23 July, Addis FSD Conference - FES Debt Sustainability Side Event
The two debt sustainability studies prepared by Gail Hurley and Matthew Martin for Friedrich Ebert Stiftung were discussed in a side-event on Debt Sustainability Assessments and their Role in the International Financial Architecture at the Addis Ababa FSD Prepcon on 23 July. Very useful comments were provided by Robert Powell, IMF Representative to the UN in New York; Volker Hey of the BMZ; Patricia Miranda of LATINDADD; and the South African Ambassador to the UN in New York, Mathu Joyini. The studies were well received, and the ensuing discussion focussed on how to make debt sustainability assessments more SDG-linked and transparent, and use them to help return countries’ debt service to sustainable levels. The two studies are available here.
