The DMFAS Programme is a United Nations

United Nations

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 programme managed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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 (UNCTAD), in Geneva

Geneva

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. The objectives of the DMFAS Programme are to assist countries develop administrative, institutional and legal structures for effective debt management; to provide technical assistance to government offices in charge of debt management; to deploy and advance debt analysis and management systems; and to act as a focal point for discussion and exchange of experiences in debt management. The Programme's debt management software system

Software system

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is currently installed in over ninety government institutions, almost exclusively ministries of finance or central banks.

External links

• The Debt Management-DMFAS Programme Home page