16 March 09 - The current global economic crisis is likely to result in increased sovereign borrowing by developing countries as they attempt to mitigate the negative external shocks stemming from fluctuations in terms of trade, contracting global demand, exchange rate volatility, to name a few.
Within this context the importance of responsible borrowing and lending becomes an issue of increased importance and is at the heart of sound debt management.
13 March 08 - In the process of Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, UNCTAD contributed to the debate on "
Addressing systemic issues: enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial, and trading systems in support of development", "
External debt" and "
Mobilizing international resources for development: foreign direct investment and other private flows".
