Re-imagining domestic policies for sustainable and inclusive debt relief

IDRC co-hosted a side event at the 2022 Forum on Financing for Development to exchange ideas that could guide debt relief efforts. Building on IDRC-funded research currently underway in 12 low-income countries, panelists discussed how cumulative challenges are emerging and what policy options could be used to achieve development goals. during the restructuring or rescheduling of the debt.

Welcoming remarks: Julie Shouldice, vice-president, Strategy, Regions and Policy, IDRC
Opening remarks: The honourable Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (UN).
Panelists:
• Ishac Diwan, director of research, Finance for Development Lab, Paris School of Economics, and research fellow, Economic Research Forum
• Ramiro Albrieu, associate researcher, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, and researcher, Red Sudamericana de Economía Aplicada (Red Sur)
• Mma Amara Ekeruche, senior research fellow, Centre for the Study of the Economics of Africa
• Paul Lakuma, research fellow, Economic Policy Research Centre
• Alemayehu Geda, professor of Economics, Addis Ababa University
Moderator : Arjan de Haan, Senior Program Specialist, IDRC

This panel was also co-hosted by the Economic Research Forum, Finance for Development Lab and Red Sur. It was co-sponsored by Canada’s Permanent Mission to the UN.