# **Table A1. LIC Domestic Public Debt Dataset**

|**Country name**|**Income**<br>**Group**|**Region**<br>**(i)**|**Lending**<br>**category**|**Debt**<br>**Relief**|**Domestic**<br>**debt stock**<br>**(ii) (iii)**<br>**(iv)**|<br>**Instrumen**<br>**ts**|**Maturity**|**Investor**<br>**base**|**Main data**<br>**source**|**Debt**<br>**Stock**<br>**Sample**|**Debt**<br>**Structure**<br>**Sample**|<br>**Debt**<br>**Structure**<br>**Short**<br>**Sample**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Burundi|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1971-2011|1975-2011|1975-2012|1975-2013|Website|x|x|x|
|Benin|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2000-2012|2000-2012|2007-2012|n/a|IMF|||x|
|Burkina Faso|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2003-2011|2003-2011|2003-2011|2003-2011|PRMED|||x|
|Bangladesh|LIC|SA|IDA||1998-2011|1998-2011|1998-2011|1998-2011|IMF|||x|
|CAR|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2002-2011|2002-2011|2002-2011|2002-2011|IFS (v)|||x|
|Comoros|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1982-2011|n/a|n/a|n/a|IFS (vi)|x||x|
|Eritrea|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1995-2008|1995-2010|1995-2010|1995-2010|IFS (vii)|x||x|
|Ethiopia|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1988-2010|1988-2010|1988-2010|1988-2010|PRMED|x|x|x|
|Ghana|LMIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1981-2011|1982-2011|1981-2011|1996-2011|Website|x|x|x|
|Guinea|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1995-2011|1995-2011|1995-2011|1995-2011|IMF|x|x|x|
|The Gambia|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2005-2010|2005-2010|2005-2010|2005-2010|Website|||x|
|Guinea Bissau|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1995-2011|1995-2011|1995-2011|1995-2011|IMF|x|x|x|
|Haiti|LIC|LAC|IDA|HIPC|1996-2010|1996-2010|1996-2010|1996-2010|PRMED|x|x|x|
|Kenya|LIC|AFR|IDA||1977-2011|1977-2010|1982-2010|1977-2010|Website|x|x|x|
|Kyrgyz|LIC|ECA|IDA||1996-2011|1996-2011|1996-2011|1996-2011|IMF|x|x|x|
|Cambodia|LIC|EAP|IDA||1993-2011|n/a|n/a|1993-2011|IFS|x||x|
|Lao PDR|LMIC|EAP|IDA||2006-2011|n/a|n/a|n/a|IMF||||
|Liberia|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2003-2011|2006-2011|2006-2011|2006-2011|PRMED||||
|Madagascar|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1998-2011|1998-2011|1998-2011|1998-2011|IMF|||x|
|Mali|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2008-2011|2000-2011|2000-2011|2000-2011|IMF|||x|
|Myanmar|LIC|EAP|IDA||1989-2011|n/a|n/a|1989-2011|IFS|x||x|
|Mozambique|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1999-2011|1999-2011|1999-2011|1999-2011|PRMED|||x|
|Mauritania|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2005-2011|2005-2011|2005-2011|2005-2011|PRMED|||x|
|Malawi|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1980-2011|1980-2011|1980-2011|2002-2011|PRMED|x|x|x|
|Niger|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1998-2010|n/a|1998-2010|n/a|PRMED|||x|
|Nepal|LIC|SA|IDA||1986-2011|1986-2011|1986-2011|1986-2011|Website|x|x|x|
|Rwanda|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1981-2011|1981-2011|1981-2011|1981-2011|Website|x|x|x|
|Senegal|LMIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2002-2011|2002-2011|2002-2011|2002-2011|IMF|||x|
|Solomon Islands|LMIC|EAP|IDA||1980-2011|1988-2011|1988-2011|1988-2011|Website|x|x|x|
|Sierra Leone|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1978-2011|1978-2011|1978-2011|1978-2011|Website|x|x|x|
|Chad|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2005-2011|2005-2011|2005-2011|2005-2011|IMF|||x|
|Togo|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1975-2011|n/a|n/a|1975-2011|IFS|x||x|
|Tajikistan|LIC|ECA|IDA||2001-2011|2001-2011|2001-2011|2001-2011|IMF|||x|
|Tanzania|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1979-2011|1981-2011|1979-2011|2000-2011|PRMED|x|x|x|
|Uganda|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1978-2011|2002-2011|1978-2011|1978-2010|IMF|x||x|
|Vietnam|LMIC|EAP|Blend||2000-2011|2000-2011|2000-2011|2000-2011|IMF|||x|
|Yemen|LMIC|MNA|IDA||1996-2011|1996-2011|1996-2011|1996-2011|IMF|x|x|x|
|Congo, Dem.|LIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|2006-2011|n/a|n/a|n/a|IMF||||
|Zambia|LMIC|AFR|IDA|HIPC|1999-2011|2002-2011|2002-2011|2002-2011|PRMED|||x|
|Zimbabwe|LIC|AFR|Blend||1981-2004|1981-2004|1981-2004|n/a|Web-IMF||||

(i) Africa Region (AFR), East Asia & Pacific Region (EAP), Europe & Central Africa Region (ECA), Latin America & Caribbean (LAC), Middle East and North Africa Region (MNA), South Asia (SA).

(ii) Domestic debt corresponds to Central Government, with the exception of Lao PDR (General Government), Niger (Public Sector), and Congo DCR (General Government).

(iii) Domestic debt includes all financial liabilities defined by the GFSM (IMF, 2001), with the exception of Benin, Kenya, Kyrgyz, and Mauritania, whose definition includes only securities. For Benin and Mauritania, there are no data available for other liabilities. For Kenya and Kyrgyz, other liabilities are negligible and not reported.

(iv) Domestic debt is defined on a residency basis, with exception of Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, and Yemen, where the currency basis is used because of their debt recording practices and data constrains.

(v) Banking system is the only holder of domestic debt.

(vi) There is no domestic market. Central Bank is the only holder of domestic debt.

(vii) Banking system is the only holder of domestic debt.

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