Martin Kessler
@mkessler.bsky.social
Executive Director of the Finance for Development Lab; development finance geek;
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DebtNerds drinks at the very cool Ground Control in Paris with @agelpern.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @theomaret.bsky.social @diegorivetti.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
DebtNerds drinks at the very cool Ground Control in Paris with @agelpern.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @theomaret.bsky.social @diegorivetti.bsky.social
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As the launch wraps up, check out coverage we’ve gotten from around the world.
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www.jeuneafrique.com/1698843/econ...
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www.jeuneafrique.com/1698843/econ...
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Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health
Research warns poorer governments prioritising debt payments over essential development spending
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As the launch wraps up, check out coverage we’ve gotten from around the world.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.reuters.com/world/vatica...
www.jeuneafrique.com/1698843/econ...
www.catholicregister.org/item/2403-fi...
oglobo.globo.com/blogs/miriam...
www.infobae.com/economia/202...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.reuters.com/world/vatica...
www.jeuneafrique.com/1698843/econ...
www.catholicregister.org/item/2403-fi...
oglobo.globo.com/blogs/miriam...
www.infobae.com/economia/202...
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Cardinal Turkson reads statement from Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State, at Jubilee Report Launch.
June 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Cardinal Turkson reads statement from Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State, at Jubilee Report Launch.
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The Vatican-backed Jubilee Report in now live! Join us for the Virtual Launch today, June 20, 9am to 5pm Rome: gsb-columbia-edu.zoom.us/j/92116812349
Read report: bit.ly/4kNj3e8
#JubileeReport @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @martinguzman.bsky.social
Read report: bit.ly/4kNj3e8
#JubileeReport @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @martinguzman.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The Vatican-backed Jubilee Report in now live! Join us for the Virtual Launch today, June 20, 9am to 5pm Rome: gsb-columbia-edu.zoom.us/j/92116812349
Read report: bit.ly/4kNj3e8
#JubileeReport @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @martinguzman.bsky.social
Read report: bit.ly/4kNj3e8
#JubileeReport @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @martinguzman.bsky.social
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The Vatican-backed Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and Creating the Financial Foundations for a Sustainable People-Centered Global Economy launches today! #JubileeReport, #Jubilee2025, #TurnDebtIntoHope
June 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The Vatican-backed Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and Creating the Financial Foundations for a Sustainable People-Centered Global Economy launches today! #JubileeReport, #Jubilee2025, #TurnDebtIntoHope
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📢 Read Martin Kessler's new piece: "The Age of Opportunistic Fragmentation: Rethinking #DevelopmentFinance in Trump II Era". It's time to reflect before #FfD4 in Sevilla. @mkessler.bsky.social @grandcontinent.bsky.social
🔗 Read here (in French) 👇
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/05/2...
🔗 Read here (in French) 👇
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/05/2...
L'ère de la fragmentation opportuniste : penser la finance du développement après Trump | Le Grand Continent
« America First is not America alone ». Sur le multilatéralisme et les institutions de Bretton Woods, Washington tente par tous les moyens de tordre à son avantage le système — sans en sortir complèt...
legrandcontinent.eu
May 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📢 Read Martin Kessler's new piece: "The Age of Opportunistic Fragmentation: Rethinking #DevelopmentFinance in Trump II Era". It's time to reflect before #FfD4 in Sevilla. @mkessler.bsky.social @grandcontinent.bsky.social
🔗 Read here (in French) 👇
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/05/2...
🔗 Read here (in French) 👇
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/05/2...
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🤔 Oportuno artículo de Martin Kessler @mkessler.bsky.social sobre Trump 2.0 y el escenario global de la financiación para el desarrollo, a discutir en el marco de 🇺🇳 en Sevilla: multilateralismo debilitado, multipolaridad regionalizada, bilateralismo oportunista👇
legrandcontinent.eu/es/2025/05/2...
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La era de la fragmentación oportunista: pensar las finanzas del desarrollo tras Trump - El Grand Continent
«America First is not America alone». Sobre el multilateralismo y las instituciones de Bretton Woods: Washington intenta por todos los medios torcer el sistema a su favor —sin salir completamente de ...
legrandcontinent.eu
May 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🤔 Oportuno artículo de Martin Kessler @mkessler.bsky.social sobre Trump 2.0 y el escenario global de la financiación para el desarrollo, a discutir en el marco de 🇺🇳 en Sevilla: multilateralismo debilitado, multipolaridad regionalizada, bilateralismo oportunista👇
legrandcontinent.eu/es/2025/05/2...
legrandcontinent.eu/es/2025/05/2...
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David Feldman, been there, done that: www.jstor.org/stable/10612...
April 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
David Feldman, been there, done that: www.jstor.org/stable/10612...
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Countdown to #DebtCon8 paper deadline! March 31 is it. Six. Days. Don’t sleep on it y’all. #debtcon #sovereigndebt #PublicDebtIsPublic @upanizza.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
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DebtCon
www.law.georgetown.edu
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Countdown to #DebtCon8 paper deadline! March 31 is it. Six. Days. Don’t sleep on it y’all. #debtcon #sovereigndebt #PublicDebtIsPublic @upanizza.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
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A reminder that the call for papers deadline for the 2025 DebtCon8 meeting, October 13-15 at Georgetown Law School, is March 31. More information here:
www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
(Policy panel proposals accepted through April 30)
@laynamosley.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
(Policy panel proposals accepted through April 30)
@laynamosley.bsky.social
DebtCon
www.law.georgetown.edu
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A reminder that the call for papers deadline for the 2025 DebtCon8 meeting, October 13-15 at Georgetown Law School, is March 31. More information here:
www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
(Policy panel proposals accepted through April 30)
@laynamosley.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
(Policy panel proposals accepted through April 30)
@laynamosley.bsky.social
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🌍💰 New Paper by Adil Ababou of @gatesfoundation.bsky.social : “Debt for what swaps?" setting out 3 guiding principles to ensure the potential of swap resources is optimized: 1️⃣ Define LT vision 2️⃣ Target expenditures for LT financing 3️⃣ Ensure additionality with government spending.
February 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🌍💰 New Paper by Adil Ababou of @gatesfoundation.bsky.social : “Debt for what swaps?" setting out 3 guiding principles to ensure the potential of swap resources is optimized: 1️⃣ Define LT vision 2️⃣ Target expenditures for LT financing 3️⃣ Ensure additionality with government spending.
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🌍💡 New Policy Note just released! “Planning and Implementing the Climate and Development Transformation: Country Platforms as Enablers”. Drafted in partnership with #C3A.
#ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #FinanceForDevelopment #CountryPlatforms
#ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #FinanceForDevelopment #CountryPlatforms
February 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌍💡 New Policy Note just released! “Planning and Implementing the Climate and Development Transformation: Country Platforms as Enablers”. Drafted in partnership with #C3A.
#ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #FinanceForDevelopment #CountryPlatforms
#ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #FinanceForDevelopment #CountryPlatforms
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🌍🤝 Opening of the 2025 Amplifying African Voices dialogue series w/ Prof Tang Xiaoyang (Tsinghua Univ) & Hannah Ryder (Dev Reimagined). Dive into the evolution of #ChinaAfrica relations: new models for engagement?#Africa #Investment #DebtRestructuring #AAV
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌍🤝 Opening of the 2025 Amplifying African Voices dialogue series w/ Prof Tang Xiaoyang (Tsinghua Univ) & Hannah Ryder (Dev Reimagined). Dive into the evolution of #ChinaAfrica relations: new models for engagement?#Africa #Investment #DebtRestructuring #AAV
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🚨 New Policy Paper Alert! 📄
📢 "HOW THE UK CAN PLUG THE ODA HOLE?"
➡️ On February 28, 2025, PM Keir Starmer announced a significant ODA reduction from 0.5% to 0.3% of GNI, translating to a projected £6.2 billion cut to the UK's aid budget!
📢 "HOW THE UK CAN PLUG THE ODA HOLE?"
➡️ On February 28, 2025, PM Keir Starmer announced a significant ODA reduction from 0.5% to 0.3% of GNI, translating to a projected £6.2 billion cut to the UK's aid budget!
March 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨 New Policy Paper Alert! 📄
📢 "HOW THE UK CAN PLUG THE ODA HOLE?"
➡️ On February 28, 2025, PM Keir Starmer announced a significant ODA reduction from 0.5% to 0.3% of GNI, translating to a projected £6.2 billion cut to the UK's aid budget!
📢 "HOW THE UK CAN PLUG THE ODA HOLE?"
➡️ On February 28, 2025, PM Keir Starmer announced a significant ODA reduction from 0.5% to 0.3% of GNI, translating to a projected £6.2 billion cut to the UK's aid budget!
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📈 Focusing on the 2019 debt situation, Marin Ferry and Ishac Diwan uncovered significant differences in how countries managed their borrowing after the 2000s debt reduction schemes. 💡 Not all nations that borrowed extensively fell into crisis.
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📈 Focusing on the 2019 debt situation, Marin Ferry and Ishac Diwan uncovered significant differences in how countries managed their borrowing after the 2000s debt reduction schemes. 💡 Not all nations that borrowed extensively fell into crisis.
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🌍 Why are developing countries heavily indebted, again? 🤔 Our latest analysis by Marin Ferry and Ishac Diwan reveals that the debt crises affecting poorer nations are not as inevitable as they seem.
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌍 Why are developing countries heavily indebted, again? 🤔 Our latest analysis by Marin Ferry and Ishac Diwan reveals that the debt crises affecting poorer nations are not as inevitable as they seem.
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🚨for development nerds: the new draft of the #FfD4 outcome doc is OUT!
At 1st glance, it seems quite similar w/ a few welcome steps up in ambition, including a new target to 3x MDB lending in next 10 yrs + a call for debt relief to favor concessional creditors
financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
At 1st glance, it seems quite similar w/ a few welcome steps up in ambition, including a new target to 3x MDB lending in next 10 yrs + a call for debt relief to favor concessional creditors
financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
financing.desa.un.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🚨for development nerds: the new draft of the #FfD4 outcome doc is OUT!
At 1st glance, it seems quite similar w/ a few welcome steps up in ambition, including a new target to 3x MDB lending in next 10 yrs + a call for debt relief to favor concessional creditors
financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
At 1st glance, it seems quite similar w/ a few welcome steps up in ambition, including a new target to 3x MDB lending in next 10 yrs + a call for debt relief to favor concessional creditors
financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
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Eurobond prospectuses referencing the USAID disruptions: "Kenya, a major beneficiary of USAID, has been significantly impacted, with thousands of health workers facing retrenchment. The temporary 90-day waiver permits some continued aid, but long-term stability remains uncertain. The Kenyan ..."
March 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Eurobond prospectuses referencing the USAID disruptions: "Kenya, a major beneficiary of USAID, has been significantly impacted, with thousands of health workers facing retrenchment. The temporary 90-day waiver permits some continued aid, but long-term stability remains uncertain. The Kenyan ..."
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The African Financing Stability Mechanism (AFSM) technical and operational report is finally out! Africa is the only continent without a Regional Financing Arrangement, making this initiative a game changer to address African financial vulnerabilities. www.afdb.org/en/documents...
African Financing Stability Mechanism (AFSM) Technical and Operational Report
www.afdb.org
February 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The African Financing Stability Mechanism (AFSM) technical and operational report is finally out! Africa is the only continent without a Regional Financing Arrangement, making this initiative a game changer to address African financial vulnerabilities. www.afdb.org/en/documents...
Can smarter people explain to me why Egypt is 21% richer than South Africa ($18.5k in GDP per capita PPP vs. $15.2) but is a lower middle-income country while South Africa is UMIC? Is it about GNI/GDP or Atlas method? Anyway - it's weird!
February 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Can smarter people explain to me why Egypt is 21% richer than South Africa ($18.5k in GDP per capita PPP vs. $15.2) but is a lower middle-income country while South Africa is UMIC? Is it about GNI/GDP or Atlas method? Anyway - it's weird!
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1/ 📢New paper alert:
"The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution" by @clemensgvl.bsky.social, Juan Farah Yacoub and myself: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Short 🧵👇
"The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution" by @clemensgvl.bsky.social, Juan Farah Yacoub and myself: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Short 🧵👇
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February 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
1/ 📢New paper alert:
"The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution" by @clemensgvl.bsky.social, Juan Farah Yacoub and myself: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Short 🧵👇
"The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution" by @clemensgvl.bsky.social, Juan Farah Yacoub and myself: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Short 🧵👇
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🔥 CALL TO ARMS, DEBTNERDS! 🔥 DebtCon is BACK where it all began. Don't miss the 10-year anniversary conference. 📅 Mark your calendars, sharpen your pencils, and send in those papers. @agelpern.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🔥 CALL TO ARMS, DEBTNERDS! 🔥 DebtCon is BACK where it all began. Don't miss the 10-year anniversary conference. 📅 Mark your calendars, sharpen your pencils, and send in those papers. @agelpern.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social
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📣 📚 New Release! We just published a Working Paper along with a comprehensive database that spans 1️⃣1️⃣ years and includes 6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ Debt Sustainability Analyses for Low-Income Countries. Our goal is to allow researchers to dig into how debt projections are made and their impact.
January 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📣 📚 New Release! We just published a Working Paper along with a comprehensive database that spans 1️⃣1️⃣ years and includes 6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ Debt Sustainability Analyses for Low-Income Countries. Our goal is to allow researchers to dig into how debt projections are made and their impact.