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21 September 2022

[POLICY BRIEF] ODIOUS DEBT OR ESG: CURTAILING THE ACCESS TO DEBT MARKETS FOR DESPOTS

Current geopolitical tensions are spilling over to sovereign debt markets. They raise questions related to technical defaults, willingness versus ability […]
16 September 2022

[POLICY BRIEF] DEBT AND SANCTIONS

Following the invasion of Ukraine, financial sanctions were taken against Russia. For the first time in modern times, those sanctions […]
14 April 2022

[POLICY BRIEF] THE FINANCING OF EMERGING ECONOMIES IN 2022 – 2023

Emerging economies will be confronted in 2022 to a very demanding global environment and numerous policy challenges. For them, like […]
19 April 2021

Webinar – A World of Public Debt

The history of public finance and sovereign debt has a lot to teach us. Contemporary issues related to fiscal policy, […]
22 March 2021

Chile in the Wake of COVID-19: Adjustments to the Financing Strategy and Commitment to Climate Action

The COVID-19 pandemic roiled financial markets, triggering important capital outflows in emerging markets. This increased the financing challenges at a […]
3 March 2021

US Yields on the Rise: Back to 2013?

From a historic low of 0.5% back in August 2020, 10-year US Treasury yields have climbed up to 1.5% in […]
10 December 2020

Roundtable on Argentina’s predicament: key takeaways

On December 9, the Chair in Sovereign debt organized an online roundtable to discuss the situation of Argentina following the […]
25 November 2020

UK hops on the sovereign green bond bandwagon, at last

On November 9, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced that the UK would issue its first sovereign green bond […]