Debt Management Programme

The MEFMI Debt Management Programme (February 2021 - September 2022) provided technical assistance and capacity building to several African nations to improve debt sustainability, transparency, and strategic management. Key achievements include conducting debt sustainability analyses in Eswatini and Tanzania, developing a debt statistical bulletin in Botswana, consolidating debt databases in Zambia, and formulating Medium-Term Debt Management Strategies in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

• The programme supported debt sustainability analyses and staff training using IMF frameworks in Eswatini and Tanzania. In Eswatini, 14 government and central bank staff were trained on the Market Access Countries (MAC DSF) framework, while in Tanzania, 15 staff from the government, Central Bank, and National Bureau of Statistics were trained on the LIC DSF.
• Efforts to improve debt transparency and database management were implemented in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Botswana developed its first Debt statistical bulletin, Zambia consolidated its domestic and external debt data into a centralised database and trained seven participants on the Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS), Zimbabwe trained five officials on DMFAS, and Mozambique received support for CS-DRMS database validation.
• Technical assistance was provided to Tanzania and Zimbabwe to develop Medium-Term Debt Management Strategies (MTDS) using the IMF/World Bank MTDS Analytical Tool (AT). In Tanzania, 27 officials from the ministries of Finance and Planning (including Zanzibar), the Bank of Tanzania, and the National Bureau of Statistics were trained. In Zimbabwe, 38 officials from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, and the Zimbabwe National Statistical Office were trained.
• The programme produced knowledge management outputs, including a study on managing sovereign debt during the COVID-19 pandemic and the development of guidelines for identifying, measuring, reporting, and managing contingent liabilities.

APA

FSD Africa (2022). Debt Management Programme. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-Macroeconomic-and-Financial-Management-Institute-MEFMI-Debt-Management-Programme-Reviewed-JG.pdf

Chicago

FSD Africa. Debt Management Programme. 2022. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-Macroeconomic-and-Financial-Management-Institute-MEFMI-Debt-Management-Programme-Reviewed-JG.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafrica2022debt, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{Debt Management Programme}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Capital-Markets-Macroeconomic-and-Financial-Management-Institute-MEFMI-Debt-Management-Programme-Reviewed-JG.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }