Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries

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Published: October 2, 2025

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May 1, 2026	April 15, 2027	Course conducted online	[[[Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)	OL 26.120	French	[[[Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.119S)](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.122P)](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.120F) by April 1, 2027
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Overview

The course provides an overview of the World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries (LIC DSF).
Purpose: to help low-income countries achieve their development goals while minimizing the risk of debt distress.
The course explains how to interpret LIC DSF outputs presented in World Bank and IMF reports.
Sequence of instruction:
- Identify data requirements and the "realism tools" used for assessing the plausibility of macroeconomic projections.
- Explain how the LIC DSF computes a country's debt-carrying capacity, which is used to determine thresholds for debt-burden indicators.
- Show how breaches of debt-burden indicator thresholds under baseline or stress test scenarios signal risk of debt distress.
- Explore how judgment is applied to arrive at a final debt risk rating.

Target audience and qualifications

Target audience:
- Officials from ministries of finance
- Debt agencies
- Central banks
- Other government agencies responsible for providing advice or implementing macroeconomic and debt policies
Qualifications:
- Some knowledge of economics would be helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

Course objectives (upon completion)

Identify data requirements for the use of the LIC DSF template.
Identify the steps in the production of debt risk ratings for low-income countries.
Analyze the LIC DSF realism tools.
Interpret the LIC DSF stress test scenarios.
Identify how the LIC DSF computes thresholds for debt-burden indicators.
Interpret the outputs of the debt sustainability analysis for low-income countries, as presented in World Bank and IMF reports.

Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries

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