Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis (FPP.1x)
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- Session: OL 23.141
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Deadline passed
Course identity and logistics
- Session No.: OL 23.141
- Status: Deadline passed
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish
- Offered languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Particularly relevant for officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- 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.
Course description and scope
- The course is presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Explains the basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
- Covers the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
- For each sector, presents:
- The accounting framework.
- Interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts.
- Basic analysis of the accounts.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Calculate economic variables using macroeconomic accounting principles.
- Interpret the accounts of the 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.