Debt

Good debt management is essential to economic development. The World Bank's debt experts oversee debt relief, advise countries on how to structure and schedule debt, and help countries fit their debt into sustainable fiscal planning

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Debt Sustainability Framework

New reforms to the framework will provide a simpler and more comprehensive way to assess risks to debt sustainability.

WORLD BANK LIVE

DEBT AND GROWTH

Watch the recording of the live event - Debt and Growth: A Balancing Act.

EVENT

Rising Tide of Debt

The 9 DMF Stakeholders’ Forum Rising Tide of Debt: Risk, Resilience, Responsibility will be held in Brussels, Belgium on May 28-29

Debt At-A-Glance

Good debt management is essential to economic development. It has become ever more important as developing countries – particularly in Africa – find it easier to issue debt and are building it up at a fast pace. It is important to target long-term gains like addressing infrastructure gaps than to engage in short-sighted spending.

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Partnerships

Debt Management Facility (DMF)

Launched in November 2008, the Debt Management Facility (DMF) for Low-Income Countries (LICs) is a multi-donor trust fund that supports the scaling up and accelerated implementation of the World Bank Group's debt management work program in low-income countries.

Documents and Publications

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Report Jul 27,2018

Strengthening public debt transparency : the role of the IMF and the World Bank - G20 note

Report Jul 27,2018

Improving public debt recording, monitoring, and reporting capacity in low and lower middle-income countries : proposed reforms - G20 note

Report Jul 27,2018

Strengthening public debt transparency: Highlights and work agenda

Report Jul 25,2017

The Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS): An Assessment of Recent Capacity Building

Experts

Doerte Doemeland

Practice Manager, Global Macro and Debt Analytics

Lars Jessen

Lead Debt Specialist

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Contact

Washington, DC

Yanina Budkin

ybudkin@worldbank.org