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

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Session: OL 23.148
Location: Course conducted online
Dates: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
Delivery method: Online Training
Primary language: French
Status: Deadline passed

Session details and logistics

Session No.: OL 23.148
Location: Course conducted online
Date: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
Delivery Method: Online Training
Primary Language: French
Course offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic
Deadline status: Deadline passed

Qualifications and technical requirements

Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

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.

Course description and coverage

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.

Course objectives

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.

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