G20 Finance Track
12 Aug 2023 5 mins Download PDF
G20 Finance Track
Why in the News?
The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the global community to coordinate on restructuring the debt of Vulnerable low-and middle-income countries in the G20 Finance Track Seminar.
G20 Finance Track:
- One of the two tracks of the G20 Summit (the other being Sherpa Track) focuses on global macroeconomic issues such as,
- Monitoring of global economic risks
- Reforms for a more stable and resilient global financial architecture
- International taxation agenda
- Financing quality infrastructure
- Sustainable finance
- Financial inclusion
- Financial sector reforms
- Financing for future health emergencies and investments in pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
- It involves the meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, their Deputies and various working group meetings.
- Key Achievements of the finance Track post-pandemic Includes:
- Debt service suspension initiative (DSSI)
- It was announced as part of “G20 Action Plan” to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant health, social and economic challenges faced by countries around the world.
- The initiative provides for a time-bound suspension of loan repayments (both principal and interest) for countries which places a request.
- Eligibility:
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- The initiative applies to 76 countries that are eligible to receive assistance from the World Bank's International Development Association &
- to all nations defined as "least developed countries" by the United Nations
- Countries should have current debt with IMF and the World Bank and without any history of arrears of payments.
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- Common framework for debt treatments beyond DSSI
- G20 sustainable finance roadmap
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- Debt service suspension initiative (DSSI)
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- Two pillar solution to tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy
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- G20 principles for quality infrastructure investment
- Financial intermediary fund (FIF) for pandemic PPR
Debt vulnerabilities of low-and Middle-income countries:
- The debt vulnerabilities of low-and Middle-income countries have been on rise in the recent past.
- The low-and Middle-income countries face the challenges of combination factors of conflict, weak governance, or commodity-dependence, that acts as drivers of rising debt.
- Interest payments are forming an increasing proportion of government revenues.
- Dependence on external debt dominated in foreign currency poses a risk of rise in domestic value of the country’s debt burden and interest payments in the cases of depreciating domestic currency.
- What needs to done?
- Priority to identify and reduce debt-related vulnerabilities
- Focus on mobilizing domestic resources
- Improving debt transparency
- Strengthening debt management practices such as lowering the debt servicing cost, reducing economic vulnerability and enhancing public sector transparency and medium-term planning.
- Strengthen fiscal frameworks
- Improve the efficiency of public expenditures and public investment management
- Develop domestic financial systems
Source URL: Global community must collaborate to restructure debt: Finance Minister | Business News - The Indian Express
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