Global Financial Safety Net Inequalities for Developing Countries

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The article discusses the inequalities in the global financial safety net for developing countries and emerging markets, focusing on the challenges faced by countries with unsustainable debt. It explores initiatives like the Debt Service Suspension Initiative and the G20 Common Framework to address liquidity and insolvency problems. The analysis also covers fiscal policies and lending capacity in different regions, emphasizing the need for more equitable support mechanisms.


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  1. BMZ 22.02.21 COVID-19 Reaction: Inequalities in the Global Financial Safety Net for developing countries and emerging markets www.gfsntracker.com Barbara Fritz (Freie Universit t Berlin) (with L. M hlich, FUB, and William Kring and Kevin Gallagher, Boston University)

  2. CURRENT SITUATION IN COVID-19 2

  3. Two groups of countries Countries with sustainable debt: Liquidity problems Countries with unsustainable debt: Insolvency problems GLOBAL FINANCIAL SAFETY NET Reestablish ability to react, health, social protection, business and labor DSSI Debt Service Suspension Initiative G20; Common Framework Reestablish debt sustainability and ability to react 3

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  5. Fiscal policy for income groups (Number of countries) Quelle: IMF Fiscal Monitor Update January 2021 5

  6. GLOBAL FINANCIAL SAFETY NET 6

  7. Global Financial Safety Net (since 1944 in US$): IMF Source: M hlich et al. 2020 7

  8. Global Financial Safety Net: IMF & Regional Financial Arrangements (RFAs) Source: M hlich et al. 2020 8

  9. Global Financial Safety Net: IMF & RFAs IWF & RFAs & currency swaps Source: M hlich et al. 2020 9

  10. INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SAFETY NET 10

  11. Lending Capacity for Regions (2018; for 1 year; in % of GDP) East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa South Asia North America 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Central Bank Currency Swap RFA 11

  12. Lending Capacity for Regions (2018; for 1 year; in % of GDP) East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa South Asia North America 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Central Bank Currency Swap RFA 12

  13. Lending Capacity for Income Groups (2018; for 1 year; in % of GDP) High income Upper middle income Lower middle income Low income 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Swap RFA 13

  14. Lending Capacity for Income Groups (2018; for 1 year; in % of GDP) High income Upper middle income Lower middle income Low income 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Swap RFA 14

  15. COVID-19 REACTION 15

  16. www.gfsntracker.com 16

  17. www.gfsntracker.com 17

  18. www.gfsntracker.com 18

  19. Lending in COVID-19 Crisis (Feb. 20 Jan. 21, % of GDP, for regions) Latin America & Caribbean South Asia East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Middle East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa North America 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Swaps RFA www.gfsntracker.com 19

  20. Lending in COVID-19 Crisis (Feb. 20 Jan. 21, % of GDP, for regions) Latin America & Caribbean South Asia East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Middle East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa North America 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Swaps RFA IMF: 105 bi. USD of 1 tri. USD RFA: 5,5 bi. USD of 1 tri. USD 2018 www.gfsntracker.com 20

  21. Lending in COVID-19 Crisis (Feb. 20 Jan. 21, % of GDP, for income groups) High income Upper middle income Lower middle income Low income 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Swap RFA www.gfsntracker.com 21

  22. Lending in COVID-19 Crisis (Feb. 20 Jan. 21, % of GDP, for income groups) High income Upper middle income Lower middle income Low income 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 IMF conditional IMF unconditional Swap RFA www.gfsntracker.com 22

  23. TO CONCLUDE 23

  24. Schlussfolgerungen Disposal of short term liquidity important for sustainable COVID-19 support of solven emerging markets and developing countries to reach SDG goals COVID-19 reactions shows: multilateral institutions IMF, RFAs) in little use until now: calm before the storm? New arquitecture of GFSN: emerging liquidity diplomacy of bilateral swaps Maintain GFSN as multilateral regime: (1) Coordination: cooperation in between IMF and RFAs (2) Further reform of IMF: increase and redistribute special drawing rights, reform conditionality 24

  25. Politische Schlussfolgerungen GFSN als multilateralen Rahmen erhalten: (1) Koordinierung: partnerschaftliche Abstimmung Kreditvergabe IWF und RFAs (2) Weitergehende Reform des IWF: Anheben der SZR, Umverteilen der SZR, Auflagen reformieren Multilaterale Entwicklungsbanken Teil des GFSN: in systemischen Krisen Liquidit ts- und Strukturhilfe nicht trennbar Bereitstellung von Liquidit t mit Anforderungen an nachhaltige (soziale und kologische) Transformation verbinden f r alle GFSN Elemente 25

  26. VIELEN DANK FR IHRE AUFMERKSAMKEIT 26

  27. Regionale Finanzarrangements (RFAs) 27

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