## Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — 3rd Cochairs Progress Report

_IMF News, October 23, 2024_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 23, 2024

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### Meeting summary
- Date: October 23, 2024
- Location: Washington, DC
- Press Release No.: 24/392
- The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) met and reviewed progress on the work to improve debt restructuring processes and timelines, and to help address debt vulnerabilities.
- Participants discussed priority areas for the work going forward.

### Key outputs and documents
- 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 3rd Cochairs Report
  - the compilation of technical issues discussed by the GSDR so far

### Purpose and scope of the GSDR
- The GSDR brings together debtor countries and official and private creditors.
- Objective: to build common understanding among key stakeholders on:
  - debt sustainability challenges
  - debt restructuring challenges
  - ways to address those challenges

### Contact and communications
- IMF Communications Department, MEDIA RELATIONS
- PRESS OFFICER: Randa Elnagar
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
- IMF social handle: @IMFSpokesperson
- Note: The IMF Press Center is described as a password-protected site for working journalists.

*Source: International Monetary Fund — Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — 3rd Cochairs Progress Report (Press Release No. 24/392, October 23, 2024).*

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- **gsdr-cochairs-progress-report-october-2024 - Executive Summary**
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- **Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — Compendium of GSDR Common Understanding on Technical Issues**
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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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