Bolivia’s challenges are serious—but manageable with the right policies & multilateral support.

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#DevelopmentFinance #SovereignDebt

🎯 Policy priorities:
• Targeted fiscal consolidation
• Shift to high-potential sectors
• More FX flexibility
• Stronger monetary discipline
• Debt reprofiling

💡 Key insights:
• Reform momentum may be weakening
• Debt sustainability requires adjustment + 5-year reprofiling
• ~32.5% FX adjustment likely needed
• Central bank balance sheet has deteriorated
• Growth may shift toward agriculture

Our report analyzes the roots of the fiscal & external crisis, assesses current stabilization efforts, and outlines what’s needed next.

📢 🇧🇴 New paper: Bolivia’s Crisis and the Road Ahead
By Stephen Paduano, Jules Devie & Jean Courtial

Bolivia faces a severe crisis: debt ~95% of GDP, low reserves, and rising external obligations. 🧵

📽️ Webinar recording now available!

Missed our session on debt challenges in developing countries? Watch it here 👇

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🌍 Join our #WEBINAR next week 📅 Thursday 9 April. Hear from leading experts incl. Indermit S. Gill, Benjamin Ramsey, Ye Yu & Vera Songwe.

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#GlobalEconomy #DebtCrisis #DevelopmentFinance

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Looking for candidates passionate about sovereign debt, climate finance & global development, with strong analytical skills.

Work on cutting-edge research & policy.

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9/ 🔗 Read the full paper 👇
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#ClimateFinance #BlendedFinance #SustainableFinance #DevelopmentFinance #ClimateAction

8/ 💡 Bottom line:
Blended finance is not just about more tools—
It’s about better design and strategic deployment.

7/ 🔍 Key insight #4
Scaling climate finance will require:
➡️ More institutional investors
➡️ More long-term capital
➡️ Stronger roles for public & multilateral institutions

6/ 🔍 Key insight #3
For guarantees to work, they must:
➡️ Target specific market failures
➡️ Address financial barriers
➡️ Improve risk allocation

4/ 🔍 Key insight #1
Climate investment needs are enormous—yet financing gaps remain especially severe in low- and middle-income countries.

3/ ❓ Can financial instruments like guarantees truly unlock the scale of climate finance we need?

This paper takes a closer look.

2/ 🌍 Financing the climate transition—especially in emerging markets and developing economies—is one of the defining challenges of our time.

📢 🌟New publication🌟
Bending the Climate Change Curve by Blending Finance

A new paper by Stijn Claessens & Sony Kapoor 👇
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📢New Recording ▶️ Webinar — Debt-for-Development Swaps (#D4D): experts from @findevlab.bsky.social , World Bank, Ivory Coast & @nature.org discuss recent deals, guarantees, risk insurance, & regional activity.

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📢 🚨 New #CallforInterest! Looking for local partners to produce detailed case studies on large-scale projects funded by the #UAE in renewable energy or by #SaudiArabia in sustainable agriculture. 📨 Contact us by January 15!
🔗 Project details & application information👇
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🌟 🌟 Debt-For-Development Swaps 🌟 🌟

🚨 📢 Join our upcoming #WEBINAR this Wednesday!

🔗 Don’t forget to register👇
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Tracing the Drivers of SSA’s Low Sovereign Credit Ratings Tracing the Drivers of Sub-Saharan Africa's Low Sovereign Credit Ratings By Tatiana Lysenko Sovereign credit ratings are crucial to Sub-Saharan Africa's

This research emphasizes the need for nuanced interpretations of SSA ratings. A must-read for anyone in African economics & finance. Dive into the full paper here👇
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#Africa #SovereignRatings

Key Finding #2: ✅ The paper finds NO statistical evidence that S&P consistently biases SSA sovereign ratings upward or downward after accounting for key factors. This highlights the complexity of rating SSA. #CreditRisk #EmergingMarkets

Key Finding #1: ✅ Slow-moving structural indicators (GDP per capita & institutional quality) are the MOST important rating drivers, alongside fiscal & external vulnerabilities #EconomicPolicy #Investment

Why are these ratings so important? 🤔 Sovereign credit ratings are vital to SSA's financial landscape, but debates rage over their accuracy and fairness. This paper dives deep into the structural factors at play.

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 "Tracing the drivers of Sub-Saharan Africa's low sovereign credit ratings," by Tatiana Lysenko. Link in comments 👇
#Africa #SovereignRatings #EconomicResearch

Embedding Resilience in Eurobonds for Low-Income Borrowers Embedding Resilience in Eurobonds for Low-Income Borrowers: Options for their Design and Introduction By Starla V. Griffin In this paper, Starla V.

Link to Paper 👇
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Innovative solutions like climate-resilient debt clauses can enhance LICs' financial resilience.
👇Download our latest paper to read more on this topic (link in comments). #SovereignDebt #Eurobonds #DevelopingCountries #SustainableFinance #ClimateResilience

Key takeaways:✅ Conventional Eurobonds can cause resource leakage, divert funds from crucial investments.
✅ LICs need sustainable financing aligned with SDGs, but face obstacles.
✅ Better governance & transparency can lower costs & boost investor confidence.

📢💰🌍 New Insights on Sovereign Debt: explore the Eurobond market & its impact on LICs. Although meant to support capital flow, the current structure often overlooks LICs' unique challenges, esp. those juggling concessional funding &non-traditional creditors.

The $4 trillion question: what is the impact of prudential regulation? By Sima Kammourieh and Jules Devie Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) continue to face significant economic and financial challenges. The

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#EmergingMarkets #GlobalFinance #PrivateCapital #EconomicGrowth #Investments #FinanceTrends #Prudential #Regulation

🔍 Global uncertainties—US trade policies, potential rate hikes—complicate the picture.💡With tight public funds & rising investment needs, private capital flows are increasingly important. 📊 Our 20-year data shows a shift from bank loans to bonds for external financing.