This Technical Note discusses key findings of the insolvency and creditor rights assessment for Lithuania. Lithuania has made significant progress in the field of creditor rights legislation and related institutions. Under the current legal framework, the creation and registration of secured...

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...

This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...

This paper starts from a discussion of the economic case for moderated government intervention in debt restructuring in the nonfinancial corporate sector. It then draws on lessons from past crises to explain three broad approaches that have been applied to corporate debt restructurings in the...

This article aims to identify and describe some of the advantages that a debtor would have during insolvency proceedings. Thus we argue that firms in default entered in insolvency can enjoy certain facilities which may finally transform in a successful plan of reorganization. The three heritage...

The private non-financial sector in Europe is facing increased challenges in meeting its debt servicing obligation. In response, governments are revisiting legal tools and—in some cases—institutional arrangements to deal with over-indebtedness. For households, where the problem in...

This article aims to identify and describe some of the advantages that a debtor would have during insolvency proceedings. Thus we argue that firms in default entered in insolvency can enjoy certain facilities which may finally transform in a successful plan of reorganization. The three heritage...

This article aims to identify and describe some of the advantages that a debtor would have during insolvency proceedings. Thus we argue that firms in default entered in insolvency can enjoy certain facilities which may finally transform in a successful plan of reorganization. The three heritage...

The solution of emergent (urgent) crisis of enterprises in the Czech Republic was very discussed and controversial topic in the last few years. Actual discussion among the professionals (mainly lawyers and economists) and the general public ended in adoption of a new legislation based on US...

The survey of real outcomes of insolvency proceedings in the Czech Republic analysed by this study took place during 2012 and 2013. This is the first survey that enables (on the basis of a statistically declarative sample) the ascertainment of certain crucial data as to the actual outcome of...