Session 12: Sovereign Debt Distress in the Global South

October 13, 2023

Chair
Jorgelina A. do Rosario, Emerging Market Correspondent, Thomson Reuters

Speakers

Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics, University of California Berkeley

Martin Guzmán, Co-President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University

Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

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