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Government Debt Management and Sovereign Investor Relations
Sovereign Investor Relations (SIR) helps governments maintain market access, containing borrowing costs, diversify investors, and withstand market volatility. Beyond transparency, effective SIR uses structured engagement with investors, credit rating agencies, specialized press, and other segments of the investors’ community to reduce information gaps, strengthen credibility, and support debt management strategies. The course will explain SIR’s strategic role in public debt management and provide practical guidance for establishing and operating SIR functions. Topics include designing a SIR strategy, institutional arrangements, staffing, investor communication and SIR products, stakeholder mapping, crisis and restructuring communications, and credit rating agency relations, with emphasis on domestic market development, international market access, and sovereign creditworthiness.