The Borrowers’ Platform as Global South Politics of Hope: Decolonizing Debt and the New Multilateralism

By Dr. Shady Hassan

Published in: Development Journals with the Society for International Development (Springer Nature)

The creation of the Borrowers’ Platform marks an important development in the global debt architecture. For decades, creditors have coordinated through established institutions, while borrowing countries have lacked an equivalent collective platform.

In his new article, Dr. Shady Hassan examines the Borrowers’ Platform as an emerging space for Global South agency, asking what it can—and cannot—do within an international financial architecture shaped by unequal power relations.

The article, “The Borrowers’ Platform as Global South Politics of Hope: Decolonizing Debt and the New Multilateralism,” argues that the Platform represents a critical, though still limited, exercise of Southern agency and a potential space for collective action on debt governance and multilateral reform.

The article was published in Development Journals with the Society for International Development (Springer Nature).

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