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  "title": "Public Sector Debt Definitions and Reporting in Low-Income Developing Countries",
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  "summary": "Increasing public debt vulnerabilities in low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have heightened the need for fuller and more transparent accounting of public sector debt (PSD). The framework for reporting on public sector debt is sound.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication title: Public Sector Debt Definitions and Reporting in Low-Income Developing Countries\n- Publication date: February 11, 2020\n- Primary summary statement:\n  - Increasing public debt vulnerabilities in low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have heightened the need for fuller and more transparent accounting of public sector debt (PSD).\n  - The framework for reporting on public sector debt is sound.\n  - There is room for LIDCs to further improve their compilation, reporting, and dissemination of public sector debt data in international databases and more broadly the public domain."
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      "content": "- Increasing public debt vulnerabilities in LIDCs create heightened information needs on PSD.\n- Existing reporting framework for public sector debt is described as sound.\n- Gaps remain in LIDCs':\n  - Compilation of public sector debt data.\n  - Reporting of public sector debt data.\n  - Dissemination of public sector debt data to international databases and the public domain."
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      "content": "- Subject: Contingent liabilities, Debt sustainability analysis, Public debt, Public sector, Securities\n- Keywords: debt instrument, LIC DSF, LIC DSFS, low-income developing country, obligation, PP, revised LIC-DSF\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- ppea2020005 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY\n  - ppea2020005 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - ppea2020005 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2020/02/11/public-sector-debt-definitions-and-reporting-in-low-income-developing-countries-49042"
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    "Published: February 11, 2020",
    "Series: Policy Papers",
    "Volume: 2020",
    "Pages: 27",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513529905.007",
    "Publication title: Public Sector Debt Definitions and Reporting in Low-Income Developing Countries",
    "Publication date: February 11, 2020",
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    "Increasing public debt vulnerabilities in LIDCs create heightened information needs on PSD.",
    "Existing reporting framework for public sector debt is described as sound.",
    "Gaps remain in LIDCs':",
    "Subject: Contingent liabilities, Debt sustainability analysis, Public debt, Public sector, Securities",
    "Keywords: debt instrument, LIC DSF, LIC DSFS, low-income developing country, obligation, PP, revised LIC-DSF",
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