Debt Management Capacity Building

1. Objectives
   To strengthen debt management capacity of government officials in considerably indebted African countries
2. Activities / contents
   Japan will provide training courses or seminars for officials of central banks and/or finance ministries in charge of debt management. These programs focus on the following two areas:
   (i) the basics of debt record keeping;
   (ii) strategic macro-economic management based on precise recording of debt.
   Expert dispatch will also be considered.
3. Expected outcomes/Impacts:
   (i) Institutional and capacity building of debt management
   (ii) Increased consistency in macro-economic management based on improved debt management capacity
4. Features in line with Agenda for Action:
   Strengthening debt management capacity is an important factor for economic development because managing debt in a proper way is the first step to reduce the debt to sustainable levels. Japanese technical cooperation will help the African countries to improve their capacity in debt management and macro-economic management.

Technical Cooperation Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs