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David Mihalyi

@davidmihalyi.bsky.social
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Debt, natural resources, macro, development, open data. Senior Economist @ WorldBank & PhD candidate @ Kiel. Views my own.

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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🌍 Today at #DebtCon8 we’re launching the African Debt Database (ADD). The 1st instrument-level dataset covering both domestic and external sovereign debt across the African continent. With @markya.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social Niccolò Rescia, Christoph Trebesch, and Ka Lok Wong.
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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
DebtNerds drinks at the very cool Ground Control in Paris with @agelpern.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @theomaret.bsky.social @diegorivetti.bsky.social
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Kevin Carey @kevincareywb.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
World Bank report "Radical Debt Transparency" (reposting today since link changed overnight), led by Diego Rivetti, & @davidmihalyi.bsky.social with contributions from Anirudh Bharadwaj, Roberto Lobarinhas, and Rowan David Rockafellow. www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
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Radical Debt Transparency Report
This report calls for a radical shift toward debt transparency as critical to debt sustainability, urging legislative reforms, stronger oversight of unconventional debt, broader loan-level reporting, ...
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Rowan Rockafellow (罗安) @rrockafellow.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Sovereign debt data is improving, but the devil is in the details. In a new WB report, @diegorivetti.bsky.social , @davidmihalyi.bsky.social, Ainrudh Bharadwaj, Roberto Lobarinhas, and I look at how debt transparency has evolved since COVID. Lots of interesting tidbits. A few of my thoughts:
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Radical Debt Transparency Report
This report calls for a radical shift toward debt transparency as critical to debt sustainability, urging legislative reforms, stronger oversight of unconventional debt, broader loan-level reporting, ...
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Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Interested in sovereign debt transparency? The Sovereign Debt Forum is running this event on May 14, in conjunction with the IMF Legal Department. Details on registration for the virtual event are here: @princetonsovfinlab.bsky.social
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Philipp Krause @phkrause.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Out with the calculator, in with the policy paper? Not so fast… odi.org/en/insights/...
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Out with the calculator, in with the policy paper? Not so fast…
As governments face urgent and complex challenges—from climate crises to shifting global trade, defence spending, and generational demands—finance ministries are at the centre of it all. But are they ...
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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This is great news. Congratulations to Laura Ilan and the IDB
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Senegal 'hidden debt' audit report is out: "La Cour constate"... "un montant de 155 milliards de F CFA sans couverture budgétaire." "Le Ministère des Finances et du Budget précise que le montant"..."est imputé par erreur" www.aisccuf.org/actualites/s...
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Teal @tealemery.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Why do China's sovereign debt restructurings take so long and deliver such weak relief? A dream team of experts connects the dots between domestic political economy constraints & international outcomes. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul... #EconSky #FinSky #China
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Anna Gelpern @agelpern.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Our sovereign debt transparency moonshot! Keeping the faith. #publicdebtispublic @upanizza.bsky.social @theomaret.bsky.social @laynamosley.bsky.social www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/initiat...
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Sovereign Debt Forum and Massive Data Institute announces the launch of #PublicDebtIsPublic
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Finance for Development Lab @findevlab.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
📣 📚 New Release! We just published a Working Paper along with a comprehensive database that spans 1️⃣1️⃣ years and includes 6️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ Debt Sustainability Analyses for Low-Income Countries. Our goal is to allow researchers to dig into how debt projections are made and their impact.
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Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab @princetonsovfinlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
At @goodauth.bsky.social, @laynamosley.bsky.social and @peterrosendorff.bsky.social's new Good to Know post gives some nuts and bolts of sovereign debt. A useful resource for teaching (and for convincing others that the politics of debt are important!) goodauthority.org/news/good-to...
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What is sovereign debt, and why does it matter?
Sovereign debt crises have become more complicated, as countries tapped into new borrowing options in recent years.
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Finance for Development Lab @findevlab.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
📣 📊 The latest World Bank International Debt Statistics 2024 reveal a worsening crisis for developing countries. With rising global interest rates & capital outflows, financial fragility is at an all-time high. Read our Short Note👇. #DebtCrisis #GlobalEconomy
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Best purchase in 2024? This little gadget ('Brick') that blocks all distractions on my phone regularly to get quality time & focus, including offline Saturdays. getbrick.app
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
My 2024 in book reviews. Less books & more negative than earlier years but hopeful for a lot better in 2025. www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
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Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A new episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social Indicator features Sebastian Horn discussing his work on hidden sovereign debt. Definitely worth a listen! www.npr.org › 2024/12/10 › mozambique-tuna-... One finding is that bilateral official debt is most likely to be underreported. [1/2]
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Nobody does better at explaining my wonky interests to my non-economist friends than @planetmoney.bsky.social. So thrilled they covered our research on Hidden Debt in their latest episode of the Indicator Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Tuna Bonds Scandal and the fishy business of hidden debt
Podcast Episode · The Indicator from Planet Money · 12/10/2024 · 9m
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Daniel Munevar @danielmunevar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Talking with the FT about the Ivory Coast / World Bank swap deal. Couple of good things on this one. Managed to drive down intermediation costs by side stepping SPV structure and allowed the country to allocate proceeds from transaction. on.ft.com/3BhkuzW
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Ivory Coast turns to World Bank to replace costly debt
Swap deal to buy back bonds issued in January comes as African borrowers struggle under expensive debt burdens
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Kevin Carey @kevincareywb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
World Bank / debt swaps: "But for true, lasting impact, debt for development swaps must focus on three key criteria: efficient use of resources to maximize impact, robust transparency and governance to ensure savings are properly managed, ..."
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
New IDS 2024 debt data is out in all its granularity. See changes in creditor composition in the debt stock of low and middle income countries. www.worldbank.org/en/programs/...
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Why start with US, when could alter energy pathways more radically elsewhere? See global estimates by @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social et al. greatcarbonarbitrage.com
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The Great Carbon Arbitrage
We measure the gains from phasing out coal as the average social cost of carbon times the quantity of avoided emissions. By comparing the present value of benefits from avoided emissions against the p...
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Teal @tealemery.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Something beyond the scope of the paper but still important is that the tools for getting critical IMF financial data haven't been updated since the Netscape era. The data is de jure public but mostly unusable for systematic analysis.
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Why is Brad Setser not here and what can we do about it
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Some promising improvements, but then also "Continue the MAC SRDSF’s special deletions, on a temporary basis, pending further experience with the application of the SRDSF framework."
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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A (very) short paper on (I think) something important. When I have 5 minutes I will do a thread about it. @clemensgvl.bsky.social @diegorivetti.bsky.social @davidmihalyi.bsky.social @theomaret.bsky.social @kpatricio.bsky.social
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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Call for papers for "Finance and Development" Workshop
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David Mihalyi @davidmihalyi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I'm in Paris next week. Ping me if you are up for 🥐☕🍷.
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Can't believe this wasn't a thing yet— 50 *women* in political economy I follow & you should too! 💡 Send me more! 🙋‍♀️ go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3
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