This publication is a compilation of summaries of panel discussions and selected paperson themes deliberated by debt management experts and professionals at UNCTAD’sFifth Inter-regional Debt Management Conference, held in Geneva in June 2005. Theconference was organized by UNCTAD’s Debt Management and Financial AnalysisSystem (DMFAS) Programme, with the aim of helping countries with developing andtransitional economies build their capacity in debt management.
The conference panels covered the following themes: operationalizing debtsustainability, an inclusive approach to managing sovereign debt in good and bad times,debt crisis management, the changing role of the debt manager, recent experiences in theorganization of debt management offices, delivering greater information andtransparency in debt management, and debt relief.
The conference also served as a forum for the third and final round of themulti-stakeholder consultations on “sovereign debt for sustained development”,coordinated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UN-DESA), as a follow-up to the Monterrey Consensus. As such, certain panel themeswere chosen to reflect some of the main concerns that had so far been raised in theconsultation process. In addition, smaller groups met in informal sessions outside themain plenary to further discuss these themes. The outcome of these discussions is alsoincluded in these proceedings.
