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Date and Location
Katelyn Merrigan
The Growth Lab's "Development Talks" is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries, regions, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy.
Location: Democracy Lab R414AB / Zoom
Whether attending in person or online, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public.
Speaker:
Gregory Makoff, author of Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring.
Moderator: José Ignacio Hernandez, Former Visiting Fellow, Growth Lab
About the Talk: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Senior Fellow Gregory Makoff will talk about sovereign debt restructuring. Drawing lessons from Argentina's 15-year battle with its creditors following its 2001 default on $100 billion on debt, Dr. Makoff will discuss the two central challenges of sovereign debt: the "holdout creditor problem" and the problem of designing an effective resolution system while respecting the sovereignty of the country. He will also discuss his current research into whether the current informal system of sovereign debt restructuring is adequate or whether a formal international debt court will eventually be needed.
About the Speaker: Gregory Makoff is the author of Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring. Prior to writing the book Gregory was an investment banker specializing in liability management and debt restructuring (1993-2014) and worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Treasury (2015-2016). Currently, he is a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and, since 2015, has been a non-resident senior fellow writing about sovereign debt at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a think tank based in Waterloo Canada. Gregory holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago (1993) and B.Sc. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in physics and political science (1986). Gregory is also a CFA® charter holder.