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Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable

Last Updated: November 14, 2025

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1. Key GSDR outcomes 

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2. What is the GSDR?

The objective of the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable is to build greater common understanding among key stakeholders on debt and debt restructuring challenges, shortcomings in debt restructuring processes, both within and outside the Common Framework, and work together on ways to address them.

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3. What issues does it cover?

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4. Who participates in the GSDR?

The roundtable is co-chaired by the IMF, World Bank and G20 Presidency (the United States in 2026) and comprises official bilateral creditors (both traditional creditors members of the Paris Club and new creditors), private creditors and borrowing countries.

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5. When does the GSDR meet?

The GSDR started its work in February 2023. Since then, it has regularly met at Principals level in the context of the IMF-World Bank Spring and Annual meetings, with several technical or preparatory meetings in between, including open workshops. It will continue to meet in a similar fashion going forward.