintains high-level contacts with member governments and Board members, the media, and other institutions, leads the Fund’s work on surveillance and related policies, and oversees research and flagship publications.
Panelist: Lee Buchheit
Panelist: Elena Duggar
Panelist: Ana Gelpern
Anna Gelpern is a law professor at Georgetown and a non-resident fellow at the Peterson Institute. She has published research on government debt, contracts, and regulation of financial institutions and markets. She has co-authored a law textbook on International Finance, and has contributed to international initiatives on financial reform and government debt. She co-directs the Sovereign Debt Forum, a collaboration among Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law and academic institutions in the United States and Europe, dedicated to cutting edge research and capacity building in sovereign debt management.