DMF NEWSLETTER
                                                                                           ISSUE 36
                                                                                       APRIL–JUNE 2019




I. DMF Stakeholders' Forum
                                                                                              IN THIS ISSUE
"The Future of Debt Management"

T  he Debt Management Facility Stakeholders’ Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary
   with “The Future of Debt Management” edition in Dakar, Senegal 13-14 May 2019.
The conference reflected on the past decade of debt, development and debt                       10th Anniversary
management; exposed looming challenges related to rising debt vulnerabilities and debt           of DMF Forum
management reforms; and identified emerging opportunities - from innovative financing
to applications of nascent technologies – to address debt management challenges.
                                                                                                  Staff Corner

   110 PARTICIPANTS                 31 COUNTRIES                  26 INSTITUTIONS
                                                                                                Debt Managers
                                                                                             Practitioners' Program



                                                                                             Country Engagements



                                 2019 DMF Stakeholders' Forum.                                 Debt Management
                                                                                               Network Webinars

 The Forum hosted 110 policy makers, debt management officials, donors, private sector
institutions and technical assistance providers across 31 countries and 26 institutions,
                                                                                               Debt Management
including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, African Development Bank,             Publications and Events
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the private sector. The
Forum discussed current trends and emerging challenges for sovereign debt in Low
Income Development Countries (LIDCs) and ways to address these. With an increasing
number of LIDC sovereigns accessing international capital markets, the challenges for
infrequent international bond issuers were discussed. Representatives from Zambia and Sri
Lanka spoke of their experience, the World Bank presented its new developing Guidance
Note on Eurobond Issuance, and the private sector contributed their perspective.
 A common thread across sessions related to debt transparency. The role of debt
transparency was highlighted taking the approach of a shared responsibility including
both creditors and debtors. The views of the private sector were also presented, including
an applied case in Mozambique’s forensic audits and also the case of Rwanda. Relatedly,
the Forum discussed debt recording and the role of the back-office, including sound
practice highlights from the World Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat, Development
Finance International as well as the case of Ethiopia. The importance of monitoring and
managing government guarantees and contingent liabilities was deliberated. The World
Bank presented its forthcoming framework for Guarantee Framework and Credit Risk
Assessment. The experiences of Sweden and Rwanda were also presented, along with
other country cases regarding credit risk assessments in Africa.
    DMF 2019 Forum




    Doerte Doemeland, Louise J. Cord,         Participants at DMF 2019 Forum.          Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, EFI Vice President.
    and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu.

     Debt management developments from innovations in debt instruments, the development of government debt
    markets and challenges for reform implementation were discussed. For example, innovative instruments touched upon
    thematic and diaspora bonds, index-linked bonds, Global Depository Notes (GN) as well as credit enhancement-based
    transactions as a way to attract international investors. The discussion on development of domestic government bond
    markets showcased recent developments in the WAEMU Government Securities Market and the African Financial
    Markets Initiative, Euroclear, and the case of India. The sovereign asset and liability management (SALM) approach was
    presented, with the cases of Brazil, Senegal and New Zealand elaborated, along with key considerations highlighted
    by the World Bank Treasury. The Forum delved into the challenges for debt management reform implementation,
    hearing from Liberia, Mongolia and other countries cases through the work of the West African Institute for Financial
    and Economic management (WAIFEM) and the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and
    Southern Africa (MEFMI).
    For more information visit the Debt Management Facility website.


    II. Staff Corner
    Meet the Team

    Z   solt Bango joined the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation
        Global Practice Long Term Finance team as Senior Financial Sector Specialist
    on March 1, 2017. He has over 20 years of experience working in public debt
    management and domestic market development. In his current position,
    Zsolt supports domestic debt market development in frontier and emerging
    market countries. Prior to joining the World Bank, Zsolt was the Head of the
    Treasury Department in the Hungarian Government Debt Management Agency
    (AKK) where he worked for 16 years. Zsolt’s main responsibilities included, the
    organization of the primary dealer system, execution of secondary market
    transactions and hedging activities of the Hungarian debt agency as well as
    liquidity management of the Treasury Single Account.                               Zsolt Bango.




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    III. Debt Management Practitioners' Program
    Under the Debt Management Practitioners’ Program (DMPP), officials from DMF-eligible countries are given an opportunity
    to receive in-depth training on the debt management tools (DeMPA, DSA, MTDS) in Washington D.C. The program is a
    three-month long assignment and officials from all LICs are eligible to apply. The selection criteria is pertinent to official’s
    debt management responsibility, level of seniority, and academic credentials. In March 2019, two debt management
    officers from Tonga and Zambia completed their DMPP assignment at the World Bank in Washington D.C.

                                                                                             Aivi Sapele Fakahua is Chief accountant
                                                                    and Supervisor, Debt Management Unit, Ministry of Finance, Tonga.

                                                            “The decision to join the Debt Management Practitioners’ Program
                                                            (DMPP) program proved to be one of the best decisions I have made
                                                            for my career progression. Prior to coming to Washington D.C. I set
                                                            my goal to build an expertise in working with the MTDS tool. After
                                                            completing the program, I became fully equipped to prepare, implement
                                                            and review the debt management strategy in my home country (Tonga).
                                                            I have learnt how to identify objectives and scopes, analyze costs and
                                                            risks of the existing debt, consider future financing sources, identify
                                                            baseline projections and most importantly, to discuss the implications
    Aivi Sapele Fakahua.
                                                            of alternative strategies on macroeconomic policy and domestic market
                                                            development. The DMPP program is a great opportunity to build
                                                            technical capacity and learn latest developments from the WB debt
                                                            experts and specialists.”




    DMPP graduates and the DMF team of the World Bank, June 2019.                                Lea Hakim congratulates Paul Sikazwe on successfully
                                                                                                 completed DMPP program.



                                                                                   Paul Sikazwe is a Senior Economist in the External
                                                                          Debt Management Department, Ministry of Finance, Zambia.

                                                            “I joined the Debt Management Practitioners’ Program (DMPP) from
                                                            Zambia’s Debt Management Office in hope to gain first-hand insights on
                                                            the latest debt management practices. After having spent three months
                                                            with the WB debt experts, I am returning home with a large agenda and
                                                            plans to share my newly gained knowledge with colleagues at home.
                                                            The DMPP was once in a lifetime opportunity which helped me become
                                                            proficient in debt management tools (MTDS and Reform Plan). I was
                                                            fortunate to have access to a continuous, three- months long mentoring
                                                            by the best debt experts from the field and to have access to numerous
    Paul Sikazwe.                                           World bank seminars and knowledge sharing events. The DMPP truly
                                                            exceeded all my expectations and I have enjoyed participating in the
                                                            MTDS training mission (Pakistan).”

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    IV. DMF Activities April–June 2019

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      TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MISSIONS    REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS           PUBLIC OFFICIALS TRAINED


                Examples of beneficiary countries from DMF training and TA activities



                                                               AFGHANISTAN
                                                               ANGOLA
    9 Regional Workshops
      3 CashManagement/
                                                               BANGLADESH
                                                               BHUTAN
       Contingent Liabilities/                                 BURKINA FASO
       Debt Management Support/
       5 LIC DSA                                               CAMBODIA
                                                               CAMEROON
                                           GUINEA BISSAU
                                                               CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
                                           GUYANA
                                                               CHAD
                                           HAITI
                                                               DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
                                           HONDURAS
                                                               DOMINICA
                                           INDIA
    1MTDS Mission
                                                               ETHIOPIA
                                           KENYA
                                                               GHANA
                                           KOSOVO
                                                               GRENADA
                                           KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
                                                               GRENADINES
                                           LAO PDR
                                                               GUINEA
                                           LAOS
                                           LESOTHO
                                           LIBERIA

    1 Debt
                                           MADAGASCAR
           Reform                          MALAWI             NIGERIA
      Plan                                 MALAYSIA           PAKISTAN
                                           MALDIVES           PAPUA NEW GUINEA
                                           MALI               REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
                                           MAURITANIA         SAMOA
                                                              SENEGAL

    1 Subnational DeMPA
                                           MOLDOVA
                                           MONGOLIA           SIERRA LEONE

    3	DeMPA
                                           MOZAMBIQUE         SOLOMON ISLANDS
                                           NEPAL              ST. VINCENT
                                           NICARAGUA          TAJIKISTAN
                                                              TANZANIA
                                                              THE GAMBIA
                                                              TOGO

    1 Domestic Market
      Development
                                                              UGANDA
                                                              UZBEKISTAN
                                                              VIETNAM
                                                              ZAMBIA
                                                              ZIMBABWE


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    Country Engagements

    Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA)
    and Subnational (DeMPA) Missions

       OBJECTIVE      Deliver technical assistance in evaluating the legal, institutional and regulatory framework in
                      government debt management, using the DeMPA tool. The DeMPA is a methodology for assessing
                      public debt management performance through a comprehensive set of indicators spanning the full
                      range of government debt management functions. Click here for more information.



        COUNTRY       Bamako, Mali             Nigeria (Ogun State)       Yaounde, Cameroon        Harare, Zimbabwe
                      April 1–10, 2019         April 8–15, 2019           May 1–10, 2019           May 16–24, 2019

     ORGANIZERS       World Bank               World Bank and             World Bank and DRI       World Bank
                                               WAIFEM

       MAIN           Ministry of Economy      Debt Management            Ministry of  Economy     Ministry of Finance,
COUNTERPARTS          and Finance Ministry     Department Ogun            - Caisse Autonome        External Debt
                      of Foreign Affairs       State, state agencies.     of Ammortissement,       Department.
                      and International                                   responsible for public
                      Cooperation Audit                                   debt management
                      institutions and                                    Bank of Central
                      national agency                                     African States (BEAC).
                      of BCEAO.


      HIGHLIGHTS      The country              The mission assessed       Following the first      This was the third
                      developed a              debt management            DeMPA in 2009, this      DeMPA mission
                      procedures manual        performance of             second assessment        delivered on
                      for external             Ogun State. There          found significant        the invite from
                      borrowing and debt       is no domestic or          accomplishments          Zimbabwean
                      service payments         external market-           in the area of debt      country authorities
                      and domestic             based borrowing in         transparency.            to take stock on the
                      debt borrowing is        Ogun State. Nigerian       The government           performance of debt
                      conducted at the         states cannot borrow       prepares and             management.
                      highest standard         externally directly. All   publishes numerous
                      with the assistance of   external resources         publications and
                      Agence Titre UMOA        are either on-lent         reports covering
                      (AUT).                   or guaranteed              public and publicly
                                               by the Federal             guaranteed debt.
                                               Government. There
                                               were no prepared
                                               and published debt
                                               statistical bulletins or
                                               similar debt reports.




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    Debt Management Reform Plan (DMRP) Missions


         OBJECTIVE      Design a detailed and sequenced Debt Management Reform Plan, jointly with the Government,
                        based on a comprehensive analysis of public debt management institutions and operations.
                        Click here for more information.


          COUNTRY       Lusaka, Zambia
                        May 20–24, 2019


       ORGANIZERS       World Bank


      COUNTERPART       Ministry of Finance.


        HIGHLIGHTS      The mission took stock of the domestic market development and assessed development of the
                        money markets, primary and secondary markets of government securities, the trading infrastructure,
                        the Clearing, Settlement and Depository framework, the investors relations and the composition of
                        the investor base. The mission team provided recommendations on primary market operations and
                        designed a technical assistance roadmap.



    Domestic Market Development Mission


         OBJECTIVE      Take stock of the status of the domestic market development and propose recommendations


          COUNTRY       Lusaka, Zambia
                        May 23–30, 2019


       ORGANIZERS       World Bank and IMF


      COUNTERPART       Ministry of Finance.


        HIGHLIGHTS      The mission identified the following areas for reforms: 1) the legal framework 2) the organization of
                        debt management, 3) formulating and implementing the DMS 4) reporting and Investor Relations,
                        5) government guarantees and 6) cash forecasting and cash management.




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    Medium Term Debt Management Plan (MTDS)

        OBJECTIVES      The objectives of the MTDS missions were to improve the capacity to:
                        •	 Monitor and manage risks of the debt portfolio.
                        •	 Formulate a Debt Management Strategy consistent with acceptable costs and risks.
                        •	 Prepare an annual borrowing plan.


           COUNTRY      Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 1–12, 2019


        ORGANIZERS      World Bank and IMF


      COUNTERPART       Ministry of Finance.


        HIGHLIGHTS       The team supported authorities in developing a medium-term debt management strategy (DMS).
                         The mission was organized in two phases: (1) data collection and aggregation, including training on
                         data aggregation and calculation of risk indicators; (2) DMS training and development of the MTDS
                         for Uzbekistan. The team delivered presentations and hands-on training on cost-risk analysis, the
                         MTDS tool and its interactions with market development and macroeconomic policies.


Regional Training Events

               TOPIC     Regional Domestic Debt Market Workshop


           COUNTRY       Arusha, Tanzania, June 17–21, 2019


        ORGANIZERS       IMF, MEFMI*, and World Bank*            (* not DMF funded)


      PARTICIPANTS       28 participants from 12 countries including: Angola, Botswana, Kingdom of Swatini, Kenya, Lesotho,
                         Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.


          OBJECTIVE      The workshop covered the building blocks for market development. Participants had the opportunity
                         to share the experiences and to discuss policies to deepen their local debt markets. Participants
                         showed great appreciation for the discussions and stressed the relevance of the topics presented
                         for their countries. Given the highly positive feedback and the relevance of the topic, MEFMI is
                         considering repeating this seminar next year.


               TOPIC     Regional DeMPA Training


           COUNTRY       Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia, April 22–26, 2019


        ORGANIZERS       World Bank


      PARTICIPANTS       25 participants from 10 countries including: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan,
                         Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vietnam.


          OBJECTIVE      This regional workshop helped participants form the Asia-Pacific Region better understand the
                         rationale, scope, coverage, and application of the DeMPA methodology. By the end of the workshop,
                         participants discussed inter-linkages between the debt management functions, use of evidence-
                         based data for making an assessment and be familiar with the DeMPA scoring methodology.
                         The workshop was a combination of presentations and hands-on case studies.

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    Other Regional Workshops

                TOPIC       Debt and Cash Management Workshop


           COUNTRY          Vienna, Austria, June 24– 29, 2019


        ORGANIZERS          IMF


       PARTICIPANTS         Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of Srpska), Georgia, Kosovo, Kyrgyz
                            Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan, North Macedonia (non-DMF), and Albania (non-DMF).


           OBJECTIVE         The training highlighted the importance of, and the mechanisms for, coordination between cash
                             and debt management activities. Sessions covered the key aspects of cash and debt management
                             policies, elaborating their interactions and interface with fiscal and monetary policies. All
                             countries’ participants shared their insights and challenges that they are facing. The participants
                             actively engaged in seminar discussions, acknowledging the importance of topics covered and
                             realizing the gaps in their country settings.


                TOPIC       Management of Contingent Liabilities from PPPs


           COUNTRY          Accra, Ghana, June 25– 29, 2019


        ORGANIZERS          IMF


       PARTICIPANTS         24 participants from Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Gambia.


           OBJECTIVE        1) Deliver a regional one-week workshop of fiscal risk and contingent liabilities management
                            in Accra/Ghana.
                            2) Help authorities better understand the importance of actively managing government’s fiscal
                            risk, what constitutes a good fiscal risk reporting framework and some techniques for assessing
                            risk, particularly from Public Private Participation projects (PPPs).




             Regional Debt Market Development Workshop.               Discussing market development priorities.




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    Regional Workshops on Debt Sustainability Analysis in Low-Income Countries

    OBJECTIVE

    The LIC DSA workshops are organized to familiarize participants with the revised LIC DSF approved by the Boards of the
    World Bank and IMF in September 2017 and with the revised LIC DSF tool. The workshop trains government officials to
    independently prepare the LIC DSA.


     COUNTRY             ORGANIZERS           TRAINED                                HIGHLIGHTS

                                           31 officials          This workshop included hands-on sessions on both
                                           from Kenya,           standard and actual country case studies. The specific
                            World Bank     Lesotho, Malawi,      goal for this workshop was to assist government officials
     Maseru, Lesotho
                               and         Mozambique,           to independently carry out the analytical work of the
     April 1–5, 2019
                             MEFMI         Rwanda, Tanzania,     LIC DSAs. This workshop participants acknowledged
                                           Uganda, Zambia,       the usefulness of the hands-on sessions that helped in
                                           and Zimbabwe.         understanding the new features of the LIC DSF.

                                           19 officials          The workshop introduced participants to;t (i) standardized
                                           from Maldives,        forward-looking analysis of the debt and debt service
                                           Kyrgyz, Djibouti,     dynamics under a baseline scenario and in the face of
     Vienna, Austria                       Bangladesh,           plausible shocks; (ii) the new tailored stress tests and
                            World Bank     Bhutan,               realism tools introduced by the revised framework; (iii) the
     May 20–24, 2019        and IMF/JVI    Uzbekistan,           assessment of debt sustainability in relation to indicative
                                           Lao, Tajikistan,      country-specific debt burden thresholds; and (iv) the use
                                           Cambodia.             of judgement to arrive at the final assessment of the risk
                                                                 of debt distress.

                                           24 officials from     The objective of this workshop was to strengthen the
                                           Togo, Mali, Ivory     participants’ capacity in developing a DSA analyzing
                                           Coast, Burkina,       the results. The hands-on training was set to reflect
     Dakar, Senegal                        Niger, Senegal,       the progressive steps within this process. It covered
                            World Bank     Guinea Bissau,        the preparatory data process steps, the analytical
     June 17–21, 2019       and IMF        Guinea and            steps, focusing on the links between a macroeconomic
                                           Mauritania.           framework and the accumulation/reduction of debt, the
                                                                 architecture of the template, the nature of the stress tests,
                                                                 and the methodology underpinning the LIC-DSF.

                                           12 officials          The main objective of the workshop was to familiarize
                                           from Burundi,         the participants with the revised LIC DSF approved by the
                                           Cameroon,             Boards of the World Bank and IMF in September 2017 and
                                           Republic of           with the revised LIC DSF tool. New features of DSF were
                                           Congo, Gabon,         shared with the participants through both presentations
                            World Bank,
     Libreville, Gabon                     Equatorial Guinea,    and case studies. Participants were given a choice to work
                            IMF, t and
     June 24–28, 2019                      Central African       either on standardized or country-specific case study.
                            AFRITAC        Republic, The
                            West           Democratic
                                           Republic of
                                           Congo, Sao Tomé
                                           and Principe and
                                           Chad.

                                           11 officials          The workshop provided a balanced series of theoretical
                                           from Dominica,        sessions and hands-on exercises. They were faced
                                           Grenada, Guyana,      with the challenges of introducing some changes in
     Bridgetown,                           Haiti, Honduras,      the macroeconomic framework; recording financing
     Barbados               World Bank     Nicaragua and St.     assumptions in the template; reading the automatically-
     June 24–28, 2019       and IMF        Vincent and the       generated results by the template; and determining debt
                                           Grenadines.           distress ratings. Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent produce
                                                                 annual DSA with limited support from ECCB. Guyana, Haiti
                                                                 and Nicaragua do not prepare independent DSAs.


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     V. DMF Debt Management Network Webinars
     The DMF manages the Debt Management Network (DMN) to share knowledge and build lasting capacity. The DMN
     is a community of government debt management practitioners aimed at sharing experience, exchanging information
     and helping to foster peer learning through virtual meetings, or webinars, for information sharing and discussions.

     Past Webinars:
     The Debt Management Facility III: Strengthening Debt Management and Debt Transparency
     July 3, 2019


 T       he Debt Management Facility (DMF) is a multi-donor trust fund that finances advisory services for 84 developing
         countries to strengthen debt management capacity, process and institutions. This webinar discussed the evolution
     of the Debt Management Facility (DMF) and introduced the third phase of the DMF (DMF III), launched at the World
     Bank / International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in April 2019. Since its inception in 2008, the DMF has supported
     countries in improving their legal frameworks, strengthening debt management office, developing debt management
     strategy and enhancing debt reporting. With rising debt vulnerabilities, new challenges have emerged and the DMF III
     will continue the legacy of the previous two phases by offering additional TA on debt transparency, debt sustainability
     analysis and management of fiscal risks. Today, more countries prepare and publish debt management strategies,
     many have stronger debt management institutions and public debt reporting has improved.
     Presenters:
     Léa Hakim, Program Manager Debt Management Facility and Senior Economist, World Bank.
     Discussant:
     Baba Musa, Director General of the Debt Management Department at the West African Institute for Financial and
     Economic Management (WAIFEM).

     Upcoming Webinars:
     Programmatic Approach: Multi-year Support for Debt Management Results
     November 4, 2019
     Presenters:
     M. Coskun Cangöz, Head of Government Debt and Risk Management, World Bank Treasury.
     Léa Hakim, Program Manager Debt Management Facility and Senior Economist, World Bank.
     Discussant:
     Bakyt Sydykov, Head of Department, External Affairs and Aid Coordination, Ministry of Economy,
     former Head of Public Debt Department, Kyrgyz Republic.

     VI. Debt Management Events
     Past Events:
     2019 INTOSAI (International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions)
     Working Group on Public Debt (WGPD)
     May 23, 2019, Baku, Azerbaijan.


 T      he annual meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on Public Debt (WGPD) took place on 23-24 May in Baku,
        Azerbaijan and it was organized with the support of Azerbaijan's Chamber of Account. The meeting aimed at
     presenting international standards of public debt management and platforms for debt management knowledge
     exchange, as well as discussion of the debt issues and developing further cooperation with INTOSAI.
     Presentations from the meeting are available here.

     2019 Asian Regional Public Debt Management Forum
     May 21-23, 2019, Baku, Azerbaijan.


 T      he Asian Regional Public Debt Management Forum was co-organized by Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Finance and the
        Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Baku, 21 – 23, May, 2019. As part of ADB's regional technical assistance, the
     Forum aimed to contribute to the strengthening of public debt management of ADB member countries and promote
     networking among public debt managers in the region.
     Presentations from the Forum are available here.

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     10th DMF Stakeholders' Forum “The Future of Debt Management”
     May 13-14, 2019, Dakar, Senegal.


     T he participants of the Forum reflected on the past decade of debt developments and exposed challenges related to
       debt vulnerabilities and debt reforms. New opportunities in the form of more advanced debt management tools,
     more engaging knowledge products and technical assistance were identified to help Low Income and Development
     Countries (LIDCs) deal with emerging debt management challenges.
     More about the Forum is available here.

     Paris Club Forum “Sustainable Debt for Sustainable Growth”
     Debt Trends and Challenges in LICs
     May 7, 2019, Paris, France.


     A   side conference “Debt Trends and Challenges in LICs” was organized as part of the Paris Club Forum on May
         7, 2019. The discussants brought into spotlight a worrisome trend of rising debt vulnerabilities in Low Income
     Developing Countries (LIDCS). This trend is particularly noticeable in countries which benefited from Highly Indebted
     Poor Countries (HIPC) and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). The conference concluded that the international
     community can to help maintain debt on a sustainable path while securing sufficient financing to meet the 2030
     Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). More about the Paris Forum events is available here.

     2019 OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management
     April 23-24, 2019, Paris, France.

     A  t the OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management, public debt managers, regulators, central bankers, and
        private sector participants discussed best practices, experiences, and policies in the field of government debt
     management. The Forum highlighted common challenges debt managers from both, emerging market countries and
     advanced economies increasingly face due to global trends on financial markets.
     More about the Forum is available here.

     2019 IMF/WB Spring Meetings
     Seminar: “Tackling the Next Wave of Sovereign Debt Crisis”
     April 10, 2019, Washington, D.C.


     T   his IMF seminar addressed whether the current
         international financial architecture can prevent debt
     and financial crises. Currently, debt is at record levels in
     advanced and emerging market economies. More than
     40 percent of low-income countries are wrestling with
     debt distress or high-risk debt levels. If measures are not
     put in place to reduce emerging risks, a new and broad-
     based wave of debt crises could emerge as a major threat
     for the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
     For a video recording from the seminar, please click here.
                                                                       Tackling the Next Wave of Sovereign Debt Crises.

     Future Events:
     2019 Public Debt Management Conference
     September 4-5, 2019, Paris, France.

     T  he conference is among the few events specifically aimed at promoting dialogue among policy makers (debt managers,
        central bankers, regulators), academics and market practitioners (investors, dealers, market infrastructures’ managers),
     to encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration across organizational and disciplinary boundaries, and to foster the
     development and dissemination of best practices in public debt management.
      The Public Debt Management Network is an initiative fostered by the OECD, the Italian Treasury and The World Bank.
     From the World Bank side, it is co-led by the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice and the World Bank
     Treasury. For more about this forthcoming event, please click here.



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            The Donors                                                   Contact Information



        ♦   African Development Bank Group                                 Debt Management Facility
        ♦   Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance                              The World Bank Group
        ♦   European Commission                                                   1818 H Street, NW
                                                                             Washington D.C. 20433
        ♦   German Federal Ministry for Economic
            Cooperation and Development
        ♦   Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
        ♦   Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
                                                                                 www.dmfacility.org
        ♦   Ministry of Finance of Russian Federation                       www.worldbank.org/debt
        ♦   Switzerland State Secretariat for Economic Affairs                 dmf@worldbank.org




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                        The DMF Newsletter is published quarterly by the DMF Secretariat.
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