Overview
UNCTAD´s Debt Management Financial Analysis System (DMFAS) Programme was created
more than 40 years ago to help low-income countries negotiate better terms with its Paris Club
creditors. Today, DMFAS has become a mature professional organization that provides the
foundational software and essential technical advice to manage public debt in 61 countries and 86
institutions.
The DMFAS Programme is currently implementing its 2020-2023 Strategic Plan, which requires an external evaluation after two years of implementation (Mid-Term Review), to determine progress in its two strategic objectives:
- Objective 1 - Improve the capacity of Debt Management Organizations (DMOs) to record,
process, monitor, report and analyze the country´s public debt in a sustainable manner.
- Objective 2 - Improve the capacity of the DMFAS Programme to deliver effective, efficient
and sustainable responses to country needs.
The methodology of this review was defined in the terms of reference and further developed
in the inception report completed at the end of July. The prescribed evaluation criteria were
relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and coherence.