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Fund Support for Debt- and Debt-Service-Reduction Operations

March 16, 2021

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Fund Support for Debt- and Debt-Service-Reduction Operations, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

The note concludes that the Fund could support a member’s use of buybacks, cash sweeteners, or collateral in the context of a Fund-supported program, provided that (i) debt restructurings using buybacks, cash sweeteners or collateral offer significant efficiency gains relative to debt restructurings that do not rely on such instruments, but are underpinned by a regular Fund-supported program; and (ii) an adequate cushion of non-multilateral debt remains after the operation. The conditions under which buybacks, cash sweeteners or collateral can be expected to deliver significant efficiency gains are narrow and specified in some detail.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Currencies, Debt reduction, Debt relief, Debt restructuring, Debt service, External debt, Financial crises, Money

Keywords: Cash payment, Currencies, DDSR Policy, DDSRO operation, Debt reduction, Debt relief, Debt restructuring, Debt service, Debtor country, Fund staff, Fund-financed DDSROs, Fund-financing of buyback, Fund-supported DDSROs, PP, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    41

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Policy Paper No. 2021/018

  • Stock No:

    PPEA2021018

  • ISBN:

    9781513574110

  • ISSN:

    2663-3493