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DTSTART:20220511T100000Z
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LOCATION:Geneva and online\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:South-South sharing of policy experiences: Debt sustainability in d
 eveloping countries
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The UNCTAD project “South-South Integration and the SDGs: Enh
 ancing Structural Transformation in Key Partner Countries of the Belt and 
 Road Initiative” identifies key areas in which policy experience can be 
 helpfully shared among developing countries. As part of this project\, the
  UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment (SDFA) Framework\, as a
 pplied to publicly available data from beneficiary countries\, provides an
  entry point for beneficiary countries to evaluate the policy tensions ass
 ociated with debt sustainability.\n\nPurpose and objectives of the meeting
 \n\nThis hybrid meeting will bring together policymakers and experts from 
 developing countries to discuss and share their policy experiences in the 
 area of debt sustainability\; particularly from the perspective of the UNC
 TAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment framework\, which provides 
 policymakers with an assessment of their external and public sector financ
 ial needs against the need to achieve or maintain external debt and public
  sector sustainability. This meeting is part of the UNCTAD project\, “So
 uth–South integration and the Sustainable Development Goals: Enhancing s
 tructural transformation in key partner countries of the Belt and Road Ini
 tiative”\, which identifies key areas in which policy experience can be 
 helpfully shared among developing countries.\n\nThe key objectives and exp
 ected outcomes of the event are the following:\n\n\nTo launch the reports 
 “Application of the UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment: C
 ase Studies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka”\nTo discuss and share experience
 s on debt sustainability\n\n\nProgramme \n\n10 – 10.55 a.m.\n\nApplicat
 ion of the UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment: Case studies
 \, Indonesia and Sri Lanka \n\n\nWelcome address (moderator): Mr. Richard 
 Kozul-Wright\, Director\, Division on Globalization and Development Strate
 gies\, UNCTAD\nKeynote address: Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe\, Governor of 
 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka\nIntroduction to the Sustainable Development
  Finance Assessment and its application:\nMs. Penelope Hawkins\, Senior Ec
 onomic Affairs Officer\, Division on Globalization and Development Strateg
 ies\, UNCTAD\nPresentation of the study: Mr. Keith Lockwood\, Economics De
 partment of Rand Afrikaans University\, and the Gordon Institute of Busine
 ss Science\n\n\n10.55 – 11.15 a.m.\n\nPanel discussion\n\n\nMr. Nelson B
 arbosa\, former Finance Minister\, Brazil\nDr. P. K. G. Harischandra\, Dir
 ector\, Economic Research Department\, Central bank of Sri Lanka\nMr. Abdu
 l Pulugan\, Institute for Development of Economics and Finance\, Indonesia
 \n\n\n11.15 a.m. – 12 p.m.\n\nQuestions and answers from participants\n&
 lt\;p&gt\;The UNCTAD project “South-South Integration and the SDGs: Enha
 ncing Structural Transformation in Key Partner Countries of the Belt and R
 oad Initiative” identifies key areas in which policy experience can be h
 elpfully shared among developing countries. As part of this project\, the 
 UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment (SDFA) Framework\, as ap
 plied to publicly available data from beneficiary countries\, provides an 
 entry point for beneficiary countries to evaluate the policy tensions asso
 ciated with debt sustainability.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt
 \;Purpose and objectives of the meeting&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&
 lt\;p&gt\;This hybrid meeting will bring together policymakers and experts
  from developing countries to discuss and share their policy experiences i
 n the area of debt sustainability\; particularly from the perspective of t
 he UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment framework\, which pro
 vides policymakers with an assessment of their external and public sector 
 financial needs against the need to achieve or maintain external debt and 
 public sector sustainability. This meeting is part of the UNCTAD project\,
  “South–South integration and the Sustainable Development Goals: Enhan
 cing structural transformation in key partner countries of the Belt and Ro
 ad Initiative”\, which identifies key areas in which policy experience c
 an be helpfully shared among developing countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&g
 t\;The key objectives and expected outcomes of the event are the following
 :&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;To launch the reports “&lt\;e
 m&gt\;Application of the UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment
 : Case Studies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka&lt\;strong&gt\;”&lt\;/strong&g
 t\;&lt\;/em&gt\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;To discuss and share experience
 s on debt sustainability&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;s
 trong&gt\;Programme &lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;stro
 ng&gt\;10 – 10.55&amp\;nbsp\;a.m.&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p
 &gt\;&lt\;a name=&quot\;x__Hlk101883590\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhtt
 ps://unctad.org/meeting/south-south-sharing-policy-experiences-debt-sustai
 nability-developing-countries
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