Cairo, 10 July 2025 (ECA) – The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Global Sovereign Advisory (GSA) and the Government of Egypt, concluded today in Cairo (Egypt) a four-day capacity building workshop on Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA).
About 35 officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation and External Debt Committee benefited from the training, which aimed to boost sustainable debt management practices through a combination of theory, exercises, best practices and guidelines tailored to the national needs.
Key topics included borrowing cost analysis, financial and economic implications of sovereign debt, national debt portfolio optimization, financial risks, debt sustainability analysis as per the IMF framework and sovereign financing options.
Participants also increased their capacity to carry out financial modelling and optimize debt management, with a focus on IMF and World Bank DSA tool and methodology to forecast debt sustainability, in addition to testing and discussing various financing solutions.
“This workshop is part of a series of trainings held by our office in support to Egypt among other African countries,” said Adam Elhiraika, Director of the ECA office for North Africa. “The current global context characterized by declining official development assistance (ODA) and rising debt. It is therefore important that our member countries are equipped with the necessary tools to mobilize enough funds for sustainable development purposes while avoiding the trap of unsustainable debt,” he added.
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