Burdens that can’t be passed on

Headline: Burdens that can’t be passed onSource: EuromoneyDate: September 2001 The Paris Club of official bilateral creditors is promoting the view that holders of sovereign bonds should take their share of the burdens when borrowers need rescuing from default. Jerome Booth argues that this burden-sharing dogma flies in the face of insights that can be […]

Headline: Burdens that can’t be passed on
Source: Euromoney
Date: September 2001

The Paris Club of official bilateral creditors is promoting the view that holders of sovereign bonds should take their share of the burdens when borrowers need rescuing from default. Jerome Booth argues that this burden-sharing dogma flies in the face of insights that can be gleaned from history and conflates what is essentially politically-motivated lending with market-driven lending. It will, he argues, inevitably damage the debtors it is ostensibly designed to help

       
In the past couple of years the relationship between holders of emerging-market bonds and the official sector has changed from one of mutual beneficial co-operation to one of greater antagonism.





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