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Inclusive Growth - Fiscal Policy (IGx-FP)

IGX-FP

This course examines the role of fiscal policy in supporting inclusive growth and highlights best practices for designing expenditure programs and tax policies to foster inclusion. It describes the main goals of an inclusive fiscal policy and the possible tradeoffs between growth and equity. It assesses how various public expenditure programs and tax policy measures could promote or hinder inclusive growth. Finally, the course identifies the challenges and political economy considerations surrounding fiscal reforms and discusses how they can be better implemented to pursue inclusion.

 

Topic : Structural Policies

Target Audience

Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning, including the monitoring and evaluating of policies aimed at reducing poverty and inequality, addressing the distributional impacts of technological change and promoting job creation.
 

Qualifications

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.
 

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: 

  • Assess how public expenditure programs and tax policy promote inclusive growth.
  • Identify the challenges and political economy considerations surrounding fiscal reforms and discuss how they can be better implemented to pursue inclusion.
  • Describe the main goals of fiscal policy and the possible tradeoffs between growth and equity.

 

Upcoming Offering

Start dateEnd dateLocationDelivery MethodSession No.Primary & (Interpretation) languageApply
May 1, 2025April 15, 2026Course conducted onlineOnline TrainingOL 25.172EnglishApply online by April 1, 2026

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