Purpose and objectives of the meeting
The hybrid meeting will bring together policymakers and experts from developing countries to discuss and share their policy experiences in the area of debt sustainability; particularly from the perspective of the UNCTAD SDFA framework which provides policy makers with an assessment of their external and public sector financial needs against the need to achieve or maintain external debt and public sector sustainability.
The key objectives and expected outcomes of the event are the following:
- To launch the reports on ‘Application of the UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment: Case Studies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka’
- To discuss and share experiences on debt sustainability
Programme
10: 00–10:55
- Welcome Address (Moderator) - Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
- Keynote Address: Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
- Introduction to the SDFA and its application - Penelope Hawkins, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
- Presentation of the Study - Keith Lockwood, Economics Department of Rand Afrikaans University and at the Gordon Institute of Business Science
10.55- 11.15: Panel Discussion
Prof. Nelson Barbosa, Professor at FGV and former Finance Minister, Brazil,
Dr. P. K. G. Harischandra, Director, Economic Research Department, Central bank of Sri Lanka
Mr. Abdul Manap Pulugan, INDEF, Indonesia
11:15 – 12:00 Q&A From Participants
REGISTRATION
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