{ "title": "The Fund’s Lending Framework and Sovereign Debt - Preliminary Considerations", "publication": "Policy Papers, May 23, 2014", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-funds-lending-framework-and-sovereign-debt-preliminary-considerations-pp4871", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-funds-lending-framework-and-sovereign-debt-preliminary-considerations-pp4871", "overlayPath": "/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-funds-lending-framework-and-sovereign-debt-preliminary-considerations-pp4871/index.md", "summary": "As a follow-up to the Executive Board's May 2013 discussion, this paper considers a possible direction for reform of the Fund's lending framework in the context of sovereign debt vulnerabilities.", "sections": [ { "heading": "Overview and Purpose", "content": "- Publication date: May 23, 2014\n- Follow-up to the Executive Board's May 2013 discussion.\n- Primary focus: the Fund's exceptional access framework, where the Fund is most likely to judge whether a member's problems can be resolved with or without a debt restructuring.\n- Objective: reduce the costs of crisis resolution for both creditors and debtors—relative to the alternatives—thereby benefitting the overall system.\n- Approach characteristics: market-based ideas whose eventual implementation would require meaningful consultation with creditors." }, { "heading": "Key Findings and Analytical Focus", "content": "- The exceptional access framework is central because it is the context in which decisions about debt restructuring versus Fund-supported adjustment are most acute.\n- Reducing crisis-resolution costs for creditors and debtors is the explicit comparative objective (\"relative to the alternatives\").\n- Market-based preliminary approaches are advanced as possible directions for reform." }, { "heading": "Policy Implications and Recommendations (Preliminary)", "content": "- Reform of the Fund's lending framework should prioritize lowering crisis-resolution costs for both creditors and debtors.\n- Any implementation of the market-based ideas in the paper would require meaningful consultation with creditors.\n- Emphasis on using the exceptional access framework to guide judgments on the need for debt restructuring versus Fund support." }, { "heading": "Subjects and Scope", "content": "- Access to capital markets\n- Access to Fund general resources\n- Concessional aid\n- Debt restructuring\n- Debt sustainability\n- Exceptional use of Fund resources\n- Members\n- Sovereign debt" }, { "heading": "Additional Publication Details Noted on Page", "content": "- Format: Chicago (citation provided)\n- Citation snippet: The Fund’s Lending Framework and Sovereign Debt - 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