::: 2007 Debt Management Conference :::

UNCTAD's Sixth Debt Management Conference took place in Geneva from 19-21 November 2007, followed by the 6th DMFAS Advisory Group from 22 to 23 November 2007. More than 250 participants from over 70 countries (mostly from the capitals) attended the two events.

The conference brought together representatives from Governments, international organizations, the private financial and legal sector, academia and civil society to examine some of the most pertinent issues in debt management and debt policy today. In particular it provided an opportunity for debt managers and policymakers around the world to interact and share experiences in debt management and public finance. Organized every two years, the Conference this year looked at the following topical issues:

• What is odious debt and how does it relate to national and international law?
• What is the future of concessional lending and the conditions that come with these debts?
• Is an independent debt settlement body possible and would it have a chance of being effective?
• Are "vulture funds" normal?
• Is additional debt relief for HIPC countries needed? And what about non-HIPC countries - any relief in sight for them?
• How safe is it to borrow?
• How may information on contingent liabilities be gathered and what are the relevant risk indicators?
• How should a country best enter capital markets? Strategies and country case studies.

For more information about the themes of the Conference as well as on UNCTAD's work in debt see UNCTAD Highlights on "Debt Matters"

• Conference final agenda

• Final participants list

• Speakers' papers
  
  
• DMFAS Advisory Group final agenda
  
  
• DMFAS Advisory Group conclusions

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