Training Program
Economic Peer Reviews
Deadline passed
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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