Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
Deadline passed
Session No.: CE 24.06
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Date: February 11-22, 2024 (2 weeks)
Delivery Method: In-person Training
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
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
This course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, looks at fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth. It provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective. The course also 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
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.
VITARA - Information Technology and Data Management (VITARA-ITD)
English | November 19, 2024 - December 10, 2024 | Online Training | Course conducted online
Apply online by December 5, 2024
Fiscal Frameworks (FF)
English (French, Portuguese) | January 27-30, 2025 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
Apply online by December 6, 2024
Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries - LIC-DSF
French | January 20-25, 2025 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
Apply online by December 6, 2024
Consumer Price Index
English | January 13-17, 2025 | In-person Training | New Delhi, India
Apply online by December 7, 2024
National Accounts Statistics-Advanced (NAS-A)
English (Arabic) | February 17-28, 2025 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Apply online by December 9, 2024