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  "title": "Staff Guidance Note on the Application of the Joint Fund-Bank Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, October 6, 2008",
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  "summary": "The objective of the joint Fund-Bank debt sustainability framework for low-income countries is to support LICs in their efforts to achieve their development goals without creating future debt problems.",
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      "heading": "Objective",
      "content": "- The objective of the joint Fund-Bank debt sustainability framework for low-income countries is to support LICs in their efforts to achieve their development goals without creating future debt problems.\n- Countries that have received debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) need to be kept on a sustainable track."
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      "heading": "Framework and Process",
      "content": "- Country DSAs are prepared jointly by Bank and Fund staff.\n- Key collaborative elements:\n  - Design of the macroeconomic baseline.\n  - Design of alternative scenarios.\n  - Determination of the debt distress rating.\n  - Drafting of the write-up."
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