CID at Harvard University :: Events :: Graduate Student Lunch Seminar :: Improving Sovereign Debt Management: The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Perspective with José Maurel

"Improving Sovereign Debt Management: The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Perspective"

Speaker: José Maurel, Adviser & Head of Section, Special Advisory Services Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom

Friday, 6 April 2007
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM, Lunch served
Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG

Abstract:

The Commonwealth Secretariat’s capacity building programme in debt management was launched in 1985 as a direct response to the debt crisis of the early 80’s. Over the years the programme has grown and evolved to become one of the flagship projects of the Secretariat. Offered as an integrated package of assistance, it comprises a number of components including:

The development, provision and support of the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System (CS-DRMS) now used by over 55 countries both within and outside the Commonwealth

Advice on debt data compilation and adherence to international standards

Training in debt management including the use of CS-DRMS

Advisory services in various aspects of debt management.

More information is available at www.thecommonwealth.org and www.csdrms.org.

It is hoped that the presentation will serve as a backdrop for a broad based discussion on aspects of sovereign debt management of interest to the audience.

Biography:

José Maurel (Mason Fellow 1997) is a career economist specializing in debt management. After his undergraduate studies, José returned home to Mauritius, where he worked as an Economist in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development from 1981 to 1987. In 1988 he was appointed Debt Adviser at the Central Bank of Belize, Central America. After a short stint as a freelance consultant, José joined the Commonwealth Secretariat in 1991 where he has been heading the Debt Management Section since 2003. José has worked in over forty countries both within and outside the Commonwealth. He has contributed extensively to the general focus and content of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s debt management programme. José holds a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University (USA); a Diploma in Computer Data Systems (USA); and a joint honors degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Keele (UK).