Financial Programming and Policies
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Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 23.23
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: May 15-26, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program and logistics
- Training program: Financial Programming and Policies (FPP).
- Session No.: AT 23.23.
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius.
- Date: May 15-26, 2023 (2 weeks).
- Delivery Method: In-person Training.
- Primary Language: English.
- Interpretation Language: French.
- Registration status: Deadline passed.
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
- Officials from ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Qualifications:
- Expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.
- Expected to be proficient in the use of spreadsheets.
- Strong recommendation that applicants have completed the online Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) or the online Financial Programming and Analysis, Part 2: Program Design (FPP.2 x) course.
Course description and approach
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- Covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors:
- Real
- Fiscal
- External
- Monetary
- Highlights both accounting and behavioral relationships.
- Uses data from a country case study.
- Employs a hands-on, Excel-based framework for analysis.
Course objectives (skills and outputs for participants)
- Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel-based framework.
- Create consistent one-year macroeconomic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
- Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and policy measures to address them.
- Prepare an adjustment scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic impact.
- Identify further policy goals and measures beyond the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.
Additional training note
- The IMF offers online training to government officials and the public; interested candidates are directed to Learn more for current offerings.
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