Debt and Development Finance
 
UNCTAD, through its Debt and Development Finance Branch (DDFB), works on analytical issues technical assistance, primarily in the areas of external and domestic debt.
 
UNCTAD began working on debt issues during the 1970s. As the debt situation of developing countries has evolved over the following three decades, DDFB has provided up-to-date analysis of the most important developments and emerging issues in international debt, and adapted its technical assistance to the changing needs of developing countries.
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 News

 
Joseph Stiglitz
10 April 2015Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz backs UNCTAD's work on debt workouts
A workshop on a multilateral legal framework for debt restructuring processes took place on March 31st 2015, at Columbia University in New York City.
06 March 2015UNCTAD to host annual meeting of Task Force on Finance Statistics
The Task Force on Finance Statistics sets methodological standards for statistics on external debt and on public sector debt. It is composed of nine international organizations of which UNCTAD is a member.
25 February 2015Legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes: a first step

​Member States, international organizations and financial institutions recently took part in the first working session of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on sovereign debt restructuring processes, organized by UNCTAD in New York.

03 September 2014Renewed partnership agreement signed between UNCTAD and World Bank's Debt Management Facility
An agreement for the second phase of the World Bank's Debt Management Facility (DMF II) was signed between the bank and UNCTAD 's Debt Management and Financial Analysis (DMFAS) Programme in August.
29 May 2014Updated External Debt Statistics Guide released; result of collaboration between nine organizations, including UNCTAD

​The 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide), which elaborates on the global standards for the compilation, measurement, reporting and analytical uses of external debt statistics, has been released by the nine organizations of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics (TFFS) of which UNCTAD is a member.

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 Publications

 
DMFASINFO - NEWSLETTER No. 14, Autumn 2002 (UNCTAD/GDS/DMFAS/Misc.34)
30 Sep 2002, 19 page(s), 454.0 KB
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DMFAS - NEWSLETTER No. 13, Nov. 2001 (UNCTAD/GDS/DMFAS/Misc.24)
31 Oct 2001, 12 page(s), 460.0 KB
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DMFAS - NEWSLETTER No. 12, Winter 1999/2000 (UNCTAD/GDS/DMFAS/Misc.13)
30 Nov 1999, 19 page(s), 755.0 KB
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