G20 debt-relief initiatives for low-income countries during the pandemic

José Ramón Martínez Resano and Sonsoles Gallego

Economic Bulletin, 2021, issue 3/2021, No 18

Abstract: The serious economic impact deriving from the COVID-19 pandemic on already ailing low-income countries has prompted the search for support instruments among the international financial community. The official debt moratorium agreed by the G20 for these countries in the spring of 2020 has brought a modest temporary relief to their public finances. However, the agreements reached among official creditors could facilitate consensus on farther-reaching initiatives for the resolution of debt problems in the international sphere. In this connection, the fact that an agreement has been reached by the G20 on a “common framework for debt treatments” is an important precedent for coordination among official creditors. This article puts the debt-relief measures agreed and the challenges associated with their application into context. Their implementation and effectiveness will depend on the degree of coordination achieved in practice by creditor countries.

Keywords: Sovereign debt restructuring; DSSI; Common Framework. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F33 F34 F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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