Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable - 6th Co-Chairs Progress Report
IMF News, April 15, 2026
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Bibliographic details
- Published: April 15, 2026
Meeting overview
- Date and location: April 15, 2026, Washington, DC.
- Press Release No.: 26/121.
- Purpose: The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) met to review progress on work to improve debt restructuring processes and timelines, and to help address debt vulnerabilities.
- Participants reviewed progress and discussed priority areas for the work going forward.
Documents and guidance issued
- Updated “Restructuring Playbook”:
- Purpose: To provide country authorities considering a debt restructuring with the key steps, concepts and processes for such an operation.
- “LMO Manual”:
- Purpose: To help country authorities considering a liability management operation with practical guidance.
- GSDR 6th Cochairs Report (issued).
- Compilation of technical issues discussed by the GSDR to date (issued).
Leadership and convening institutions
- Co-chairs who issued the materials at the close of the meeting:
- Kristalina Georgieva, International Monetary Fund Managing Director.
- Ajay Banga, World Bank Group President.
- Francis Brooke, US Acting Under Secretary for International Affairs, G20 Presidency.
- GSDR composition and objective:
- Brings together debtor countries and official and private creditors.
- Objective: To build common understanding among key stakeholders on debt sustainability and debt restructuring challenges, and ways to address them.
Media and contact information
- Issuing office: IMF Communications Department.
- Media relations / Press officer: Camila Perez.
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
- Social: @IMFSpokesperson
Source: Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable - 6th Co-Chairs Progress Report, April 15, 2026.
Content in this bundle
- Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable 6th Cochairs Progress Report, April 15, 2026
- 041526-gsdr-compendium-of-common-understanding-on-technical-issues
- 041526 Gsdr Lmo Manual
- Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Playbook for Country Authorities