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  "title": "Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Technical Assistance Report-Technical Assistance Project on Public Debt Projections and Analysis: Scoping Mission",
  "publication": "Technical Assistance Reports, November 1, 2024",
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  "summary": "This document outlines the initiation and early stages of a Technical Assistance project designed to enhance the capacity of Mauritania's National Committee on Public Debt (CNDP) in the areas of public debt projection and analysis.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Purpose: Initiation and early stages of a Technical Assistance project to strengthen the capacity of Mauritania's National Committee on Public Debt (CNDP) for public debt projection and analysis.\n- Trigger: Request from Mauritanian authorities.\n- IMF unit involved: IMF Institute for Capacity Development (ICD) staff."
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      "heading": "Mission timeline and engagement",
      "content": "- Virtual engagement: Comprehensive virtual discussions with the CNDP's Technical Committee in September 2023.\n- In-person mission: Subsequent mission to Nouakchott in January 2024 to evaluate existing capacity and resources at the CNDP."
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      "heading": "Capacity assessment findings",
      "content": "- Evaluative focus: Existing capacity and resources at the CNDP for public debt projection and debt sustainability analysis.\n- Identified needs: Enhancement of tools and methodologies to generate reliable medium-term debt projections and analyze risk scenarios."
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      "heading": "Recommendation and technical approach",
      "content": "- Primary recommendation: Adopt the IMF’s Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT), customized for Mauritania's economic conditions.\n- Intended outcomes:\n  - Generate reliable medium-term debt projections.\n  - Analyze risk scenarios, including the impact of natural disasters.\n  - Explore fiscal adjustment strategies via the non-extractive primary balance to achieve targeted debt levels."
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      "heading": "Subject areas and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Fiscal policy, Government debt management, Macro-fiscal framework, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)\n- Keywords: Debt Management, Debt sustainability analysis, dynamics tool, Global, Government debt management, IMF, IMF mission team, IMF resident representative, Islamic Republic of Mauritania., Macro-fiscal framework, projection framework, Public Debt, public debt projection, Technical Assistance\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- tarea2024089-print-pdf\n  - tarea2024089-print-pdf (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - tarea2024089-print-pdf (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/technical-assistance-reports/issues/2024/11/01/islamic-republic-of-mauritania-technical-assistance-report-technical-assistance-project-on-556871"
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    "Published: November 1, 2024",
    "Series: Technical Assistance Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400291685.019",
    "Purpose: Initiation and early stages of a Technical Assistance project to strengthen the capacity of Mauritania's National Committee on Public Debt (CNDP) for public debt projection and analysis.",
    "Trigger: Request from Mauritanian authorities.",
    "IMF unit involved: IMF Institute for Capacity Development (ICD) staff.",
    "Virtual engagement: Comprehensive virtual discussions with the CNDP's Technical Committee in September 2023.",
    "In-person mission: Subsequent mission to Nouakchott in January 2024 to evaluate existing capacity and resources at the CNDP.",
    "Evaluative focus: Existing capacity and resources at the CNDP for public debt projection and debt sustainability analysis.",
    "Identified needs: Enhancement of tools and methodologies to generate reliable medium-term debt projections and analyze risk scenarios.",
    "Primary recommendation: Adopt the IMF’s Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT), customized for Mauritania's economic conditions.",
    "Intended outcomes:",
    "Subject: Debt sustainability analysis, External debt, Fiscal policy, Government debt management, Macro-fiscal framework, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)",
    "Keywords: Debt Management, Debt sustainability analysis, dynamics tool, Global, Government debt management, IMF, IMF mission team, IMF resident representative, Islamic Republic of Mauritania., Macro-fiscal framework, projection framework, Public Debt, public debt projection, Technical Assistance",
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