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Titolo: Afghanistan pushes back debt mountain with Commonwealth help

ecco una notizia che taliban reporter non ha citato... :-)
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http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/34580/34581/210775/060709afghanistancsdrms.htm
Afghanistan pushes back debt mountain with Commonwealth help
6 July 2009
To keep its national debt under control, Afghanistan is now using software 
developed by the Commonwealth
Afghanistan, as it emerges from its tumultuous recent history, is a nation 
in dire need of investment, reconstruction and development.
But it is also a country keen to avoid building up unsustainable levels of 
national debt.
To help with the unenviable task of balancing the country's books, the 
Afghan Government has now installed a pioneering financial software system 
for managing public and external private sector debt.
The Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System 
(CS-DRMS) - designed by the Secretariat and first deployed in the 1980s to 
help countries burdened by debt - will allow Afghanistan to get 
"comprehensive and accurate information" on the country's public finances, 
according to its Ministry of Finance.
"It will assist us," says Abdul Rahim Jamil, Head of the Ministry's Debt and 
Asset Management Unit, "in reviewing whether the country's debt remains 
sustainable and can be serviced under different circumstances or not."
Already used by 58 other countries - including 15 non-Commonwealth members - 
the software allows users to effectively record and manage various kinds of 
external and domestic loans, liabilities, securities and grants.
The installation of the computerised debt management system, importantly, 
also helps the country meet a crucial qualifying condition for assistance 
under the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's Heavily Indebted Poor 
Countries (HIPC) Initiative.
Mr Rahim Jamil declares he is impressed with a number of its features, 
including its "user-friendliness" and ability to handle debts in numerous 
currencies.
Importantly, he says, the adoption of CS-DRMS means his team can replace the 
simpler software programmes they had used previously for the task of 
managing public debt.
"Before we were using Excel spreadsheets to prepare our debt reports and 
projections which led to a number of errors," he explains.
"Working in Excel was very time consuming, but now using CS-DRMS we can get 
our desired reports and projections within just a few clicks."
"Personally, I am impressed with the pre-defined reports in the system," he 
adds. "It gives a number of reports with a high degree of flexibility. In 
addition to these pre-defined reports, we can create customised reports 
according to our need."
With CS-DRMS now installed and in use, Mr Rahim Jamil and his team can 
provide reliable and timely information on the country's debt portfolio as 
well as publish consecutive quarterly reports in line with international 
standards on public debt. 

 ecco una notizia che taliban reporter non ha citato... :-)
#_...e lei cosa ne deduce da tale mirabile notizia, s�ra Mirella? Il governo 
di Kabulandia ha ingaggiato un contabile di Glasgow col suo PC per risanare 
i conti dare-avere...allora?
Ci narri dei suoi entusiasmi e delle sue angosce!
Il burqa le mascherebbe la secchezza delle gambe e i baffi irsuti...sarebbe 
un vantaggio anche per lei! :) 

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in NZ le farmacie sono in sciopero? :-DD