Training Program
Strengthening Budget Institutions (SBI)
Deadline passed
Session No.: CE 19.24
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Date: October 20-24, 2019 (1 week)
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
Target Audience
Qualifications
Course Description
This course, presented by the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department, examines the role of fiscal institutions, such as medium-term fiscal frameworks, top-down budgeting, medium-term budgeting, cash and debt management, independent fiscal institutions, and budget comprehensiveness, and how each promotes fiscal discipline.
Course Objectives
- Explain and describe the importance of fiscal institutions for modern public finance management.
- Summarize and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the budget institutions of their own country relative to regional comparators.
- Summarize factors in the choices involved in the design of fiscal responsibility laws, fiscal rules, and independent fiscal institutions.
- Explain and analyze the main techniques used to measure fiscal risks, and steps taken choices involved in the management of fiscal risks.
- Describe and summarize the key features of the IMF Fiscal Transparency Code and Public Investment Management Assessment framework.
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