Opening Statement: Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
THE DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF DEBT MANAGEMENT: LESSONS FROM FINANCIAL CRISES
Introductory note: Implications of the Current Financial Crisis for Developing Countries, Mr. M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
Burgeoning Global Debt: Impact on Developing Countries
- Mr. Thomas Olofsson, Director & Head of Debt Management Department, Swedish National Debt Office
- Ms. Yuefen Li, Head, Debt and Development Finance Branch, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
Economic Recession and Risk of Debt Distress
- Mr. Jean-Luc Bernasconi, Head, Macro-economic Assistance, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland
- Treasury Debt Issuance and Recent Financial Events, Mr. Steve Vajs, Deputy Director, Office of Debt Management, US Treasury, USA
- 1982-2009: A Generation long problem: the structural constraints, Mr. Gianni Vaggi, Full Professor of Development Economics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Ms. Alice Konga, Senior Economist, Bank of Zambia
Debt Defaults and Debt Crises
- Mr. Javier Santiso, Director, OECD Development Centre
- Debt defaults and economic crisis: will this time be different? Mr. Carlos Braga, Director, Economic Policy and Debt, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM), The World Bank
- Argentina: a country with limietd access to financing in the capital markets, Mr. Norberto Lopez Isnardi, General Director, National Debt Office, Ministry of Economy and Public Finance, Argentina
- When do countries borrow? When do they default? Theory and reality, Mr. Ugo Panizza, Chief, Debt and Finance Analysis Unit, Debt and Development Finance Branch, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
DEBT STRATEGIES, TRANSPARENCY AND IMPACT IN DEBT MANAGEMENT: NECESSITY AND CHALLENGES
- Transparent debt strategies: why, how, what results? Lessons from 40 countries, Mr. Matthew Martin, Director, Debt Relief International/ Development Finance International
Debt Strategies: From Formulation to Implementation: Role and limitations of the Debt Manager
- Ms. Patria Angeles, Officer-In-Charge, International Operations Department, Central Bank of the Philippines
- Addressing debt vulnerabilities: role of debt strategies and debt mamangers - A policy perspective, Mr. Udaibir S. Das, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund
- Stratégie de la dette: de la formulation à la mise en oeuvre - Rôle & défis du gestionnaire de la dette - Expérience du Burkina Faso Mr. Rémy Malgoubri, Director of Public Debt, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Burkina Faso
- Debt strategies: from formulation to implementation: role and limitations of the debt manager, Mr. Mohand Ouali Brahiti, Director-General, Directorate General of Foreign Exchange, Bank of Algeria
(Ab)Use and Limitation of Risk Models and Risk Indicators in Debt Management
- Ms. Maria Cannata, Director General of Public Debt, Treasury Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
- Risk models and public debt management, Mr. Phillip Anderson, Head, Public Debt Management Department, The World Bank
- Developing and implementing a risk management model: lessons from Uganda, Mr. Wasswa Kajubi, Director of Statistics, Bank of Uganda
- Debt Planning and Risk Assessment, the Brazilian experience, Mr.Luíz Alvez, Head, Risk Management Unit, Public Debt Strategic Planning Department, National Treasury of Brazil
New Developments and Guidelines in Debt Reporting and Statistics
- Mr. Henri Laurencin, Chief, Central Statistics and Research, Division of Globalisation and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
- Mr. Eduardo Valdivia-Velarde, Deputy Division Chief, Statistics Department, International Monetary Fund
- Mr. Yohannes Tesfa, Senior Expert, Credit Administration Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia
- Acerca de las estadísticas de deuda pública de los países de América Latina y el Caribe, Mr. Esteban R. Molfino, Senior Advisor to the Treasurer, Inter-American Development Bank
Debt Management and the Auditor: The Relevance and Effectiveness of Debt Audit for Debt Management
- What is an audit and how to apply it to public debt management, Mr. Enrique Cosio-Pascal, Senior Consultant, Public Debt and Public Finance, USA
- Capacity-building in public debt management audit, Ms. Archana Shirsat, Programme & e-Learning Manager, INTOSAI Development Initiative, Norway
- Mr. Dian Ediana Rae, Deputy Director, International Directorate, Bank Indonesia on behalf of Mr. Widjarnako, Director, Directorate of Evaluation, Accounting, and Settlement, Directorate General of Debt Management, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
- Role and experience in conducting the audit of Government debt, Mr. Francis Mbewe, Deputy Director, Auditor General Office, Zambia
- Relevance of Contingent Liabilities in the Mexican Public Debt, Mr. Dante Delgado Rannauro, President, Special Committee to Determine the Causes of Low Financing, for Development and High Level of Public Debt, Mexico
RESPONSIBLE LENDING AND BORROWING
- Introductory Note: Mr. Petko Draganov, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD
The concept of illegitimate debt and the ex post approach for assessing illegitimate debt
- Ms. Yuefen Li, Head, Debt and Development, Finance Branch, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
- H.E. Mr. Mansur Muhtar, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
- Mr. Mikhail Kasyanov, Chairman, People’s Democratic Union, former Prime Minister and former Minister of Finance, Russia
- Mr. Obert Gutu, Senator , Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe
- Mr. Dante Delgado Rannauro, President, Special Committee to Determine the Causes of Low Financing, for Development and High Level of Public Debt, Mexico
- Why issues of illegitimate debt and responsible lending should be part of an active debt policy? Mr. Henrik Harboe, Deputy Director General, Multilateral Bank and Finance Section, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
The possibility of an ex-ante approach: formulation of a set of criteria and guidelines
- Mr. Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Centre, Switzerland
- The advantages of an ex-ante approach, Mr. John Williamson, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, USA
- Mr. Lee Buchheit, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, USA
- Ms. Claire Cheremetinski, Secretary General, The Paris Club, France
- Towards sovereign, democratic, responsible lending and borrowing: a civil society perspective, Mr. Neil Watkins, Director, Jubilee USA
NEW DEVELOPMENTS: CAPACITY BUILDING IN DEBT MANAGEMENT
Capacity Building Needs:Countries' Perspectives
- Mr. Georges Diffo Nigtiopop, Head, Pôle-Dette, Bank of Central African States
- The Philippines' perspective, Mr. Roberto B. Tan, Treasurer, Bureau of the Treasury, Philippines
- Zimbabwe's perspective, Mr. Gift Gumbira, Acting Deputy Accountant General, Ministry of Finance, Zimbabwe
- Bolivia: Gestión de la deuda externa, Mr. David Ivan Espinoza Torrico, Director, International Operations, Central Bank of Bolivia
- Les perspectives du Burundi, Mr. Prosper Girukwishaka, Director of the Treasury, Ministry of Finances, Burundi
- Lebanon's perspective, Ms. Amal Shebaro, Head of the Public Debt Unit, Ministry of Finance, Lebanon
Capacity Building Needs: Response from International Organisations
- Mr. Elias Ngaland, Executive Director, MEFMI
- Response from the World Bank, Ms. Gallina A Vincelette, Senior Economist, Economic Policy and Debt, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM), The World Bank.
- Response from the IMF, Mr. Udaibir S. Das, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund
- UNCTAD's response, Mr. Gerry Teeling, Chief, DMFAS Programme, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD