A Review of Some Aspects of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework

Publication Date:

August 5, 2009

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Framework (DSF) is a standardized framework for analyzing debt-related vulnerabilities in low-income countries (LICs). It aims to help countries monitor their debt burden and take early preventive action, to provide guidance to creditors in ensuring their lending decisions are consistent with countries’ development goals, and to improve the Bank and Fund’s assessments and policy advice. The DSF was last reviewed in 2006, and a reconsideration of some aspects of the framework is timely.

Series:

Policy Papers

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

August 5, 2009

Format:

Paper

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