Current Investigation Themes INTOSAI Working Group on Public Debt Helsinki, Finland September, 2012
Investigation Themes Impact of Financial Crises on Public Debt | US-GAO Public Debt Management Office | MEXICO Subtheme: Assessment of human resources employed in debt contracting | FIJI Contingent Debt | UKRAINE Risk Assessment and Reduction of Probable Effects on Debt Structure | YEMEN Evaluation of Information Systems Related to Public Debt Management | BRAZIL Government Support During Financial Crises: impacts on public debt and potential roles for SAIs | CANADA
(1) Impact of Financial Crises on Public Debt STATUS: Ongoing investigation. To define if it is going to be submitted as an official product Leader: United States of America Working Team: Mexico
(2) Public Debt Management Office STATUS: Ongoing Investigation Mexico will submit a draft for comments to the WGPD members. Potential official product (XXI INCOSAI) Leader: Mexico Assumed the investigation after the departure of the UK NAO Working Team: Bulgaria Canada Fiji Zambia
(2a.) Public Debt Management Office’s subtheme: Assessment of human resources employed in debt contracting | FIJI STATUS: Ongoing Investigation This theme merged with the DMO’s investigation. Further work to be discussed Leader: FIJI
Ongoing investigation (3) Risk Assessment and Reduction of Probable Effects on Debt Structure STATUS: Ongoing investigation The previous work contacts in Yemen are no longer assigned The WGPD team needs to regroup and assign tasks Leader: Yemen Working Team: Russian Federation Austria Lithuania
(4) Contingent Debt STATUS: Concluded Leader: Ukraine Working Team: Argentina Korea Brazil STATUS: Concluded The final report will be presented in Helsinki, 2012. Potential official product
Ongoing investigation. (5) Evaluation of information systems related to public debt management STATUS: Ongoing investigation. Leader: Brazil Working Team: Chile Moldova Zambia
(6) Government support during financial crises: impacts on public debt and potential roles for SAIs Status: Ended Canada officially left the WGPD on May 31st, 2012. The investigation theme might be undertaken by another member or submitted to the TFGFC. Leader: Canada
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