Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc

This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished by the Board of Directors (each a "Board" and collectively, the "Boards") of each of the funds listed above (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of each Fund (each a "Meeting" and collectively, the "Meetings") to be held on June 25, 2025, at 1585 Broadway, 27th Floor, Conference Room I, New York, NY, 10036. It is expected that the Notice of Annual Meetings of Stockholders, Joint Proxy Statement and Proxy Card will first be sent to stockholders of the Funds ("Stockholders") on or about May 12, 2025. The purpose of the Meetings, the matters to be acted upon and the commencement time of each Meeting are set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

If the enclosed Proxy Card for a Fund is properly executed and returned in time, or is submitted by telephone or Internet, to be voted at the Meetings, the proxies named therein will vote the shares of common stock with respect to the Funds (collectively, the "Shares") represented by it in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. Properly executed but unmarked Proxy Cards submitted by Stockholders will be voted FOR each of the nominees for election as a Director of that Fund as set forth in this Joint Proxy Statement. A proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise by any of the following: written notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Funds, execution and delivery of a later dated proxy to the Secretary of the Funds (whether by mail or, as discussed below, by touchtone telephone or the Internet) (if returned and received in time to be voted), or attendance and voting at the Meetings. Attendance at the Meetings will not in and of itself revoke a proxy. In order to revoke a proxy in person at the Meetings, Stockholders must either submit a subsequent proxy or vote in person and request that their proxy be revoked. Stockholders whose Shares are held in street name by a broker of record and who wish to vote in person at the Meetings must obtain a legal proxy from their broker and present it at the Meetings to the inspector of elections.

The Board has fixed the close of business on April 9, 2025 as the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meetings and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. On that date, the following number of Shares of each Fund were outstanding and entitled to vote:

The cost of soliciting proxies for the Meetings, including printing and mailing expenses, will be borne by each respective Fund. The solicitation of proxies will be by mail, telephone or otherwise through

Directors and officers of the Funds or officers and regular employees of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. ("MSIM" or the "Adviser"), the investment adviser for each Fund and the administrator for each Fund, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("Morgan Stanley & Co.") and/or Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, without special compensation therefor. In addition, the Funds may employ Computershare Inc. (operating through its Computershare Fund Services division), a Delaware Corporation ("CFS"), as proxy solicitor. The transfer agent services for each Fund are currently provided by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Stockholders will be able to authorize proxies to vote their Shares by touchtone telephone or by Internet by following the instructions on the Proxy Card accompanying this Joint Proxy Statement. The Internet procedures are designed to authenticate a Stockholder's identity to allow Stockholders to vote their Shares and confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. To vote by Internet or by touchtone telephone, Stockholders can access the website or call the toll-free number listed on the Proxy Card. To vote by touchtone telephone or by Internet, Stockholders will need the number that appears on the Proxy Card or Voting Information Card in the shaded box.

In certain instances, CFS may call Stockholders to ask if they would be willing to have their votes recorded by telephone. The telephone voting procedure is designed to authenticate Stockholders' identities, to allow Stockholders to authorize the voting of their Shares in accordance with their instructions and to confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly. No recommendation will be made as to how a Stockholder should vote on any Proposal other than to refer to the recommendations of the Board. Each Fund has been advised by counsel that these procedures are consistent with the requirements of applicable law. Stockholders voting by telephone in this manner will be asked for identifying information and will be given an opportunity to authorize proxies to vote their Shares in accordance with their instructions. To ensure that the Stockholders' instructions have been recorded correctly, they will receive a confirmation of their instructions in the mail or electronically. A special toll-free number set forth in the confirmation will be available in case the information contained in the confirmation is incorrect. Each Stockholder may vote by mail using the enclosed Proxy Card, by Internet or by touchtone telephone as set forth above. The last proxy vote received in time to be voted, whether by Internet, mailed Proxy Card or touchtone telephone, will be the vote that is counted and will revoke all previous votes by the Stockholder. In the event that CFS is retained as proxy solicitor, CFS will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining Stockholders' telephone numbers and providing additional materials upon Stockholder request, at an estimated cost of $15,100, which would be borne evenly by the Funds. Any additional expenses incurred by CFS with respect to the Funds collectively will be split pro rata among the Funds according to net assets. Any additional expenses incurred by CFS with respect to a specific Fund will be paid by such Fund.

Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (October 31, 2024 for EDD) to any Stockholder of such Fund requesting such report. Requests for annual and/or semi-annual reports should be made in writing to the respective Fund, Morgan Stanley Closed-End Funds, c/o CFS, P.O. Box 43006, Providence, RI, 02940-3006, by calling toll-free 1-800-231-2608 or by visiting the Adviser's Internet website at www.morganstanley.com/im.

MSIM serves as each Fund's administrator and investment adviser. The business address of MSIM is 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as sub-administrator to the Funds. The business address of State Street Bank and Trust Company is One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114.

This Joint Proxy Statement is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement for each Fund. Shares of a Fund are entitled to one vote each at the respective Fund's Meeting and each fraction of a share will be entitled to the fraction of a vote equal to the proportion of a full share represented by the fractional share. To the extent information relating to common ownership is available to the Funds, a Stockholder that owns record Shares in two or more of the Funds will receive a package containing a Joint Proxy Statement and Proxy Cards for the Funds in which such Stockholder is a record owner. If the information relating to common ownership is not available to the Funds, a Stockholder that beneficially owns Shares in two or more Funds may receive two or more packages each containing a Joint Proxy Statement and a Proxy Card for each Fund in which such Stockholder is a beneficial owner. If the proposed election of Directors is approved by Stockholders of one Fund and disapproved by Stockholders of other Funds, the Proposal will be implemented for the Fund that approved the Proposal and will not be implemented for any Fund that did not approve the Proposal. Thus, it is essential that Stockholders complete, date, sign and return each enclosed Proxy Card or vote by telephone or the Internet as indicated in each Fund's Proxy Card.

Only one Joint Proxy Statement will be delivered to multiple Stockholders sharing an address unless a Fund has received contrary instructions. Each Fund will furnish, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the Joint Proxy Statement to a Stockholder at a shared address to which a single Joint Proxy Statement was delivered. Requests for a separate Joint Proxy Statement, and notifications to a Fund that a Stockholder wishes to receive separate copies in the future, should be made in writing to the respective Fund, Morgan Stanley Closed-End Funds, c/o CFS, P.O. Box 43006, Providence, RI, 02940-3006, or by calling toll-free 1-800-231-2608. Multiple Stockholders who are sharing an address and currently receiving multiple copies of periodic reports and proxy statements may request to receive only one copy of such reports and proxy statements by calling toll-free 1-800-231-2608.

The Board of each Fund recommends that you vote "FOR" the election of each of the nominees as a Director of that Fund as set forth in Proposal No. 1 of this Joint Proxy Statement. Your vote is important. Please return your Proxy Card promptly no matter how many Shares you own.