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  "title": "Revisiting the Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, January 12, 2012",
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  "summary": "Introduced in 2005, the joint IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework (DSF) is a standardized framework for conducting public and external debt sustainability analysis (DSA) in low-income countries (LICs).",
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      "content": "- Introduced in 2005, the joint IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework (DSF) is a standardized framework for conducting public and external debt sustainability analysis (DSA) in low-income countries (LICs).\n- The DSF aims to:\n  - help guide the borrowing decisions of LICs,\n  - provide guidance for creditors‘ lending and grant allocation decisions,\n  - improve World Bank and IMF assessments and policy advice.\n- The framework was previously reviewed in 2006 and 2009."
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      "content": "- This paper provides a comprehensive review of the framework to assess whether it remains adequate in light of changing circumstances in LICs.\n- The review:\n  - examines the DSF‘s performance to date,\n  - presents the results of recent analytical work by IMF and World Bank staffs,\n  - discusses a number of areas in which the framework could be improved."
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