Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis (FPP.1x)

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Training Program delivered by the Institute for Capacity Development.
Session No.: OL 21.119
Location: Course conducted online
Date: May 1, 2021 - April 15, 2022 (50 weeks)
Delivery Method: Online Training
Primary Language: Russian
Course offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic
Qualifications: Some knowledge of economics is helpful. Basic Microsoft Excel skills and access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

All government officials are welcome to register.
Particularly relevant for officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on macroeconomic and financial policies or who are involved in policy implementation.

The Institute for Capacity Development presents an online course explaining the basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
The course covers the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
For each sector, the course presents:
- the accounting framework,
- interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts,
- basic analysis of the accounts.

Calculate economic variables using macroeconomic accounting principles.
Interpret the accounts of real, fiscal, external, and monetary sectors that comprise the macroeconomy.
Describe the accounting and behavioral links between the macroeconomic accounts.
Analyze economic and financial developments of a case study country using a hands-on, Excel-based framework.