Public Debt Management 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.