Towards a Fair and Orderly Resolution to Debt Crises: 

A Debate between IMF, UN, NGOs, Academics and Representatives from the Private Sector and Argentina on "A Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism" September 2002

During the 2002 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank  the New Rules for Global Finance coalition with CIDSE/Caritas International and the Center of Concern held a debate on “A Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism.” 

Presentations:

• Mr. Barry Herman, UN-DESA and Chair of the panel: Introduction and closing statement

• Mr. Jack Boorman, IMF, Counselor and Special Advisor to the Managing Director

• Juergen Kaiser, Coordinator of the German Jubilee Campaign “Erlassjahr.de”

• Mr. Mario Cafiero, Deputy in the Argentine Congress

• Mr. Kunibert Raffer, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Vienna

• Mr. Eric Fine, responsible for emerging market research, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc

Other Papers on International Debt

•  Sovereign Debt Workout Arrangement, Kunibert Raffer, University of Vienna

•  Remarks on the Proposal to Create A Sovereign Bancruptcy Court Bankruptcy Court, Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho, IBASE Brazil

• Sovereign Debt Restructuring. Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum. 2002

• Credit Derivatives. Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum