This workshop gives an in-depth introduction to the current debt sustainability framework for low-income countries (LIC-DSF) and the tools available to assist with debt sustainability in French-speaking African low-income countries. The framework helps guide countries and donors in mobilizing the financing of LICs' development needs, while reducing the chances of an excessive build-up of debt in the future. Sessions combine lectures on key features with demonstrations of the modules of the excel-based LIC-DSF framework covering linkages between the macroeconomic framework and debt dynamics, realism tools, stress tests, debt carrying capacity thresholds, the role of judgment, and the determination of final ratings.

Apply online by August 4, 2023