## DIGNAR-19 Toolkit Manual

_Technical Notes and Manuals, June 23, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Zamid Aligishiev, Giovanni Melina, Luis-Felipe Zanna
- Published: June 23, 2021
- Series: Technical Notes and Manuals
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513583242.005

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### Overview
- This note is a user’s manual for the DIGNAR-19 toolkit, an application aimed at facilitating the use of the DIGNAR-19 model by economists with no to little knowledge of Matlab and Dynare via a user-friendly Excel-based interface.
- The toolkit translates the contents of an Excel input file into instructions for Matlab/Dynare programs. These programs are executed behind the scenes. Outputs are saved in a separate Excel file and can also be visualized in customizable charts.

### Toolkit components
- The toolkit comprises three tools:
  - the simulation tool
  - the graphing tool
  - the realism tool
- These tools convert Excel inputs into Matlab/Dynare instructions and return results in Excel and customizable charts.

### Functionality and user scope
- Target users: economists with no to little knowledge of Matlab and Dynare.
- Interface: Excel-based, user-friendly.
- Execution: Matlab/Dynare programs run behind the scenes; outputs saved in a separate Excel file and visualized in charts.

### Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)
- Subject: Environment, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Labor, Labor supply, Natural resources, Public debt, Public investment spending, Revenue administration
- Keywords: COVID-19, Debt Sustainability, Fiscal stance, I. DIGNAR-19 toolkit, Labor supply, Natural resources, Natural Resources, policy scenario analysis, Public Investment, Public investment spending, realism tool, simulation tool, toolkit manual

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/tnm/issues/2021/06/23/dignar-19-toolkit-manual-460484_