Public Debt Management

Charan Singh is RBI Chair Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Earlier, he was a Senior Economist at the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC from August 2009 to November 2012. He earned his doctorate in Economics from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and was a visiting scholar (post-doctorate studies) for more than a year each at Department of Economics, Harvard University, and the Stanford Center for International Development, Stanford University. Dr. Singh has worked extensively for more than two decades in the Reserve Bank of India where he joined as a Research Officer in 1984. His extensive career in the Reserve Bank included many assignments in operational and research departments, include half a decade in debt management, in addition to fiscal policy management. Prior to joining the Reserve Bank, Dr. Singh worked, for a short period, as a Management Trainee in Punjab National Bank. His current policy interests include fiscal policy and debt management, monetary policy, and international economics.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Public Debt Management: Reflections on Strategy & Structure.- Chapter 3. Cash Management System.- Chapter 4. Debt Management by Central Government.- Chapter 5. Financial Regulation and  Public Debt Management.- Chapter 6. Cash and Debt Management in .- Chapter 7. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM)ACT: Issues and Perspectives.- Chapter 8. Public Debt Sustainability in Developing Asia.- Chapter 9. A Separate Debt Management Office.