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Domestic Debt Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Jakob E Christensen

March 1, 2004

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Jakob E Christensen. Domestic Debt Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

This study discusses the role of domestic debt markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) based on a new dataset covering 27 SSA countries during the 20-year period 1980-2000. The study finds that domestic debt markets in these countries are generally small, highly short-term in nature, and often have a narrow investor base. Domestic interest payments present a significant burden to the budget, despite much smaller domestic than foreign indebtedness. The use of domestic debt is also found to have significantly crowded out private sector lending. Finally, the study identifies significant differences between the size, cost, and maturity structure of domestic debt markets in HIPCs and non-HIPCs.

Subject: Domestic debt, External debt, Financial markets, Government debt management, Interest payments, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Securities markets

Keywords: Africa, Crowding out, Debt, Debt market, Debt portfolio, Debt problem, Debt reduction scheme, Debt stock, Debt sustainability, Domestic debt, Extent HIPCs, Government debt management, HIPCs, Interest burden, Interest cost, Interest payments, Investor base, Longer-term debt portfolio, Maturity structure, Securities markets, Short-term debt, Sub-Saharan Africa, Treasury bill, Treasury bill interest rates, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    23

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2004/046

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0462004

  • ISBN:

    9781451846584

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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