Sovereign Debt with Jill Dauchy
Episodes
Episode 34: Duncan Wales on Tellimer and leveraging A.I.
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Duncan Wales, CEO of Tellimer, joins the show to discuss the origins of the company, their unique offering focused on emerging and frontier markets, a...
Episode 33: Elena Duggar on understanding Moody’s sovereign credit ratings process
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Duggar, Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer for the Americas at Moody’s Investor Services, joins the show to unpack the sovereign credi...
Episode 32: Iolanda Fresnillo summarizes the risks and concerns related to debt swaps
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iolanda Fresnillo, Policy and Advocacy Manager - Debt Justice for Eurodad, joins the show to discuss her recent report on debt swaps, "Miracle or...
Episode 31: Ruurd Brouwer and Harald Hirschhofer on currency risk markets
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TCX’s Ruurd Brouwer, CEO, and Harald Hirschhofer, Senior Advisor, join the show to discuss the mission of the TCX fund, the "original sin"...
Episode 30: Hoang Pham on the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hoang Pham, deputy division chief in the legal department of the International Monetary Fund, joins the show to walk us through everything we need to ...
Episode 29: Joan Oriol Prats Cabrera on the Ecuador debt-for-nature swap
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Oriol Prats Cabrera, Lead Financial Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, joins the show to discuss the IADB’s role in the recent ...
Episode 28: Cesar Arias on Colombia’s green bond framework
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cesar Arias, former Director of the Debt Management Unit of Colombia, joins the show to discuss the strategies and challenges in creating the country’...
Episode 27: Baba Musa on the multiple challenges facing Nigeria and other African governments today
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Baba Musa, Director General of WAIFEM, the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, joins to discuss the current polycrisis facin...
Episode 26: Thierry Watrin on Rwanda’s climate initiatives
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thierry Watrin, Green Economy Advisor to the Minister of State of Rwanda, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss Rwanda’s various climate and debt ma...
Episode 25: Herman Kamil on Uruguay’s sustainability-linked bond
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Herman Kamil, Director of the Debt Management Unit of Uruguay, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the parameters of Uruguay’s sustainability-link...
Episode 24: Keynote address given at the UN retreat for UN Member State representatives on Financing for Development
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off the new year, "Sovereign Debt" is sharing Jill Dauchy’s keynote address given at a retreat for UN Member State representatives...
Episode 23: Sonja Gibbs on the Institute of International Finance
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sonja Gibbs, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance and Global Policy Initiatives at the Institute of International Finance, joins "So...
Episode 22: Mark Flanagan on the reforms of the DSA
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Flanagan, Director of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the IMF, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the newly-revised debt sustaina...
Episode 21: Brad Setser on the impact of the Fed
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Setser, economist at the Council of Foreign Relations, joins “Sovereign Debt” to discuss the impact of the Fed’s decision to raise interest...
Episode 20: Jim Ho on natural disaster clauses
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Ho, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, joins ‘Sovereign Debt’ to discuss the introduction and use of natural disaster clauses and how Barbados has ...
Episode 19: Yan Liu on the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yan Liu, Deputy General Counsel for the International Monetary Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the "why, what, and how" of the newly c...
Episode 18: Jeromin Zettelmeyer on updates to the arrears policies at the IMF
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Director of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the International Monetary Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss ...
Episode 17: Ugo Panizza on climate debt
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in ...
Episode 16: Zsolt Darvas on the EU fiscal rules and implications for green investments
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zsolt Darvas, senior fellow at Bruegel, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss how the EU fiscal rules can be revised to support increased green investments ...
Episode 15: Mitu Gulati and Mark Weidemaier on Global Coordination and Sustainable Finance
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mitu Gulati, John V. Ray Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and Mark Weidermaier, Ralph M. Stockton, Jr. Distinguished Professor...
Episode 14: Anna Gelpern on "How China Lends"
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Gelpern, Professor of Law, Anne Fleming Research Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson ...
Episode 13: Ekaterina Gratcheva on the Climate Investment Funds, sovereign ESG and human rights
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ekaterina Gratcheva, Lead Finance Officer of the Climate Investment Funds, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the work of the Climate Investment Funds an...
Bonus: Revisiting Ambassador Frank G. Wisner on critical issues facing the global community
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Given the changes happening around the world, we're revisiting our first episode of the podcast with Ambassador Frank G. Wisner. We discussed the...
Episode 12: Mark McNamee on the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark McNamee, Director of Europe at FrontierView, joins "Sovereign Debt" to talk about the Russian war on Ukraine, how we got here and where...
Episode 11: Yannis Manuelides on the changing International Financial Architecture and how it is impacted by the Russia - Ukraine conflict
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yannis Manuelides, partner at Allen & Overy, joins “Sovereign Debt’” to discuss how the International Financial Architecture is changing and...
Episode 10: Fiona Stewart on the World Bank's climate initatives
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Stewart, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance, of the Competitiveness & Innovation division, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the World ...
Episode 9: Matt Vodola on the sovereign debt market
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Vodola, Managing Director at Potomac Group, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the sovereign debt market in 2021 and look ahead to 2022.
Episode 8: Julie Robinson on The Nature Conservancy’s relationship with Belize
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Robinson, marine biologist and program director for The Nature Conservancy’s Belize Program, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the on-the-ground...
Episode 7: Esteban Brenes on the successes and challenges of debt swaps
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Esteban Brenes, Director of Conservation Finance at the World Wildlife Fund, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss his history working on debt swaps and his...
Episode 6: Jean-Paul Adam on the Seychelles debt-for-nature swap
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-Paul Adam, former Minister of Finance of the Seychelles, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the Seychelles debt-for-nature swap from 2015 and his cu...
Episode 5: Deborah Bräutigam on the rise of China
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Deborah Bräutigam, Director of the China-Africa Research Initiative at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, joins Sovereign...
Episode 4: Kevin Bender on The Nature Conservancy's Belize deal
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Bender, senior director of sustainable debt at The Nature Conservancy, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the ins and outs of TNC’s debt-for-mari...
Episode 3: Jennifer Morris on COP26 and the importance of nature
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Morris, CEO of the Nature Conservancy, joins Sovereign Debt to discuss the importance of nature in the financial ecosystem (4:08), COP26 (16:...
Episode 2: Arsene Dansou on Benin issuing their SDG bond
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Arsene Dansou, debt manager for Benin, joins the show to discuss how Benin issued their first Sustainable Development Goals bond (2:39), what an SDG b...
Episode 1: Ambassador Frank Wisner II on critical issues facing the global community
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode, Jill Dauchy sits down with Ambassador Frank Wisner II to discuss the rise of China (2:32), US policy in the Middle East (8:2...