HASSAN, Ashraf (1998)

The Impact of Using DSS for National Debt Management

The thesis focuses on decision making in the Egyptian Cabinet. It assesses the changes that take place before
and after the introduction of DSS in the context of the protracted national problem of debt management and
economic reform programmes. It evaluates the impact and defines the criteria for measuring decisions made by
top policy makers. The study  considers IT tools and methods that support debt management techniques such
as debt swaps and currency portfolio management in addition to market opportunities and for strengthening
debtors' negotiating powers with creditors.