UNCTAD organized its 12th Debt Management Conference from 18 to 20 November 2019.
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SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS
Opening remarks by the Deputy-Secretary General of UNCTAD, Ms. Isabelle Durant
KEYNOTE SPEECH
H.E. Mr. Carl-Hermann Schlettwein, Minister of Finance, Namibia
PANEL 1: THE UNFOLDING DEBT CRISIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REVISITED: OVERVIEW AND RECENT TRENDS
- Dr. William White, Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute, Canada
- Dr. Ramon Moreno, formerly Head of Economics for Latin America and the Caribbean, Bank for International Settlements
- Dr. Stephanie Blankenburg, Head, Debt and Development Finance Branch, UNCTAD
PANEL 2: DEBT TRANSPARENCY TO THE RESCUE? POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS
- Mr. Mark Flanagan, Assistant Director Strategy Policy and Review Department, Head Debt Policy Division, IMF
- Ms. Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director, Institute of International Finance, Washington
- Ms. Yuefen Li, Senior Advisor on South-South Cooperation and Development Finance, South Centre, Switzerland
- Mr. Tim Jones, Head of Policy, UK Jubilee Campaign, United Kingdom
PANEL 3: DEBT AND THE SECURITIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE: USEFUL INNOVATION OR RECIPE FOR MORE TOXIC DEBT?
- Mr. Michael Chui, Senior Economist Emerging Markets, Bank for International Settlements, Switzerland
- Dr. Daniela Gabor, Associate Professor in Economics, University of West England, United Kingdom
- Prof. Jan Toporowski, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom
PANEL 4: LONG-TERM DEBT SUSTAINABILITY AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: BEYOND THE SHORT-TERM PRIORITIZATION OF CREDITOR INTERESTS
- Dr. Martin Guzman, Associate Research Scholar, Colombia University, Graduate School of Business, United States of America, and Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Ms. Erica Gerretsen, Head Budget Support, Public Finance Management, Domestic Revenue Unit, International Cooperation and Development, Directorate-General for International Development Cooperation, European Commission
- Dr. Annalisa Prizzon, Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Finance Programme, Oversees Development Institute, United Kingdom
PANEL 5: MULTILATERAL POLICY RESPONSES I: LONG-TERM DEBT TRAPS AND THE RENEWED RELEVANCE OF DEBT AND DISASTER RELIEF INITIATIVES
- Mr. Eric LeCompte, Executive Director, Jubilee Network –USA, United States of America
- Ms. Christina Laskaridis, Researcher, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom
- Mr Jürgen Kaiser, Coordinator, Jubilee Campaign Germany
PANEL 6: MULTILATERAL POLICY RESPONSES II: SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS – PRACTICAL WAYS FORWARD
- Mr. Schwan Badirou Gafari, General Secretary, Paris Club and International Debt Division, Treasury, France
- Prof. Odette Lienau, Professor of Law, Cornell University, United States of America
- Mr. Peter Kovacs, Policy Officer, Budget Support, Public Finance Management, Domestic Revenue Unit, International Cooperation and Development, Directorate-General for International Development Cooperation, European Commission
- Mr. Matthew Martin, Director, Development Finance International, United Kingdom
PANEL 7: OPERATIONALIZING DEBT DATA TRANSPARENCY
- M. Thordur Jonasson, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., United States of America
- Ms. Pamella McLaren, Adviser and Head, Debt Management Unit, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, United Kingdom
- Mr. Adam Mohai, Head of Risk Management Department, Hungarian Debt Management Agency
PANEL 8: RESPONSES FROM DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICES TO TODAY’S CHALLENGES
- Mr. Soungalo Jules Prosper Coulibaly, Director, Public Debt and Grants, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Côte d'Ivoire
- Mr. Kokou Dandjinou, Chief of Division, Debt Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Togo
PANEL 9: STRENGTHENING DEBT MANAGEMENT: SUPPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
- Mr. Stanislas Nkhata, Director, Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI), Zimbabwe
- Ms. Lea Hakim, Senior Economist, Debt Management Facility, World Bank
- Mr. Gerry Teeling, Chief, DMFAS Programme, UNCTAD