CALL FOR PAPERS UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AND UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID Madrid, 2 March 2012 UNCTAD’s Principles on Responsible Sovereign Borrowing and Lending Background of the conference: The causes and widespread negative effects of the global financial and economic crisis prompted UNCTAD to launch an initiative in 2009 to promote responsible sovereign lending and borrowing practices. The purpose of UNCTAD’s initiative is to provide a forum for debate on responsible practices and to develop a set of commonly accepted principles and practices relating to sovereign financing. An expert group was established to contribute to the…