Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1x)
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- Session: OL 23.149
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 15, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed
Qualifications and technical requirements
- Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills required.
- 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
- Ministries of economy
- Ministries of planning
- Central banks
- Relevant roles: officials who advise on macroeconomic and financial policies or who are involved in policy implementation.
- Course language offerings: English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.
Course description
- 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
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- 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.