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  "title": "Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable - 6th Co-Chairs Progress Report",
  "publication": "IMF News, April 15, 2026",
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  "summary": "Washington, DC – April 15, 2026: 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. Participants also discussed priority areas for the work going forward.",
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      "heading": "Meeting overview",
      "content": "- Date and location: April 15, 2026, Washington, DC.\n- Press Release No.: 26/121.\n- 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.\n- Participants reviewed progress and discussed priority areas for the work going forward."
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      "heading": "Documents and guidance issued",
      "content": "- Updated “Restructuring Playbook”:\n  - Purpose: To provide country authorities considering a debt restructuring with the key steps, concepts and processes for such an operation.\n- “LMO Manual”:\n  - Purpose: To help country authorities considering a liability management operation with practical guidance.\n- GSDR 6th Cochairs Report (issued).\n- Compilation of technical issues discussed by the GSDR to date (issued)."
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      "heading": "Leadership and convening institutions",
      "content": "- Co-chairs who issued the materials at the close of the meeting:\n  - Kristalina Georgieva, International Monetary Fund Managing Director.\n  - Ajay Banga, World Bank Group President.\n  - Francis Brooke, US Acting Under Secretary for International Affairs, G20 Presidency.\n- GSDR composition and objective:\n  - Brings together debtor countries and official and private creditors.\n  - Objective: To build common understanding among key stakeholders on debt sustainability and debt restructuring challenges, and ways to address them."
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      "heading": "Media and contact information",
      "content": "- Issuing office: IMF Communications Department.\n- Media relations / Press officer: Camila Perez.\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Social: @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable - 6th Co-Chairs Progress Report, April 15, 2026.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable 6th Cochairs Progress Report, April 15, 2026\n  - Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable 6th Cochairs Progress Report, April 15, 2026 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable 6th Cochairs Progress Report, April 15, 2026 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- 041526-gsdr-compendium-of-common-understanding-on-technical-issues\n  - 041526-gsdr-compendium-of-common-understanding-on-technical-issues (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 041526-gsdr-compendium-of-common-understanding-on-technical-issues (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- 041526 Gsdr Lmo Manual\n  - 041526 Gsdr Lmo Manual (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 041526 Gsdr Lmo Manual (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Playbook for Country Authorities\n  - Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Playbook for Country Authorities (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Playbook for Country Authorities (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\n References\n\n- Proposals for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM) -- A Factsheet\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/04/15/pr26121global-sovereign-debt-roundtable-6th-cochairs-progress-report"
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    "Published: April 15, 2026",
    "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.",
    "Updated “Restructuring Playbook”:",
    "“LMO Manual”:",
    "GSDR 6th Cochairs Report (issued).",
    "Compilation of technical issues discussed by the GSDR to date (issued).",
    "Co-chairs who issued the materials at the close of the meeting:",
    "GSDR composition and objective:",
    "Issuing office: IMF Communications Department.",
    "Media relations / Press officer: Camila Perez.",
    "Phone: +1 202 623-7100",
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