Financial Management for Debt Managers & Administrators Training

On completion of the course, participants should be able to:

  • Understand Credit Control & Management
  • Understand the need for Debt and its management
  • Link debt levels to economic performance
  • Come up with institutional framework for debt management
  • Come up with policy options for credit control, debt management and restructuring
  • Advice government on optimal debt levels

Target Groups

  • Economists
  • Policy planners
  • Fiscal experts
  • Treasury managers
  • Development practitioners
  • Policy Analysts

Course Outline

  • Management principles and practices
  • Introduction to credit management
  • Credit Risk Assessment
  • Credit-Rating Agencies
  • Debtor/Credit relationships
  • Debt Management
  • Types of Debt
  • Credit-Rating Agencies
  • Accounting for Debt
  • Debt-Related Controls
  • Debt-Related Policies
  • Debt-Related Procedures
  • Understanding Debt-internal and external
  • The Role of Government in the National Economy
  • Background to National Debt – Tradable Debt
  • The Need for Public Debt Management
  • Loan Cycle
  • functions relating to Public Debt Management
  • Institutional Framework for Public Sector Borrowing
  • Public Debt and Budget Deficit
  • Government Borrowing and the Public Debt
  • Fiscal Policy – Government Expenditure
  • Fiscal Policy – Government Revenue
  • Fiscal Reforms
  • Privatisation
  • Legal and Regulatory Framework, Issue of Guarantees and On-lending
  • Requirements for the Effective Monitoring of Public Debt
  • Monitoring Private Non-Guaranteed and Short-term Debt
  • Accessing International Capital Markets
  • Mobilizing Resources from the Domestic Market and the Pricing of Instruments
  • Domestic Debt – Management and Control
  • Domestic Debt – Structuring and Restructuring
  • Structural Adjustment Programmes
  • Management of Credit and Accounts Receivable (A/R)
  • Policy Options in debt Management
  • Debt and Vulnerability Indicators and their Critical Values
  • Analysis of Public Debt and Debt Indicators
  • Formulation of a Borrowing Policy and Strategy
  • Risk Management
  • Debt Restructuring
  • Institutional Reforms
  • Computer Application
  • Database Management
  • Action Planning

Way forward After the Training

Participants will develop a work plan through the help of facilitators that stipulates application of skills acquired in improving their organizations. ASPM will monitor implementation progress after the training.

Training Evaluation:

Participants will undertake a simple assessment before the training to gauge knowledge and skills acquired and another assessment will be done after the training in-order to demonstrate knowledge gained through the training.