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Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Forms 3, Form 4 and Form 5 and
Application for EDGAR Access (Form ID) Confirmation of Authority to Sign



Pursuant to Instruction 7 to SEC "Form 3-Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities", "Form 4-Statement of Changes in  Beneficial Ownership"
and "Form 5-Annual Statement of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities" the
undersigned, being the Co-General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and
Secretary of Babson Capital Management LLC, investment adviser to the Babson
Capital Global Short Duration High Yield  Fund (the "Fund"), hereby appoint and
designate Jessica Burns, Ruth Howe, Ann Malloy, and Melissa LaGrant each as my
true and lawful attorneys in fact with full power to (a) apply for access to the
EDGAR filing system in my name and (b) sign for me and file with the SEC, the
New York Stock Exchange and the Fund said SEC Forms 3, 4 and/or 5 with respect
to shares of the Fund purchased or sold by the undersigned or any other change
of beneficial ownership relating to equity or derivative securities of the
Fund required to be reported by the undersigned.

This authorization shall remain in effect until a written revocation is executed
by the undersigned and filed with the SEC.


Signature and Date:  9-18-2012
Name:	Christopher DeFrancis
Title:	Co-General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Adviser
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