Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management

Policy Papers, April 1, 2014

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Bibliographic details

• Published: April 1, 2014
• Series: Policy Papers

Purpose and scope

• Developed as part of a broader work program undertaken by the IMF and the World Bank to:
  • strengthen the international financial architecture,
  • promote policies and practices that contribute to financial stability and transparency, and
  • reduce countries’ external vulnerabilities.
• Intended to enunciate broadly applicable principles, as well as institutional and operational foundations, relevant for members with a wide range of institutional structures and at different stages of development.

Development process and collaboration

• IMF and World Bank staffs worked in close collaboration with debt management entities from a broad group of IMF-World Bank member countries and international institutions in a comprehensive outreach process.
• Debt managers’ insights from this outreach enabled the formulation of the Guidelines’ principles and institutional and operational foundations.

Rationale for the 2014 revision

• The revision of the Guidelines was requested by the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at their meeting in Moscow, on February 15–16, 2013.
• Since their adoption in 2001, and amendments in 2003, financial sector regulatory changes and macroeconomic policy developments, especially in response to the recent financial crisis, have significantly affected the general financial landscape.
• Many countries have experienced significant shifts in their debt portfolios, in terms of both size and composition, prompting a review and revision to reflect evolving public debt management challenges over the last decade.

Key characteristics of the Guidelines (as described)

• Emphasize "broadly applicable principles" for public debt management.
• Provide "institutional and operational foundations" for debt management entities.
• Address relevance across a wide range of institutional structures and development stages.

Publication and access information

• Title: Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management
• Publication date: April 1, 2014
• Format: Web landing page with a PDF download option
• The IMF eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.
• Citation example as presented: Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed 8/19/2026

Subjects and thematic tags

• Collaboration with World Bank
• Debt management
• Debt sustainability
• Fiscal policy
• Public debt

Source: Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management (IMF web landing page).

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• Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management; IMF Policy Paper; April 1, 2014.
  • Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management; IMF Policy Paper; April 1, 2014. (Markdown version)
  • Revised Guidelines for Public Debt Management; IMF Policy Paper; April 1, 2014. (PDF)