China and the Common Framework: Understanding the Motives behind Debt Relief Provision to Low-Income Countries

David Grigorian and Winston Tang
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Winston Tang: MPP and MUP candidate, Harvard Kennedy School

No 706, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: As the largest bilateral lender to the developing world, China’s involvement in efforts to help countries in debt distress achieve debt sustainability is very important. However, China has often been criticized for being slow to respond to those challenges due at times to some strategic motives. The paper discusses five hypotheses that may potentially explain China’s behavior within the G20 Common Framework, the main vehicle for low-income country sovereign debt restructuring. While difficult, if not impossible, to quantify, the factors underpinning these hypotheses—historic, ideological, institutional, and political in nature—nevertheless offer some useful insights into potential reasons behind China’s behavior within the context of the Common Framework. Studying these factors is critical for understanding China’s behavior and for projecting the way forward for sovereign debt restructuring efforts.

Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2024-10-15
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