## Public Sector Debt Definitions and Reporting in Low-Income Developing Countries

_Policy Papers, February 11, 2020_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 11, 2020
- Series: Policy Papers
- Volume: 2020
- Pages: 27
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513529905.007

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### Overview
- Publication title: Public Sector Debt Definitions and Reporting in Low-Income Developing Countries
- Publication date: February 11, 2020
- Primary summary statement:
  - 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.
  - 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.

### Main findings (as stated)
- 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':
  - Compilation of public sector debt data.
  - Reporting of public sector debt data.
  - Dissemination of public sector debt data to international databases and the public domain.

### Subject areas and keywords
- 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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