Teal Insights

Debt Swap Explorer

Debt-for-development swaps from actual cash flows: what the country saves, what the funder buys, and what the investor gives up. One explicit model, three seats at the table.

Calculation settings

Set a past year to analyze a historical deal on its own terms (all maturities below are calendar years).

Existing debt to be swapped

New debt

Amount is auto-calculated from the existing debt: the cash needed to retire it (loans at par plus any prepayment fee; bonds at market price plus any premium). Upfront fees can include arrangement, guarantee, syndication, and legal costs.

Discount factor

Development commitment

The swap leg the refinancing math usually leaves out: long-term, predictable spending on health, education, or nature.

Funder support

The grant element of the guarantee, credit enhancement, or donor contribution that makes the new financing cheap.

Savings

The World Bank calculator's dashboard block, computed from the same conventions.