# Debt at the tipping point: warning signs and viable options
**Date de l'événement :** 22/04/2026
* Publié le 22/04/2026

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[Vidéo 1](https://player.ausha.co/?podcastId=1PQn7tA4RxwW&v=3&playerId=ausha-7MlV) 

## Description
In this episode of DebtTalks, **Paola Subacchi** and **Martin Kessler** explore what happens when a country begins to face mounting debt pressures. What are the early warning signs, and when does concern turn into crisis? The discussion also delves into the options available to heavily indebted countries – from restructuring to relief – and take a closer look at how the IMF’s Debt Sustainability Analysis shapes decisions along the way.  
  
**Hosts & Guests**  
  
**Paola Subacchi** is Professor and Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance at Sciences Po, and Professor of Political Economy of Europe at the University of Bologna. She is also a partner at Essential Economics, a London-based consultancy that advises governments, international organisations, and private companies.  
  
**Martin Kessler** is the Executive Director of the Finance for Development Lab. Previously, he worked as an economist in the Development Cooperation Directorate of the OECD, focusing on trends of development finance for developing countries, and debt risks in particular.

Prior to this, Martin worked at the World Bank on development dynamics in East Asia, and held research positions at the Brussels-based economic think-tank Bruegel and the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC.

## Intervenant(s)
Martin Kessler

## Intervenant(s) secondaires
Paola Subacchi

### Date de publication de l'épisode
22/04/2026

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