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Western Hemisphere Department

Contents

  • I. Introduction

  • II. A Decade of Falling Public and External Debt, 2003–12

    • A. Fiscal sustainability

      • Pre-Lehman Period: 2003–08

      • Post-Lehman Period: 2009–12

    • B. External sustainability

      • Pre-Lehman Period: 2003–08

      • Post-Lehman Period: 2009–12

  • III. Methodological Approach

    • A. Public and External Debt Sustainability Analysis

      • Public Debt

      • External Debt Dynamics

    • B. Conditional Forecasting of Key Domestic Variables: a VAR approach

    • C. Sovereign Spreads Module

  • IV. Debt Dynamics Under Alternative Global Scenarios

    • A. Scenarios

      • Scenario 1: Temporary Financial Shock

      • Scenario 2: Temporary Real Shock

      • Scenario 3: A Protracted Global Slowdown

      • Scenario 4: A Tail Event

    • B. Key Results

      • Latin America’s overall picture

      • Country-specific results

  • V. Conclusions

  • References

  • Annexes

  • Tables

  • 1. Key Global Assumptions under Alternative Scenarios

  • 2. Key Domestic Policy Assumptions under Alternative Scenarios

  • Figures

  • 1. Latin America: Fey Fiscal Indicators, 2002–12

  • 2. Latin America. Key External Indicators, 2002–12

  • 3. Factors Driving Public Debt Dynamics, 2003–12

  • 4. Components of Primary Balance Dynamics, 1995–2012

  • 5. Factors Driving External Debt Dynamics, 2003–12

  • 6. Global Variables under Alternative Scenarios, 2003–17

  • 7. Latin America. Factors Driving Public and External Debt Dynamics under Alternative Global Scenarios, 2003–17

  • 8. Latin America. Public and External Debt under Alternative Scenarios and Policies, 2012–17

  • 9. Key Fiscal Indicators under Different Scenarios, 2012–17

  • 10. Key External Indicators under Different Scenarios, 2012–17

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External Conditions and Debt Sustainability in Latin America
Author:
Gustavo Adler
and
Mr. Sebastian Sosa