## Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — 2nd Cochairs Progress Report

_IMF News, April 17, 2024_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 17, 2024

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### Meeting summary and actions
- Press Release No. 24/120; April 17, 2024.
- The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) met and:
  - reviewed progress on the work to improve debt restructuring processes and timelines;
  - reviewed progress on work to help address debt vulnerabilities;
  - discussed priority areas for the work going forward.
- At the end of the meeting, the International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga, and Finance Minister of Brazil Fernando Haddad, co-chairs of the GSDR, issued the attached GSDR 2nd Cochairs Progress Report.

### Purpose and participants
- The GSDR brings together debtor countries and creditors.
- Objective: to build greater common understanding among key stakeholders on debt sustainability and debt restructuring challenges, and ways to address them.

### Contact and media
- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS.
- PRESS OFFICER: Nico Mombrial
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
- Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson

*Source: Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — 2nd Cochairs Progress Report (Press Release No. 24/120), April 17, 2024, IMF Communications Department.*

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## References

- [Brazil and the IMF](http://www.imf.org/external/country/BRA/index.htm)
- [Proposals for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM) -- A Factsheet](https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/sdrm.htm)
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