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Mid- to senior-level officials in central banks, ministries of finance, and regulatory agencies involved in the formulation and implementation of macroeconomic and financial policies.
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Participants should have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
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This two-week course, presented by the IMF Institute, examines the policy dilemmas confronting authorities in developing and emerging market economies, and the options available to policymakers, with special attention to how financial sector issues interact with macroeconomic management. The course covers a number of key macroeconomic topics, such as stabilization and growth, fiscal and external debt sustainability, inflation targeting and other frameworks for monetary policy, choice of the exchange rate regime, and international capital flows. It also addresses financial sector topics, such as the development, structure, and functions of financial markets; financial sector reform strategies; regulation of the financial system; assessment of financial fragility, financial crises and policies to deal with the aftermath of financial crises; and issues in the evolving international financial architecture.Participants are expected to make presentations on key policy issues of interest in their countries.
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