Guidelines for Public Debt Management: Accompanying Document

Amendments to the Guidelines for Public Debt Management
November 25, 2003

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Guidelines for Public Debt Management

Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies

IMF Publications on public debt

Guidelines for Public Debt Management: Accompanying Document

Prepared by the Staffs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

November 21, 2002

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Also see August 2003 Occasional Paper version

Contents

Glossary (86k, pdf file)
Executive Summary (122k, pdf file)
Part I. Implementing the Guidelines in Practice (302k, pdf file)
	I. Introduction
	A.	What Is Public Debt Management and Why Is It Important?
	B.	Purpose of the Guidelines
	II. Lessons from the Country Case Studies
	A.	Debt Management Objectives and Coordination
	B.	Transparency and Accountability
	C.	Institutional Framework
	D.	Debt Management Strategy
	E.	Risk Management Framework
	F.	Developing and Maintaining an Efficient Market for Government Securities

Part II. Country Case Studies (1,341k, pdf file)
	I. Brazil
	II. Colombia
	III. Denmark
	IV. India
	V. Ireland
	VI. Italy
	VII. Jamaica
	VIII. Japan
	IX. Mexico
	X. Kingdom of Morocco
	XI. New Zealand
	XII. Poland
	XIII. Portugal
	XIV. Slovenia
	XV. South Africa
	XVI. Sweden
	XVII. United Kingdom
	XVIII. United States of America

Text Tables (144k, pdf file)
	1.	Selected Macroeconomic and Financial Indicators for Case Study Countries in 2001
	2.	Survey of Debt Management Practices

Box (170k, pdf file)
	I.	Applying the Guidelines to HIPCs

Appendix (141k, pdf file)
	I.	Summary of the Debt Management Guidelines