{
  "title": "Projecting Public Debt - The Public Debt Dynamics Tool",
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  "summary": "Projecting Public Debt - The Public Debt Dynamics Tool Training Program Qualifications Some knowledge of economics is helpful.",
  "publishDate": "2026-02-17",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Target Audience",
      "content": "- All government officials are welcome to register.\n- Particularly useful for officials from:\n  - ministries of finance\n  - debt agencies\n  - central banks\n  - other government agencies responsible for implementing macroeconomic and debt policies"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Description and Structure",
      "content": "- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Two-module course.\n- Focuses on projecting the stock of public debt over time for baseline (most likely) and alternative scenarios.\n- Explains the underpinnings of public debt dynamics (i.e., the evolution of public debt over time).\n- Introduces and applies an easy-to-use Excel-based Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT).\n- Uses projections of some 10 key macroeconomic and financial variables to produce debt projections.\n- Produces baseline and stress test scenarios, including fan charts that describe uncertainty about the evolution of debt over time in a probabilistic manner.\n- Identifies the main drivers of public debt changes.\n- Computes measures of fiscal adjustments necessary to achieve a user-specified public debt target during a certain period."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Core Competencies and Skills Taught",
      "content": "- How to compute public debt dynamics.\n- How to identify the main drivers of public debt dynamics.\n- How to compute measures of fiscal adjustments necessary to achieve a public debt target.\n- How to conduct a stress test to public debt dynamics, including through the use of fan charts.\n- How to identify the main components of a debt sustainability analysis to assess the risk of debt distress."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Related IMF Training Offerings (listed on same program schedule)",
      "content": "- Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius\n- Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait\n- Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates\n- Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius\n- Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC) — English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"
    }
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    "All government officials are welcome to register.",
    "Particularly useful for officials from:",
    "Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.",
    "Two-module course.",
    "Focuses on projecting the stock of public debt over time for baseline (most likely) and alternative scenarios.",
    "Explains the underpinnings of public debt dynamics (i.e., the evolution of public debt over time).",
    "Introduces and applies an easy-to-use Excel-based Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT).",
    "Uses projections of some 10 key macroeconomic and financial variables to produce debt projections.",
    "Produces baseline and stress test scenarios, including fan charts that describe uncertainty about the evolution of debt over time in a probabilistic manner.",
    "Identifies the main drivers of public debt changes.",
    "Computes measures of fiscal adjustments necessary to achieve a user-specified public debt target during a certain period.",
    "How to compute public debt dynamics.",
    "How to identify the main drivers of public debt dynamics.",
    "How to compute measures of fiscal adjustments necessary to achieve a public debt target.",
    "How to conduct a stress test to public debt dynamics, including through the use of fan charts.",
    "How to identify the main components of a debt sustainability analysis to assess the risk of debt distress.",
    "Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius",
    "Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait",
    "Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates",
    "Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius",
    "Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC) — English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"
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