Sustainability of External Debt - Conceptual Issues
Dr. Tarun Das, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, India And Resource Person, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok.
CONTENTS
1.Conceptual Issues
1.1Definition of external debt1.2 Debt Sustainability and Fiscal Deficit1.3 Debt Sustainability and Current Account Deficit1.4 Liquidity versus Solvency
2.Risk and Debt Sustainability Measurements
2.1Economy wide model in ALM framework 2.2 Different Types of Risk 2.3 Risk Management2.4 Sustainability Indicators2.5 World Bank Classification of External debt
3.Management of External Debt
3.1 Governance of external debt3.2 Legal framework and accountability3.3 Legal and Institutional Set up3.4 Best institutional practices3.4.1 New Zealand3.4.2 Australia3.4.3 Ireland3.4.4 European Union3.5 World Bank Survey on Sovereign Debt Management
4 The IMF Institutional Framework Guideline
4.1 Best Practices
5. The IMF Transparency and Accountability Guideline
5.1 Issues5.2 Best Practices
6 The IMF Debt Management Objectives and Coordination Guideline
6.1 Issues6.2 Best Practices
ANNEX
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