External Debt Management in Low-Income Countries

By Sheku Bangura, Robert Powell, Damoni N Kitabire

December 1, 2000

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Sheku Bangura, Robert Powell, and Damoni N Kitabire. External Debt Management in Low-Income Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 12, 2024

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Summary

Improving debt management capacity in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) is a key element of the international community’s strategy for ensuring a robust and sustained exit from unsustainable debt burdens. External debt management is a multi-facetted task involving the formulation of a transparent strategy for managing the level of debt, and establishing an appropriate institutional framework that supports effective implementation. This paper brings together the essential elements of effective debt management practices to guide for those assessing debt management capacity and advising on its improvement in low-income countries.

Subject: Debt service, Debt strategy, External debt, Financial institutions, Fiscal accounting and reporting, Government debt management, Loans, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Central Africa, Debt, Debt indicator, Debt management, Debt management strategy, Debt management system, Debt service, Debt strategy, Debt unit, Disbursement, External debt management, Government debt management, HIPCs, Loan, Loan disbursement, Loan offer, Loan portfolio review, Loan use, Loan utilization, Loans, Long-term debt, Low-income countries, Maintaining loan record, Portfolio review, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

35
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2000/196
Stock No:

WPIEA1962000
ISBN:

9781451859959
ISSN:

1018-5941

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