Foreign Borrowing and Loan Negotiation
Source details
- Canonical URL
- Foreign Borrowing and Loan Negotiation
Other formats
Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 26.14
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: February 23-27, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: SA 26.14
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: February 23-27, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials of from debt management offices, ministries of finance, central banks, and related public institutions involved in external borrowing, loan negotiation, debt recording, risk analysis, or fiscal policy coordination
- Qualifications:
- Participants should have basic knowledge of public finance or debt management and practical experience in sovereign borrowing, financial analysis, or public sector financial operations.
- Familiarity with financial terminology and spreadsheet-based calculations is desirable.
Course description
- Comprehensive, practice-oriented introduction to foreign borrowing and loan negotiation for officials involved in public debt management.
- Coverage includes the external loan lifecycle—from strategic planning and financing choices to contract design, risk management, negotiation, and restructuring.
- Instructional methods:
- Lectures
- Country case discussions
- Quizzes
- Hands-on exercises
- Emphases:
- Skills to evaluate alternative financing options, assess costs and risks, interpret legal and financial terms, and manage operational challenges in external debt portfolios.
- Institutional governance and coordination with fiscal and monetary authorities.
- Creditor-specific negotiation dynamics and emerging instruments for risk mitigation.
- Program goal:
- Strengthen decision-making capacity and promote sound, transparent, and sustainable external debt management practices.
Course objectives
- Apply core principles of sound public debt management to foreign borrowing decisions.
- Analyze and compare external financing options based on cost, risk, maturity, and conditionality.
- Evaluate financial terms and legal clauses in loan agreements and identify key risks and safeguards.
- Manage currency, refinancing, and operational risks across the external loan lifecycle.
- Prepare effectively for loan negotiations and engage with different categories of creditors.
- Assess the role of guarantees, collateral, and innovative instruments in sovereign risk management.
- Understand restructuring options and their implications for debt sustainability.
References