06/27/2024 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program: Reviewing the 2023 Open Budget Survey

This webinar featured speakers from the International Budget Partnership (IBP) - David Robins and Laura Castillo Cabral. They delved into the 2023 Open Budget Survey (OBS) results, released on May 29.

05/04/2023 - 11:00

Debt and Fiscal Governance Program: The Open Government Partnership (OGP) - Understanding OGP's databases to advance government transparency

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) provides data on the performance of its members in various areas of open government. This includes anti-corruption measures, civic space, and fiscal transparency, among others.

04/17/2023 - 10:00

Debt and Fiscal Governance Program: International Budget Partnership - The Open Budget Survey and other initiatives

As an investor, governance and accountability are important variables to consider when investing across borders.

03/22/2023 - 08:00

Debt and Fiscal Governance Program in conjunction with the UN PRI: ESG Data for Sovereign Bonds - The What, The Why, and The How

This session, co-hosted by EMIA and the UN PRI, helped investors and other market participants understand where to find countries’ ESG data, what it shows, and how to use it.

11/10/2022 - 09:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program: Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: IMF Authors Discuss Lessons Learned

Governance is a critical issue across emerging markets.

11/02/2022 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance: Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: From Global Model to Local Irrelevance

This webinar explored an important part of EMIA’s policy agenda—public participation in the government’s budgetary process, using Brazil as a case study. 

09/28/2022 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program: ESG & Investor Risk Aversion in Emerging Markets

Why do risk mitigation frameworks dominate the ESG information ecosystem and are they systematically pushing capital away from emerging markets?

06/14/2022 - 09:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program: Measuring Fiscal Transparency - How Investors Can Use the 2021 Open Budget Survey by the International Budget Partnership for Sovereign Advocacy

The DFG Program hosted Elena Mondo, Senior Technical Advisor, and

05/10/2022 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program : Sovereign Climate and Nature Reporting

The Debt & Fiscal Governance Program hosted Ian Carruthers, Chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) and Fiona Stewart, Global Lead, Insurance and Pensions, of the World Bank.

05/03/2022 - 02:53

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program : How Investors Can Use NRGI’s Resource Governance Index for ESG Advocacy

The DFG Program hosted Erica Westenberg of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, or NRGI.

02/10/2022 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Goverance Program : Credit Worthy: ESG Factors and Sovereign Credit Ratings

EMIA hosted Bryan Gurhy ( Senior Financial Sector Specialist ) and Dieter Wang ( Sustainable Finance Specialist ) from The World Bank, Marie Diron ( Managing Director - Sovereign Risk ) from Moody’s Investors Service and

01/12/2022 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program : Open Government Partnership (OGP)

EMIA’s DFG Program hosted Joseph Foti, Chief Research Officer at the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP is the world’s premier international forum to secure national-level governance reforms.

10/07/2021 - 10:00

Debt and Fiscal Governance Program : The Transition Away from Coal

EMIA's DFG Program hosted Chris Radojewski, Programme Advisor - Secretariat, Powering Past Coal Alliance, Durand D’souza, Data Scientist, Carbon Tracker Initiative, and Jana Velebova, Senior Portfolio Manager, Bluebay, to discuss the deleterious

04/29/2021 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program: IMF on the Link between Climate Shocks and Sovereign Risk

EMIA hosted Serhan Cevik & João Tovar Jalles from the International Monetary Fund to discuss their work on the Link Between Climate Shocks and Sovereign Risk.

03/17/2021 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program: Call with World Bank Sovereign ESG Portal Team

EMIA hosted Bryan Gurhy, Tim Herzog and Dieter Wang of the World Bank, who introduced the Bank’s sovereign ESG framework and Sovereign ESG Data Portal, highlighted its strengths and limitations, and discussed new approaches to ESG data.

03/02/2021 - 10:00

Debt & Fiscal Governance Program : NRGI - National Oil Companies in the Energy Transition

EMIA hosted David Manley, Senior Economist, and Patrick Heller, Advisor, of the Natural Resource Governance Institute as part of the Debt & Fiscal Governance Program speakers’ series on March 2 at 10am EST / 3pm GMT.