{ "title": "Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — 4th Cochairs Progress Report", "publication": "IMF News, April 23, 2025", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2025/04/23/pr25119-global-sovereign-debt-roundtable-4th-cochairs-progress-report", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2025/04/23/pr25119-global-sovereign-debt-roundtable-4th-cochairs-progress-report", "overlayPath": "/en/news/articles/2025/04/23/pr25119-global-sovereign-debt-roundtable-4th-cochairs-progress-report/index.md", "summary": "Washington, DC: The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) met today and reviewed progress on the work to improve debt restructuring processes and timelines, and to help address debt vulnerabilities.", "publishDate": "2025-04-23", "sections": [ { "heading": "Meeting overview", "content": "- Date: April 23, 2025\n- Location: Washington, DC\n- Press Release No.: 25/119\n- Convening: The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) met to review progress on improving debt restructuring processes and timelines and to help address debt vulnerabilities.\n- Participants: Debtor countries and official and private creditors (as part of the GSDR membership)." }, { "heading": "Key outputs issued", "content": "- Co-chairs who issued materials at the end of the meeting:\n - Kristalina Georgieva, International Monetary Fund Managing Director\n - Ajay Banga, World Bank Group President\n - Enoch Godongwana, Finance Minister of South Africa, G20 Presidency\n- Documents issued:\n - “Restructuring Playbook” — aims to provide debtor country authorities considering a debt restructuring with the key steps, concepts and processes for such an operation.\n - GSDR 4th Cochairs Report.\n - Compilation of technical issues discussed by the GSDR to date." }, { "heading": "Purpose and priorities", "content": "- GSDR objective:\n - To build common understanding among key stakeholders on debt sustainability and debt restructuring challenges, and ways to address them.\n- Meeting 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