## Cancelled: Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries (DSF-LIC)

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**Canonical URL:** [Cancelled: Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries (DSF-LIC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/dsf-licce26-29)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 26.29
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dates: September 27, 2026 - October 1, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic

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### Target audience
- Officials in low-income countries and targeted staff from ministries of finance, debt agencies, central banks, and other government agencies responsible for providing advice or implementing macroeconomic and debt policies.

### Qualifications and participant prerequisites
- Expected degree in economics or finance, preferably at the master's level, or equivalent work experience.
- Good quantitative skills.
- Proficiency in the use of computers to analyze data.
- Familiarity with the basics of Microsoft Excel (many workshops use Microsoft Excel worksheets).

### Course description
- Joint IMF-World Bank workshop providing an in-depth introduction to the current debt sustainability framework for low-income countries DSF LIC implemented in July 2018.
- Aims to guide countries and donors in mobilizing the financing of LICs development needs while reducing the chances of an excessive buildup of debt in the future.
- Sessions combine lectures on key features with demonstrations of the modules of the excel-based DS LIC framework.
- Topics covered in demonstrations:
  - Linkages between the macroeconomic framework and debt dynamics
  - Realism tools
  - Stress tests
  - Debt carrying capacity thresholds
  - The role of judgment
  - Determination of final ratings

### Course objectives
- Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth.
- Apply effective concepts, definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability.
- Prepare a risk-based DSA for a low-income country.

### Related training scheduling note
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public. Click Learn more to find our current offerings.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/dsf-licce26-29_