Sovereign Debt with Jill Dauchy
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A podcast to encourage debate and bold thinking around ‘greening’ the global economy and debt sustainability frameworks. Hosted by Jill Dauchy, CEO of Potomac Group. For more information about Potomac Group, please visit our website www.potomac-group.com
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Aug 7, 2023
Episode 30: Hoang Pham on the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights
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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Jul 11, 2023
Episode 29: Joan Oriol Prats Cabrera on the Ecuador debt-for-nature swap
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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Jun 19, 2023
Episode 28: Cesar Arias on Colombia’s green bond framework
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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Jun 12, 2023
Episode 27: Baba Musa on the multiple challenges facing Nigeria and other African governments today
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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Feb 20, 2023
Episode 26: Thierry Watrin on Rwanda’s climate initiatives
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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Feb 6, 2023
Episode 25: Herman Kamil on Uruguay’s sustainability-linked bond
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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Jan 22, 2023
Episode 24: Keynote address given at the UN retreat for UN Member State representatives on Financing for Development
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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Oct 24, 2022
Episode 23: Sonja Gibbs on the Institute of International Finance
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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Oct 10, 2022
Episode 22: Mark Flanagan on the reforms of the DSA
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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Sep 26, 2022
Episode 21: Brad Setser on the impact of the Fed
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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Aug 22, 2022
Episode 20: Jim Ho on natural disaster clauses
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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Aug 8, 2022
Episode 19: Yan Liu on the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust
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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Jul 25, 2022
Episode 18: Jeromin Zettelmeyer on updates to the arrears policies at the IMF
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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Jul 11, 2022
Episode 17: Ugo Panizza on climate debt
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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Jun 27, 2022
Episode 16: Zsolt Darvas on the EU fiscal rules and implications for green investments
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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Jun 13, 2022
Episode 15: Mitu Gulati and Mark Weidemaier on Global Coordination and Sustainable Finance
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.
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May 2, 2022
Episode 14: Anna Gelpern on "How China Lends"
Anna Gelpern, Professor of Law, Anne Fleming Research Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics joins Sovereign Debt to discuss "How China Lends," her work published last year which looked into 100 debt contracts between Chinese entities and 24 developing countries throughout the world.
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Apr 18, 2022
Episode 13: Ekaterina Gratcheva on the Climate Investment Funds, sovereign ESG and human rights
Ekaterina Gratcheva, Lead Finance Officer of the Climate Investment Funds, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the work of the Climate Investment Funds and her research on the role of human rights in the growing industry of sovereign ESG investments.
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Apr 4, 2022
Bonus: Revisiting Ambassador Frank G. Wisner on critical issues facing the global community
Given the changes happening around the world, we're revisiting our first episode of the podcast with Ambassador Frank G. Wisner. We discussed the rise of China, US policy in the Middle East and America’s need to re-imagine its place in the world.
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Mar 21, 2022
Episode 12: Mark McNamee on the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine
Mark McNamee, Director of Europe at FrontierView, joins "Sovereign Debt" to talk about the Russian war on Ukraine, how we got here and where are we going, its lasting impact on global coordination and the role of China.
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Mar 7, 2022
Episode 11: Yannis Manuelides on the changing International Financial Architecture and how it is impacted by the Russia - Ukraine conflict
Yannis Manuelides, partner at Allen & Overy, joins “Sovereign Debt’” to discuss how the International Financial Architecture is changing and how the conflict between Russia and Ukraine further complicates global coordination.
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Feb 21, 2022
Episode 10: Fiona Stewart on the World Bank's climate initatives
Fiona Stewart, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, of the Competitiveness & Innovation division, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the World Bank's efforts to link sovereign debt to climate and nature outcomes.
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Feb 7, 2022
Episode 9: Matt Vodola on the sovereign debt market
Matt Vodola, Managing Director at Potomac Group, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the sovereign debt market in 2021 and look ahead to 2022.
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Jan 25, 2022
Episode 8: Julie Robinson on The Nature Conservancy’s relationship with Belize
Julie Robinson, marine biologist and program director for The Nature Conservancy’s Belize Program, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the on-the-ground impact of the recent debt swap and the 30-year history of TNC in her home country.
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Jan 17, 2022
Episode 7: Esteban Brenes on the successes and challenges of debt swaps
Esteban Brenes, Director of Conservation Finance at the World Wildlife Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss his history working on debt swaps and his current work with the WWF.
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Dec 20, 2021
Episode 6: Jean-Paul Adam on the Seychelles debt-for-nature swap
Jean-Paul Adam, former Minister of Finance of the Seychelles, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the Seychelles debt-for-nature swap from 2015 and his current role with the United Nations Economic Council for Africa.
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Dec 13, 2021
Episode 5: Deborah Bräutigam on the rise of China
Dr. Deborah Bräutigam, Director of the China-Africa Research Initiative at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the rise of China and the “debt diplomacy” of the country.
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Dec 6, 2021
Episode 4: Kevin Bender on The Nature Conservancy's Belize deal
Kevin Bender, senior director of sustainable debt at The Nature Conservancy, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the ins and outs of TNC’s debt-for-marine conservation deal with Belize that swapped the country's existing external debt.
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Nov 22, 2021
Episode 3: Jennifer Morris on COP26 and the importance of nature
Jennifer Morris, CEO of the Nature Conservancy, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the importance of nature in the financial ecosystem (4:08), COP26 (16:15), and their deal in Belize (25:37).
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Nov 15, 2021
Episode 2: Arsene Dansou on Benin issuing their SDG bond
Arsene Dansou, debt manager for Benin, joins the show to discuss how Benin issued their first Sustainable Development Goals bond (2:39), what an SDG bond means (10:28), some of the challenges that came with issuing it (21:22) and advice for how other countries can issue their own SDG bond (23:26).
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Nov 8, 2021
Episode 1: Ambassador Frank Wisner II on critical issues facing the global community
In our inaugural episode, Jill Dauchy sits down with Ambassador Frank Wisner II to discuss the rise of China (2:32), US policy in the Middle East (8:28), Sudan (17:50) and America’s need to reimagine its place in the world (24:49).
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