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Economic Peer Reviews

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Session No.: AT 25.30

Location: Ebene, Mauritius

Date: November 24-28, 2025 (1 week)

Delivery Method: In-person Training

Primary Language: English

Target Audience

Senior country officials, who will conduct peer reviews of other SADC countries; economic policies, and key counterparts of the country being reviewed.

Qualifications

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics.

Course Description

The workshop takes place in the context of the peer-review monitoring and surveillance of the SADC Macroeconomic Convergence (MEC) program.

Course Objectives

  • The workshop is a collaborative effort by the IMF Resident Representative's office, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the SADC Secretariat.

 

  •  The goal is to discuss the IMF approach to surveillance during the review meetings, with a focus on a special topic every year. 

 

  • Participants learn about the main tools and analytical frameworks used by IMF economists to do surveillance.

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