Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1x)
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- Session: OL 24.159
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed
Session and Delivery Details
- Session No.: OL 24.159
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Russian
- The course is offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.
Qualifications and Technical Requirements
- Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are helpful.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.
Target Audience
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Particularly relevant for officials in:
- ministries of finance,
- ministries of economy,
- planning ministries,
- central banks.
- Relevance: officials who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
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,
- monetary.
- For each sector the course presents:
- the accounting framework,
- interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts,
- basic analysis of the accounts.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the 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.