IMF How To Notes

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 November 8, 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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