The objective of the mission was toassess the debt management strengths and areas in need ofreform through the application of the Debt ManagementPerformance Assessment (DeMPA) methodology. The DeMPAmission delivered an evaluation of the legal, institutionaland regulatory framework in government debtmanagement.Compared to the previous DeMPA assessmentundertaken in 2008, impressive progress is observed in anumber of areas. These include the quality and annual updateof a medium-term debt management strategy and borrowingplans and procedures for external borrowing. Areas that havedigressed or not improved include coordination with fiscalpolicy and debt sustainability analysis, and cash flowforecasting and cash management.