This specialized course on Factoring Externalities in Debt Management provides a comprehensive understanding of how environmental and social factors impact national debt strategies. Designed for policy professionals, economists, debt managers, and governance officials, it highlights how externalities can influence long-term fiscal stability, sustainability, and equitable development.
The course introduces participants to the concept of externalities—unintended consequences that affect third parties—as they relate to public borrowing, debt repayment, and fiscal policy. While traditional debt management emphasizes financial metrics, this course expands the lens to include social welfare, environmental preservation, and intergenerational equity.
Through a blend of theoretical frameworks, real-world case studies, and collaborative learning, participants will explore how to integrate non-monetary factors into debt planning and sustainability assessments. Topics include climate risk, inequality, social cohesion, and the debt-for-nature swap model.
Participants will learn actionable tools to ensure national debt policies not only promote economic growth but also contribute to broader development goals, such as poverty reduction, clean energy transition, and biodiversity protection.
This course aims to build the capacity of professionals to integrate environmental and social considerations into debt management decisions and to promote sustainable fiscal policy.
Public debt managers, fiscal policy analysts, environmental economists, officials in ministries of finance and planning, multilateral development advisors, NGO leaders involved in sustainable finance, and professionals working in sovereign credit analysis or national budgeting.
This course is designed for government finance officers, debt analysts, policymakers, and public sector managers who want to better understand how to include environmental and social impacts in debt decisions to promote responsible, long-term financial planning.
Participants who successfully complete the “Factoring Externalities in Debt Management” course will receive a Certificate of Completion. This certificate affirms your advanced understanding of integrating environmental and social dimensions into public borrowing strategies. It is a symbol of your commitment to sustainable fiscal planning, transparent governance, and your readiness to shape debt policies that foster inclusive economic growth and long-term development outcomes.
