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The note provides a framework to assess when swaps are appropriate, detailing criteria on debt distress risk, net financial gains, debt management and transparency capacity, and opportunity costs for borrowers and donors. It also proposes ways to design expenditure commitments for efficiency, fiscal sustainability, and accountability, while outlining potential World Bank Group involvement.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nDEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT SWAPS AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF  \nTHE WORLD BANK  \nTECHNICAL NOTE 1  \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 in fulfilling policy and spending commitments. In doing so, it explores modalities for the World Bank Group’s involvement.  \nDebt swaps are agreements between a government and one or more of its creditors to replace existing sovereign debt with one or more liabilities 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. This note provides a framework for evaluating and enhancing debt swaps and the World Bank’s potential role in supporting these transactions. It focuses on three critical aspects: (1) appropriateness of the use of debt swaps, that is, in what debt situations and countries are debt swaps useful? (2) adequate and enhanced design of the expenditure program commitments, from the standpoint of fiscal policy and sectoral programs, and (3) the potential role of the World Bank Group in debt for development swaps.  \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 debt outlook that are facing temporary liquidity pressures. In that context, they usually apply to 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 This note was prepared by the World Bank Group staff. The Note provided a basis for the Joint World Bank-IMF Debt for Development Swaps: An Approach Framework paper.  \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. 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