This online course, presented jointly by the Institute for Capacity Development, the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, and the World Bank, provides an overview of the World Bank–IMF Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income Countries (LIC DSF).
An Intermediate Course by IMF and World Bank
Welcome to the "Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework" course, an essential program developed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). This intermediate-level course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the LIC DSF, a crucial tool for helping low-income countries achieve their development goals while minimizing the risk of debt distress.
In this one-module course, you'll embark on an enlightening journey through the intricacies of the LIC DSF. You'll gain the skills to interpret LIC DSF outputs presented in World Bank and IMF reports, giving you valuable insights into global economic dynamics. The course takes you step-by-step through the application of the LIC DSF, covering everything from data requirements to the final risk rating process.
While this is an intermediate-level course, there are no specific prerequisites listed. However, a basic understanding of economics and finance would be beneficial.
The skills acquired in this course have significant real-world applications. Learners will be able to:
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The Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) were developed by the IMF, together with the international community, with the aim of supporting analysis and assessing strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems and their corporate and household counterparts. FSIs are widely used by researchers, analysts, and policymakers around the world to monitor the soundness of the financial system as a whole from a macroprudential perspective. Learn about the collection, compilation and analisys of FSIs in this course.
Learn about how Credit risk is managed by lenders, the various financial tools and Income earned through Credit is one of the major sources of revenue for Bank / FIs. However, Credit defaults, Credit frauds seriously affect the profitability and solvency of any Financial organisation.
A Credit analyst need to be equipped with knowledge of various aspects of Credit Risk management.
This Course helps decision making in Credit areas and enhances the confidence of a Credit Analyst.
In this course, we shall provide a vivid description of most of the aspects of Corporate Credit e.g. The different types of credit available globally, the procedures involved in providing such credits, the different angles of looking into the appraisal by the lenders, follow-through of the credit, post disbursement of funds, containing the adverse effects of any economic upheaval, and also discuss in detail the support tools for the credit analyst like Financial Statements, Ratios involved, Management Information Systems, Financial Reports, Rating methodology etc. To top it up, major aspects relating to the management of stressed accounts are also docked into the curriculum.
Better data leads to better policies.For policymakers to make sound policy decisions, they need a core set of macroeconomic and financial statistics. Learn the essential background concepts and basic tools needed to compile data using the best available methods.
