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How to Strengthen the Management of Government Guarantees

October 19, 2017

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International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. "How to Strengthen the Management of Government Guarantees", IMF How To Notes 2017, 001 (2017), accessed 12/5/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484316436.061

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Summary

This note highlights commonly observed weaknesses in the management of government guarantees, good practices, and measures governments could take to strengthen: (i) the evaluation of guarantee proposals; (ii) the quantification of risks arising from guarantees and their mitigation; and (iii) the budgeting, accounting, monitoring, and disclosure of guarantees.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Contingent liabilities, Financial institutions, Government liabilities, Loans, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Africa, Budget planning and preparation, Contingent liabilities, credit guarantee, credit rating, FADHTN, Global, government guarantee, Government liabilities, guarantee claim, guarantee fee rate, guarantee portfolio, guarantee proposal, guarantee seeker, HTN, Loans, one-of guarantee, reserve fund

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