Designing Legal Frameworks for Public Debt Management
IMF Working Papers, July 2, 2015
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- Authors: Elsie Addo Awadzi
- Published: July 2, 2015
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513529561.001
Summary
- Sustainable public debt has gained renewed attention as countries implement fiscal consolidation measures in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
- Sound public debt policies and debt management practices require robust legal underpinnings.
- Complex legal issues arise in the design of the legal framework, and tradeoffs are required in many instances.
- This paper analyzes key features of modern public debt management legal frameworks, drawing from examples in advanced, emerging, and frontier markets.
- The paper aims to provide guidance for countries that seek to review and strengthen their public debt management legal frameworks.
Major themes and analysis
- Legal underpinnings for public debt management
- Importance of robust legal frameworks to support sound public debt policies and debt management practices.
- Recognition that designing legal frameworks involves complex legal issues and tradeoffs.
- Comparative approach
- Draws examples from advanced, emerging, and frontier markets to identify key features of modern public debt management legal frameworks.
- Objective
- Provide guidance for countries seeking to review and strengthen their public debt management legal frameworks.
Key statistics and publication metadata
- Author: Elsie Addo Awadzi
- Publication date: July 2, 2015
- Pages: 57
- Volume: 2015
- Issue: 147
- Series: Working Paper No. 2015/147
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513529561.001
- Stock No: WPIEA2015147
- ISBN: 9781513529561
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Preview citation provided in Chicago format: Elsie Addo Awadzi. "Designing Legal Frameworks for Public Debt Management", IMF Working Papers 2015, 147 (2015), accessed 9/17/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513529561.001
Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Asset and liability management, Debt limits, Debt management, Government debt management, Legal support in revenue administration, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration
- Keywords: Africa, borrowing authority, county government entity, Debt limits, Debt management, fiscal policy, Government debt management, government lending, Government loans and guarantees, Legal framework for Public Debt Management, Legal support in revenue administration, local government, National Debt, payment obligation, public finance, Sovereign Debt, terms and conditions, WP
Source: Designing Legal Frameworks for Public Debt Management — https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/designing-legal-frameworks-for-public-debt-management-43045
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