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Unpacking Ecuador’s pioneering debt-for-nature swap

Joan Prats, lead financial specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, joins Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, to examine Ecuador’s debt-for-nature swap, completed in May 2023. They cover the highlights of the transaction, including the new credit enhancement structure and record size, the important role the IADB played in the deal

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Central bank reserve management: from inflation fears to sustainability trends

Feeling the heat of high inflation and weakening global growth, central bank reserve managers are steering the investment world through stormy seas. Massimiliano Castelli, head of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets at UBS Asset Management, joins Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, to discuss the investment landscape for reserve managers, currency and asset allocation

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Charting the future of money

Technology is causing rapid changes in how we use money, with private and public solutions competing and catalysing each other’s developments. Douglas Elliott, partner at Oliver Wyman, and Larissa de Lima, senior fellow at the Oliver Wyman Forum, join Lewis McLellan, editor of OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute, to discuss their views on the evolving paradigm

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Helping Ukraine to fight back

While Ukraine valiantly fights Russia on the battlefield, it also must maintain a viable functioning economy. Over the last year, Ukraine has made crucial progress on economic stabilisation with western support. Such support must continue as reconstruction costs will be high. Vladyslav Rashkovan, Ukraine’s representative for the International Monetary Fund and former deputy governor of

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In conversation with the United Nations: supporting energy efficiency

Catalysing energy efficiency and security, while scaling up clean energy production and increasing decarbonisation, has been high on policy-makers’ agendas. This podcast discusses how the United Nations is working to converge regulatory and policy frameworks to support this, the tools and classifications required and the latest developments in criteria and technology. The conversation also discusses

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Artificial intelligence: promises and risks to the macroeconomy

How is artificial intelligence impacting economies, political environments, financial markets and misinformation? What are the policy challenges and how can governments work to counter them? Julian Jacobs, senior economist at OMFIF, interviews Darrell West, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the promises and perils that may emerge as countries embrace AI. They discuss the

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What can public finance management teach the green bond market?

Though generally treated as separate, the qualities of good management of public spending – transparency, efficiency, high quality impact assessment – have much in common with the qualities encouraged in sustainable finance. Eila Kreivi, European Investment Bank’s chief sustainable finance adviser, Alex Caridia, RBC’s head of public sector markets, and Mark MacDonald, EY’s global lead

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Gilts: rates uncertainty, recession fears and record supply

Brian Mangwiro, portfolio manager, global fixed income and currencies at Barings, speaks to Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, on the factors behind the surge in gilt yields in weeks past. They also discuss the buying opportunities in gilts, the Bank of England’s response in tackling inflation, lessons learned from last

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GPI 2023: Reserve managers navigating losses, stagflation and geopolitics

Amid persistent inflation, heightened recession risks and prolonged geopolitical tensions, central bank reserve managers find themselves confronting yet another difficult year. This challenging macroenvironment is impacting their investment strategies and, for some, it is raising concerns about the adequacy of their reserves. Join Nikhil Sanghani, managing director of research, and Taylor Pearce, senior economist at

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How to enforce the law on blockchain technology

Mike Kanovitz, chief executive officer of Jurat Blockchains, joins Lewis McLellan, editor of the Digital Monetary Institute, to discuss the challenges of making court orders enforceable on the blockchain. Traditional finance has intermediaries that can implement the decisions of courts, such as freezing assets and reversing transactions. But in a decentralised context, this is more

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