## 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-dsfxol26-119)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/lic-dsfxol26-119/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/lic-dsfxol26-119/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/lic-dsfxol26-119/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.119
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
  - Officials from ministries of finance, debt agencies, central banks, and 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 logistics
- Session No.: OL 26.119
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish

### Course description — scope and structure
- Overview:
  - The course provides an overview of the World Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries (LIC DSF).
  - The LIC DSF was developed by the IMF and the World Bank (WB) to help low-income countries achieve their development goals while minimizing the risk of debt distress.
- Structure and modules:
  - Identification of data requirements and the "realism tools" used for assessing the plausibility of macroeconomic projections.
  - How the LIC DSF computes a country's debt-carrying capacity, which is used for determining thresholds for debt-burden indicators.
  - Analysis of baseline and stress test scenarios: when a debt-burden indicator breaches its threshold under either the baseline or stress test scenarios, this signals risk of debt distress.
  - Use of judgment to arrive at a final risk rating.
- Intended outcome:
  - Enables participants to understand and interpret LIC DSF outputs presented in WB and IMF reports.

### Course objectives — competencies on 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 WB and IMF reports.

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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=OL26.119S)
- [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-dsfxol26-119_