Too Little, Too Late (eBook)

Martin Guzman is a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University and an associate professor at the University of Buenos Aires. He is a cochair of the Columbia IPD Taskforce on Debt Restructuring and Sovereign Bankruptcy and a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.José Antonio Ocampo is a professor at Columbia University and chair of the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Committee for Development Policy. With Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor, he is the author of Growth and Policy in Developing Countries: A Structuralist Approach (Columbia, 2009), and with José Antonio Alonso, Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis (Columbia, 2012).Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001), he is also the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute and the cochair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD. His books include Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress (2014) and Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity (2015).

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Martin Guzman, José Antonio Ocampo, and Joseph E. StiglitzPart I: General Issues of Sovereign Debt Restructuring1. Creating a Framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring that Works, by Martin Guzman, José Antonio Ocampo, and Joseph E. Stiglitz2. Sovereign Debt of Developing Countries: Overview of Trends and Policy Perspectives, by Marilou Uy and Shichao Zhou3. Private Creditor Power and the Politics of Sovereign Debt Governance, by Skylar Brooks and Domenico LombardiPart II: Two Case Studies: Argentina and Greece4. From the Pari Passu Discussion to the Illegality of Making Payments, by Sergio Chodos5. Greek Debt Denial: A Modest Debt Restructuring Proposal and Why It Was Ignored, by Yanis VaroufakisPart III: Improvements to the Contractual Approach6. Count the Limbs: Designing Robust Aggregation Clauses in Sovereign Bonds, by Anna Gelpern, Ben Heller, and Brad Setser7. Contractual and Voluntary Approaches to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: There Is Still More to Do, by Richard Gitlin and Brett House8. Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Coasean Perspective, by James A. Haley9. Creditor Committees in Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Understanding the Benefits and Addressing Concerns, by Timothy B. DeSienoPart IV: Proposals for a Multinational Framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Principles, Elements, and Institutionalization10. A Brief History of Sovereign Debt Resolution and a Proposal for a Multilateral Instrument, by José Antonio Ocampo11. Toward a Multilateral Framework for Recovery from Sovereign Insolvency, by Barry Herman12. Making a Legal Framework for Sovereign DebtRestructuring Operational, by Jürgen Kaiser13. Perspectives on a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Framework: Less Is More, by Richard A. Conn Jr.14. Toward a Framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring: What Can Public International Law Contribute?, by Robert Howse15. Debts, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law: Advocating a Fair and Efficient Sovereign Insolvency Model, by Kunibert RafferContributorsIndex