MEDIUM TERM DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY (MTDS) 2019-2022 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE PARLIAMENT

12/22/2020

One of the major objectives of the World Bank-funded Strengthening Fiscal and Financial Stability Project is to support the Ministry of Finance of Mongolia in learning from international experience in government debt management, policy development, and strategy planning.

Within the objectives, the Ministry of Finance of Mongolia took step by step measures by taking on consultancy services, organizing training, holding a public discussion of professionals at vast levels. These measures contributed to adopting the MTDS 2019-2022 approved by Parliament Resolution # 55 on May 30, 2019.

Government debt management strategic document for 2019-2022 reflect 5 objectives which contemplate 19 measures for its implementation.


In accordance with provision 14.3 of the Debt Management Law, the strategic document provides an analysis of total external debt, the current state of government debt, possible sources of financing, factors affecting the government's debt portfolio in the medium term, and debt portfolio risk.

There is an opportunity to comprehensively coordinate debt management issues by elaborating the priorities for each of the debt management strategy objectives and identifying stakeholders and their roles.

In developing this strategy document, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund methodology and model for developing a medium-term debt strategy were used to conduct cost and risk analysis of the current structure of government debt to define government debt management medium-term objectives, measures, and results to be achieved. 

  • Carry out regular surveys of foreign market conditions, costs, and risks, and take measures to repay foreign securities as much as possible from cash accumulation, repurchase before deadline and refinancing
  • Introduce a new system for domestic government securities trading using modern advanced technology 
  • Introduce a mechanism to use credit lines proposed by international financial institutions to prevent potential risks
  • Pursue a policy of not incurring debt through debt instruments such as build-transfer (BT) concession agreements and bond issuance

Within the framework of this approved strategy and its set objectives, consulting services to improve the information organization of old loans and to improve procedural structures are being benefited by risk management and control, analysis and related updates, and improvements in related regulations. 


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