Sovereign Debt with Jill Dauchy

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  Episode 34: Duncan Wales on Tellimer and leveraging A.I. 04.11.2025 42min

  Duncan Wales, CEO of Tellimer, joins the show to discuss the origins of the company, their unique offering focused on emerging and frontier markets, and where artificial intelligence fits into his business.
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  Episode 33: Elena Duggar on understanding Moody’s sovereign credit ratings process 18.02.2025 37min

  Elena Duggar, Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer for the Americas at Moody’s Investor Services, joins the show to unpack the sovereign credit ratings process, the challenges shaping the industry, and the future of credit ratings.
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  Episode 32: Iolanda Fresnillo summarizes the risks and concerns related to debt swaps 08.07.2024 1h

  Iolanda Fresnillo, Policy and Advocacy Manager - Debt Justice for Eurodad, joins the show to discuss her recent report on debt swaps, "Miracle or mirage? Are debt swaps really a silver bullet?"
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  Episode 31: Ruurd Brouwer and Harald Hirschhofer on currency risk markets 05.02.2024 50min

  TCX’s Ruurd Brouwer, CEO, and Harald Hirschhofer, Senior Advisor, join the show to discuss the mission of the TCX fund, the "original sin" of borrowing in a foreign currency, and their proposed package of reforms to create currency risk markets.
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  Episode 30: Hoang Pham on the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights 07.08.2023 36min

  Hoang Pham, deputy division chief in the legal department of the International Monetary Fund, joins the show to walk us through everything we need to know about the IMF's special drawing rights.
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  Episode 29: Joan Oriol Prats Cabrera on the Ecuador debt-for-nature swap 11.07.2023 38min

  Joan Oriol Prats Cabrera, Lead Financial Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, joins the show to discuss the IADB’s role in the recent Ecuador debt-for-nature swap and to address some of the major questions of the deal.
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  Episode 28: Cesar Arias on Colombia’s green bond framework 19.06.2023 39min

  Cesar Arias, former Director of the Debt Management Unit of Colombia, joins the show to discuss the strategies and challenges in creating the country’s green bond issuance program.
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  Episode 27: Baba Musa on the multiple challenges facing Nigeria and other African governments today 12.06.2023 31min

  Baba Musa, Director General of WAIFEM, the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, joins to discuss the current polycrisis facing Nigeria and many African countries, including the ongoing economic recovery from the pandemic, rising global interest rates, food insecurity, other impacts of the war in Ukraine, regional conflict in Sudan, and of course climate change.
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  Episode 26: Thierry Watrin on Rwanda’s climate initiatives 20.02.2023 36min

  Thierry Watrin, Green Economy Advisor to the Minister of State of Rwanda, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss Rwanda’s various climate and debt management initiatives.
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  Episode 25: Herman Kamil on Uruguay’s sustainability-linked bond 06.02.2023 50min

  Herman Kamil, Director of the Debt Management Unit of Uruguay, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the parameters of Uruguay’s sustainability-linked bond.
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  Episode 24: Keynote address given at the UN retreat for UN Member State representatives on Financing for Development 22.01.2023 18min

  To kick off the new year, "Sovereign Debt" is sharing Jill Dauchy’s keynote address given at a retreat for UN Member State representatives on Financing for Development. The retreat is part of of the UN systems’ Financing for Development Report, which is a basis for government negotiations on financing issues at the annual FfD Forum.
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  Episode 23: Sonja Gibbs on the Institute of International Finance 24.10.2022 40min

  Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance and Global Policy Initiatives at the Institute of International Finance, joins "Sovereign Debt" to discuss some of the IIF's key initiatives.
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  Episode 22: Mark Flanagan on the reforms of the DSA 10.10.2022 1h 3min

  Mark Flanagan, Director of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the IMF, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the newly-revised debt sustainability framework for market access countries, and more generally the uses and policies of the DSA.
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  Episode 21: Brad Setser on the impact of the Fed 26.09.2022 48min

  Brad Setser, economist at the Council of Foreign Relations, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the impact of the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates, the disruption of energy markets and the implications of it all on the world.
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  Episode 20: Jim Ho on natural disaster clauses 22.08.2022 43min

  Jim Ho, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, joins ‘Sovereign Debt’ to discuss the introduction and use of natural disaster clauses and how Barbados has created a resilient debt portfolio.
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  Episode 19: Yan Liu on the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust 08.08.2022 34min

  Yan Liu, Deputy General Counsel for the International Monetary Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the "why, what, and how" of the newly created IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust.
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  Episode 18: Jeromin Zettelmeyer on updates to the arrears policies at the IMF 25.07.2022 1h 24min

  Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Director of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the International Monetary Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the recent changes to arrears policies at the IMF.
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  Episode 17: Ugo Panizza on climate debt 11.07.2022 41min

  Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss climate debt, how rich countries can compensate poor countries to develop sustainable initiatives, and his forthcoming paper.
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  Episode 16: Zsolt Darvas on the EU fiscal rules and implications for green investments 27.06.2022 1h 4min

  Zsolt Darvas, senior fellow at Bruegel, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss how the EU fiscal rules can be revised to support increased green investments in Europe, and the implications of EU fiscal constraints on emerging market countries.
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  Episode 15: Mitu Gulati and Mark Weidemaier on Global Coordination and Sustainable Finance 13.06.2022 53min

  Mitu Gulati, John V. Ray Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and Mark Weidermaier, Ralph M. Stockton, Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – also hosts of the Clauses and Controversies podcast - join 'Sovereign Debt' to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on multilateralism, and how to increase the effectiveness of sustainable finance.