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How The G20 Can Help Caribbean SIDS Escape from their Debt-Climate Change Trap

Author(s) Jwala Rambarran, Senior Policy Advisor, Caribbean Policy Development Centre (Barbados); Folade Mutota, Director, Women's Institute for Alternative Development (Trinidad & Tobago)

One Size Does Not Fit All – Analyzing the Applicability of Options for Expanding Lending Capacity Across MDBs

Author(s) Sabina Amangeldi, Analyst of the Research Department, Eurasian Development Bank (Kazakhstan); Oscar Llamosas, Vice President for Strategic Development, FONPLATA Development Bank (Bolivia); Matias Mednik, Head of the Economic Department, FONPLATA Development Bank (Bolivia); Rafael Ranieri, Head of the Development Effectiveness Department, FONPLATA Development Bank (Bolivia); Anton Malakhov, Head of Projects of the Research Department, Eurasian Development Bank (Kazakhstan); Evgeny Vinokurov, Chief Economist, Eurasian Development Bank (Kazakhstan).

From Condionality to Commitment: A Sustainability-Linked aproach to Finnancing the Green Transition

Author(s) Arend Kulenkampff, Director, Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub (Switzerland); Dileimy Orozco, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G (United Kingdom).

Capital Increases at MDBs Should Be Targeted Towards Africa

Author(s) Trevor Lwere, Economist, Development Reimagined (China); Malado Kaba, Managing Director, Falémé Conseil, (Guinea); Hannah Ryder, CEO, Development Reimagined (China)

Special drawing rights (SDRs), a lifeline for the Global South and a boost to the global economy

Author(s) Patricia Miranda, Global Advocacy Director, Latindadd (Bolivia); Veronica Serafini, Gender and Macroeconomics Specialist, Decidamos (Paraguay); Nathalie Beghin, Co-director, INESC (Brazil); Rodolfo Bejarano, Senior Analyst of New Financial Architecture, Latindadd (Peru); Andrés Arauz, Senior Research Fellow, CEPR (Ecuador); Ivana Vasic-Lalovic, Research Associate, CEPR (USA); Kamal Ramburuth, Researcher in Debt and Development Finance, Institute for Economic Justice (South Africa).

Reimagining the IMF’s Quota System and Representation in Africa's Interest

Author(s) Trevor Lwere, Economist, Development Reimagined (China); Rob Floyd, Director Innovation and Digital Policy, African Center for Economic Transformation (Ghana); Hannah Ryder, CEO, Development Reimagined (China).

Restoring Purpose, Instilling Inclusivity: Reforming Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) for Infrastructure Resilience

Author(s) Shuva Raha Fellow and Lead, International Cooperation, Council on Energy. Environment and Water (CEEW) (India); Tulika Gupta Research Analyst and Coordinator, Council on Energy. Environment and Water (CEEW) (India); Nicole Pinko. Manager. Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) (USA); Dr David Passarelli Director. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) (UN/Global); Muznah Siddiqui Global Governance Research and Planning Associate, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) (UN/Global)

Towards a More Robust and Equitable Global Financial Safety Net

Author(s) William N. Kring, Executive Director, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University (USA); Marilou Uy, Non-Resident Fellow, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University (USA); Rakesh Mohan, President Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (India); Laurissa Mühlich, Non-Resident Fellow, Global Economic Governance Initiative (Germany).

Fostering a Global Public Financial Ecosystem for Development and Climate Action

Author(s) Thomas Marois, Director, Public Banking Project, McMaster University (Canada); Ali Rıza Güngen, Research Associate Academic. Public Banking Project, McMaster University (Canada); Lavinia Steinfort, Public Alternatives Project Coordinator. Transnational Institute (Netherlands); María José Romero, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Eurodad, Eurodad (Belgium)

Transition plans: putting the G20 principles into practice

Author(s) Rariany Monteiro, Public Finance Specialist, WWF (Brazil); Sima Kammourieh, Programme Lead Sustainable Finance E3G (Germany); Jochen Krimphoff, Lead Data, Tools & Methods, WWF (Germany); Maud Abdelli, Lead of The Greening Financial Regulation Initiative, WWF (Switzerland); Siti Kholifatul Rizkiah, Lead SUSREG, WWF (Malaysia).

Stablecoins, Distributed Ledger Technology, and the Future of Global Finance: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities

Author(s) Camila Villard Duran, Associate Professor of Law, EU"Asia Institute - ESSCA School of Management (France); Matheus Henrique Bonin Cangussu, Director, Instituto Brasileiro de Finanças Digitais, and Master's candidate, University of São Paulo (Brazil).

Rethinking the role of central bank currency swaps to strengthen the Global Financial Safety Net for developing countries: New empirical evidence

Author(s) Laurissa Mühlich, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin: Institute for Latin American Studies (Germany); Thomas Goda, Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad EAFIT: School of Finance, Economics and Government (Colombia).