## Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable - 6th Co-Chairs Progress Report

_IMF News, April 15, 2026_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 15, 2026

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### 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.*

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## References

- [Proposals for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM) -- A Factsheet](https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/sdrm.htm)
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