Debt Management Performance Assessment : Mozambique
The Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) is a methodology for assessing government debt management (DeM) performance through a comprehensive set of indicators spanning the full range of DeM functions. The assessment reveals that Mozambiqu...
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Format: | Economic & Sector Work |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/18132675/mozambique-debt-management-performance-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16228 |
Summary: | The Debt Management Performance
Assessment (DeMPA) is a methodology for assessing government
debt management (DeM) performance through a comprehensive
set of indicators spanning the full range of DeM functions.
The assessment reveals that Mozambique has points of
strength in most areas evaluated by the DeMPA, but that it
meets the minimum requirements only in the fields of the
legal framework and managerial structure. Mozambique does
not meet the minimum requirements with respect to the other
indicators, although in many cases work is underway that
would lead to meeting the requirements (e.g., debt strategy,
debt reporting) or only small improvements would be required
in order to meet those requirements (e.g., the annual
report, coordination with fiscal policy). The concluding
section of this paper outlines areas in which the minimum
requirement could be met over the short run with minimal
adjustments, and areas where progress would require stronger
efforts. Mozambique benefited from debt relief under the
Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative in 2001 and
the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) in 2006. The
government has remained committed to seeking new financing
with at least 35 percent concessionality, which has been
made possible by the strong involvement of the international
donor community. Due in large part to Mozambique's
success in implementing public financial management reforms,
a substantial proportion of external assistance takes the
form of direct budget support. The scope of the DeMPA
includes central government debt management activities and
closely related functions, such as the issuance of loan
guarantees, on-lending, cash-flow forecasting, and cash
balance management. Thus, the DeMPA does not assess the
ability to manage the wider public debt, including implicit
contingent liabilities, as well as the debt of state-owned
enterprises if these are not guaranteed by the central government. |
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