Training Program

This course is particularly useful for officials from ministries of finance, debt agencies, central banks, and other government agencies responsible for providing advice or implementing macroeconomic and debt policies. Some basic knowledge of macroeconomics and familiarity with Microsoft Excel are useful.

The course is by invitation only, with the Exim Bank of India identifying relevant officials for this training.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the IMF and World Bank hands-on analytical tools for debt sustainability analysis (DSA) as well as an overview of Fund lending policies and program design and conditionality. This two-day course lays out the underpinnings of the DSA; introduces a probabilistic approach to assessing debt sustainability; examines how to balance the needs for development with debt sustainability concerns; introduces the debt sustainability frameworks (DSF) for countries that benefit from long-term concessional financing (LIC DSF) as well as for the economies that can access the financial markets (MAC SDRF).