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The potential role of government debt management office in monitoring and managing contingent liabilities
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Currie, Elizabeth |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | As poor management of contingent liabilities has led to significant losses for governments, many now seek to manage them in a more prudent and systematic fashion. Some governments have given the Debt Management Office (DMO) an important role in managing contingent liabilities (CL) risks, often in close coordination with the Budget Office. The latter can promote budget transparency and discipline, while the DMO can contribute with sovereign risk quantification and management, and together they can contribute to the government's design of a general contingent liability policy. The examples of Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, and Colombia show how the offices in charge of managing the risks from the country's debt have extended their scope to also monitor and manage risks from contingent liabilities. These examples may be useful for countries seeking to improve the monitoring and management of their contingent liabilities. This paper is divided into six sections, including the introduction. Section two briefly reviews the reasons why governments have CL in the first place, and concludes that many countries will have liabilities of this type, although with varying degrees of exposure. The three main levels of CL management are analyzed in section three, namely: general policy; budgetary transparency and discipline; and financial risk management. Section four analyzes the institutional arrangements for managing CL, section five presents country examples where a country's debt management office (DMO) plays an active role, and finally, some brief conclusions are presented in section six. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 24 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://documents.vsemirnyjbank.org/curated/ru/411851468339662761/pdf/452280WP0Box331bruary0200201PUBLIC1.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://treasury.worldbank.org/bdm/pdf/8_Potential_Role_Govt_DMOs_ContingLiab_Currie.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
