Inclusive Growth (IG)

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Bibliographic details

• Session: CT 24.12
• Location: Shenzhen, China
• Dates: September 2-6, 2024 (1 week)
• Delivery method: In-person Training
• Primary language: English
• Interpretation language: Chinese

Training Program

• Target audience:
  • Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating strategies and policies to tackle e poverty and inequality; address climate change; and promote job creation.
• Session details:
  • Session No.: CT 24.12
  • Location: Shenzhen, China
  • Date: September 2-6, 2024 (1 week)
  • Delivery Method: In-person Training
  • Primary Language: English
  • Interpretation Language: Chinese

Qualifications and Preparatory Recommendations

• Academic/experience expectations:
  • Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences or equivalent experience.
• Recommended preparatory online courses:
  • Inclusive Growth (IGx) course
  • Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFIx) course
  • Any subset of modules of the IGx online course (e.g. Inclusive Growth – Concepts and Indicators (IGx-CI), Inclusive Growth – Fiscal Policy (IGx-FP))

Course Description

• Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development (ICD).
• Purpose:
  • Increase participants’ understanding of inclusive growth.
  • Provide analytical and operational tools to evaluate, measure, and monitor how macroeconomic policies can affect growth, climate change, poverty, inequality, and job creation.
• Scope:
  • Covers challenges to inclusion from longer-term structural trends such as demographics and climate change.
  • Lectures introduce basic concepts of inclusive growth with a special focus on long-term sustainability.
  • Workshops allow participants to apply concepts and design inclusive growth strategies using country case studies.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

• Interpret measures of poverty and inequality.
• Analyze the role of macroeconomic policies in supporting growth, tackling climate change, promoting equality, and reducing poverty.
• Identify obstacles to inclusive growth and prioritize reforms.
• Design an inclusive growth strategy for their own country.

Related IMF Training Offerings (examples listed)

• Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
• Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait
• Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius

References

• In-person Training
• Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)
• Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
• Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
• Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)