## 13th Macroeconomist Training Program (hosted by the IMF in cooperation with JICA)

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### Overview
- The IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will hold the 13th Macroeconomist Training Program, mainly targeting graduate students studying in Japan as well as overseas Japanese graduate students.
- Format: Virtual workshop (via Zoom).
- Date: Wednesday, January 12 through Monday, January 17, 2022 (excl. Sat and Sun).
- Fee: Free.
- Language: English.
- No. to be admitted: 20 (Participants will be selected through submitted applications).
- Main lecturer: Jerry Schiff (PhD). Dr. Schiff currently teaches at American University; previously, he was Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF and held a number of senior positions at the IMF. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy.

### Target audience and certification
- Target: Students on Master’s/ PhD degree programs who are interested in working for international organizations while developing expertise in macroeconomics, international finance, development economics, and related fields.
- Young scholars and undergraduate students can also apply.
- A Certificate of Participation will be granted to participants who complete this workshop.

### Learning objectives and course content
- Provide an overview of how the IMF analyzes macroeconomic issues, including through the use of its financial programming tool.
- Discuss real country case studies of IMF surveillance and program activities.
- Offer participants the opportunity to undertake their own analysis of a country case in a group presentation, using tools introduced in the classroom.
- Emphasize bilateral economic surveillance practice and the IMF’s role in the international financial system.
- Introduce simple tools for evaluating monetary and fiscal policy and how financial programming is used to identify macroeconomic risks and vulnerabilities and develop policy recommendations.

### Application and contact
- Apply through: https://www.cvent.com/d/88qjxp
- Deadline: Sunday, December 12, 2021.
- Contact: IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific（OAP）. Tel. 03-3597-6700 / Email. OAPseminars@IMF.org.

### Program agenda (high-level schedule and session topics)
- Wednesday, January 12
  - 9:00-9:30 Ice Breaking Session (9:00am Wednesday JST/ 7:00pm Tuesday EDT).
  - 9:40-9:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks.
  - 9:45-10:30 A. The role of the IMF in the global economy — explains the role of the IMF in the international financial system and how an IMF economist works at Headquarters and in the field.
  - 10:40-12:10 B. Financial Programming (1): The IMF’s macroeconomic framework — overview of IMF analysis, the financial programming tool, and how it is used to understand linkages between macroeconomic variables and to make projections that are internally consistent and sensible.

- Thursday, January 13
  - 9:00-10:30 C. Financial Programming (2): From Baseline to Policies — explores financial programming’s role in identifying risks and developing policy recommendations; introduces simple tools for evaluating monetary and fiscal policy.
  - 10:40-12:10 D. IMF Surveillance: The case of xxx — utilizes a country case to explain IMF surveillance and illustrate use of financial programming to analyze an economy; uses a recent IMF staff report as the basis.

- Friday, January 14
  - 9:00-10:30 E. IMF-supported programs: The case of xxx — discusses role and process behind an IMF-supported program using a recent program case study to explore trade-offs in program design.
  - 10:40-10:55 F. Introduction of Group Assignment — explains group assignment and answers questions on distributed material.
  - 11:05-12:05 G. Presentation by JICA.
  - Students would use weekends as preparation of group presentation.

- Monday, January 17
  - 9:00-10:00 H. Group Presentations (1) — 4 groups; 30-minutes presentation per group including discussions; participants use country data from IMF staff reports to diagnose prospects and risks and make policy recommendations.
  - 10:10-11:10 I. Group Presentations (2).
  - 11:10- Closing / Group photo; Social hour (Informal chat).

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