## Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/lic-dsfxol26-118)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/lic-dsfxol26-118/index.md)
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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.118
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Course overview and delivery
- Session No.: OL 26.118
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Presented jointly by the Institute for Capacity Development and the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, in collaboration with the World Bank.
- Qualifications: Some knowledge of economics is helpful. Basic Microsoft Excel skills and access to a computer with a reliable internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Target audience
- Government officials, with particular usefulness for officials from:
  - Ministries of finance
  - Debt agencies
  - Central banks
  - Other government agencies responsible for providing advice or implementing macroeconomic and debt policies

### Course description — substantive coverage
- The course provides an overview of the World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries (LIC DSF).
- Key procedural and analytical steps covered:
  - Identification of data requirements for applying the LIC DSF template.
  - Use of "realism tools" to assess the plausibility of macroeconomic projections.
  - Computation of a country's debt-carrying capacity used to determine thresholds for debt-burden indicators.
  - Application of baseline and stress test scenarios to evaluate whether debt-burden indicators breach thresholds; breaches signal risk of debt distress.
  - Use of judgment to arrive at a final risk rating.
- Purpose: To enable participants to understand and interpret LIC DSF outputs presented in World Bank and IMF reports.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Identify data requirements for the use of the LIC DSF template.
- Identify the steps in the production of risk ratings for low-income countries.
- Understand the LIC DSF realism tools.
- Interpret the LIC DSF stress test scenarios.
- Identify how the LIC DSF computes thresholds for debt-burden indicators.
- Understand the LIC DSF risk ratings.
- Interpret the outputs of the debt sustainability analysis for low-income countries, as presented in World Bank and IMF reports.

### Practical notes and access
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public through its training program.
- The course is structured as a one-module online offering focused on practical application of the LIC DSF methodology.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.118E)
- [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)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/lic-dsfxol26-118_