Jakob Thomä, Professor in Practice at SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, discusses the role of financial policies in decarbonisation in his latest OpEd for Responsible Investor. responsible-investor.com/jakob-thoma-on…

Join us next Tuesday for a discussion how debt relief can help make space for climate and development goals!

With Shamshad Akhtar Patrick Njoroge Bogolo Kenewendo María Fernanda Espinosa Joerg Haas & Uli Volz
Details & registration👉drgr.org/events/investi…

The SOAS Economics Department is recruiting a Reader or Professor of Economics.

Find out more about this vacancy!👇
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/546672

Great pleasure to join (even if only online) the 2024 Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by ECLAC and contribute to a panel on 'Debt and Budget: Tools for Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability'.

🔥'Debt Relief By Multilateral Lenders. Why, How and How much?'🔥

Our new #DRGR report by Marina Zucker-Marques, Uli Volz & Kevin P. Gallagher discusses why MDBs need to participate in debt restructuring & what fair treatmet looks like, and what it would cost.

👉drgr.org/files/2023/09/…

Gov't representatives, int'l institutions, and philanthropy unpacked the role that domestic policy levers can play in shifting the needle on global architecture reform during a high-level event convened by V20 Finance Ministers, Boston University Global Development Policy Center, SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, and The Rockefeller Foundation.

📢📢CfP: #Debt Traps: Rethinking International Debt Architecture & Debt Sustainability Assessments
w| Society for International Development Stefano Prato Jason Rosario Braganza AFRODAD JP Bohoslavsky

🗓️Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2024
ℹ️Details: shorturl.at/dmny6

On Fri., April 19, join us, V20 Finance Ministers, The Rockefeller Foundation + SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance for a high-level panel on policymaking for climate prosperity ft'ing speakers from V20 Finance Ministers Treasury Department + World Bank, moderated by Sir Alok Sharma.

Register to watch the webcast: gdpcenter.org/49DzRhd

With V20 Finance Ministers Boston University Global Development Policy Center & The Rockefeller Foundation we are co-hosting an event on 'Policymaking for Climate Prosperity & Global Financial Architecture Reform' on the sidelines of the SpringMeetings.

In-person attendance is limited, alas, but you can join online: bu.edu/gdp/events/?ei…

How to overcome the debt crisis?Glad to share the new report of Debt Relief for Green Recovery #DRGR that I have the pleasure to Co-Chair ⁦Kevin P. Gallagher⁩ ⁦Uli Volz⁩ ⁦Bogolo Kenewendo⁩ ⁦Shamshad Akhtar⁩ ⁦GWL Voices⁩

drgr.org/news/preventin…

Defaulting on Development and Climate: Debt Sustainability and the Race for the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement.

New report from our Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery project by Marina Zucker-Marques, Kevin P. Gallagher & Uli Volz.

Financing #green and inclusive #development is a bankable business case of inclusive green #growth and not philanthropy.

Vaibhav Mishra, SOAS University of London Senior Research Fellow presented his paper at the 13th International Conference on Business and Economic Development #ICBED24 New York.

How can a combination of credit enhancements, multilateral development bank reforms + debt relief help provide critical space for meeting global climate financing needs?

Becky Ray + Uli Volz discuss in a new op-ed for Project Syndicate. Read more: gdpcenter.org/3U3rnvo

Policy panel on “Sustainable Finance” at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network in Tokyo 🇯🇵 with Uli Volz (@SOASEconomics), Satoshi Ikeda (@fsa_JAPAN), Aina Urano Menneken (@PRI_News) & Maiko Morishita (@ClimateBonds).

Policy Panel “Sustainable Finance” in #Tokyo 🇯🇵

SOAS University of London #Economics Professor Uli Volz conducting the Policy Panel “Sustainable Finance” at Sixth Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network (JEN) 🇯🇵

📢 The final lecture of the year is coming up next Monday!
Join us to continue the conversation on the 🌍 environmental crisis 🌏, this time focusing on the 💵 fiscal and monetary policies 💶 with Yannis Dafermos.
For NY, it's an hour later than usual due to daylight saving.