Policy Brief
Public Debt and Resilient Futures in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Latin America and the Caribbean stand at a crossroads of escalating debt, intensifying climate shocks, and stalled progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. A new policy brief by Ulrich Volz, María Fernanda Espinosa and Alex Dryden analyzes the region's debt dynamics and explores how innovative tools – such as debt-for-nature swaps and disaster clauses – could help break the cycle of vulnerability and restore fiscal resilience. It calls out for urgent reform of the global debt and climate finance architecture to unlock sustainable growth and climate-ready development across the region.
Product details
Date of Publication
2025
Publisher
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Centre for Sustainable Finance, Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery (DRGR) Project
Number of Pages
30
Licence
Language of publication
English
Table of contents
Key Messages
- Introduction
- Debt and Development Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Climate Vulnerability and the Risk of a Vicious Circle
- Assessing the Fiscal Resiliency of Latin America and the Caribbean: The Adoption Of A More Shock-Responsive Debt Architecture
- Rethinking Debt and Climate Finance Mechanisms
- Conclusion: From Crisis to Resilience – Linking Debt Reforms, Climate Action, And Development
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