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It introduces mechanisms that reduce transaction heaviness while preserving accountability for policy and spending commitments. It defines debt swaps as agreements replacing sovereign debt with liabilities tied to a specific development goal, such as education or climate action. It then lays out evaluation criteria and guidance on designing expenditure commitments aligned with fiscal sustainability, efficiency, implementation, and monitoring.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nDebt for Development Swaps  \nAn Approach Framework  \nExecutive Summary  \nThe aim of this note is to help stakeholders optimize their decision-making on when, where, and how to use debt-for-development swaps (“debt swaps”), ensuring they bring the intended benefits to all parties involved. It also proposes new approaches to structure these mechanisms, making them less transaction-heavy and more sustainable while maintaining accountability for fulfilling policy and spending commitments. Debt swaps are agreements between a government and one or more of its creditors to replace existing sovereign debt with one or more liabilities 1 that include a spending commitment towards a specific development goal. These goals may include nature conservation, climate action, education, nutrition, support for refugees, among others. The spending commitment is often associated with the country's decision to pursue an important development policy.  \nThis note provides a framework for evaluating and enhancing debt swaps. It focuses on two critical aspects: (1) appropriateness of the use of debt swaps, that is, in what debt situations and countries are debt swaps useful? and (2) adequate and enhanced design of the expenditure program commitments, from the standpoint of fiscal policy and sectoral programs.  \nAppropriateness of the Use of Debt for Development Swaps. Each proposed debt for development swap should undergo a comprehensive evaluation to validate whether it is viable and beneficial for the country. From a debt and financial perspective, key criteria include: (i) the country’s initial debt position and the swap’s effects on debt sustainability, (ii) the net financial gains for the debtor, (iii) the country’s debt management capacity and commitment to transparency; and (iv) the opportunity costs for the borrower and donors.  \nCountries that are potentially good candidates for swaps are those at “moderate” or “high” risk of debt distress with a sustainable outlook facing temporary liquidity pressures, usually smaller economies, and where the transaction can be impactful in providing critical short-term relief and improving debt sustainability prospects. For those countries, debt swaps can help smooth debt amortization profiles and represent sound liability management, while supporting high-impact development projects. Countries need to have strong debt management capacity to record and report on the swap, and grasp the transaction’s financial, fiscal, spending management, legal, and operational implications. Swaps are intrinsically complex, and all parties involved need to be committed to providing the highest levels of transparency to adequately assess the benefits of swaps, and to provide for scrutiny by relevant stakeholders, including civil society.  \n1 The commitment of the country to make payments towards the development objective of the swap (e. g., marine conservation fund) is a liability that reduces future cash flows available to other purposes, similar to debt, although it is not a debt liability that would be included in debt statistics.  \nCountries with unsustainable debt levels or those requiring (or already undergoing) comprehensive debt restructuring are not suitable candidates for debt swaps, which are not appropriate tools for restoring debt sustainability. In these cases, substantial debt reduction from all creditors and a fully funded macroeconomic adjustment program are necessary. However, debt swaps could be considered as a \"top-up\" measure after restructuring.  \nFor countries with strong credit and low risk of debt distress, buyback swaps (where market debt is bought back with lower-cost debt) are likely inefficient as the cost difference between existing and new debt is likely to be small while transaction costs are high. 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