Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 21.27V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: October 25, 2021 - November 5, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program overview
- Event: Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability
- Organizer: Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Session No.: AT 21.27 V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: October 25, 2021 - November 5, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analyses and learning how such analyses may relate to a country-specific environment.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent work experience and some familiarity with using spreadsheets.
Course description and focus
- The course looks at fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth.
- Provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.
- Discusses long-term fiscal pressures and risks as well as debt management strategies and the early warning indicators used by the IMF.
- Special attention is given to case studies of fiscal crises and the subsequent fiscal adjustments.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth.
- Apply effective concepts, definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability.
- Identify fiscal vulnerabilities, distinguishing between near-term and long-term risks.
- Analyze crises and fiscal adjustment cases.
- Differentiate between various debt sustainability analysis (DSA) frameworks.
- Prepare a brief DSA for either a country with access to financial markets or a low-income country.
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