Guidelines for Public Debt Management -- Amended
Amended on December 9, 2003

Guidelines for Public Debt Management
March 21, 2001

Guidelines for Public Debt Management: Accompanying Document

Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies

IMF Publications on public debt

Amendments to the Guidelines
for Public Debt Management
Prepared by the Staffs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
November 25, 2003

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Contents

I.   Introduction
II.   Role of Public Debt Managers in Assessing Debt Sustainability
  A.   Proposed New Debt Sustainability Guideline
III.   Legal Features
  A. Proposed New Legal Features Guideline
Proposed New Box 2: Collective Action