Given the central role of IMF DSA's in deciding on debt relief in the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI, we analyse the IMF's assumptions on economic growth during the pandemic and discuss the role of growth optimism in resolving debt crises in the past. The English translation is available here:

https://erlassjahr.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Focus-Paper-4-From-growth-optimism-to-a-lost-development-decade.pdf.