Inclusive Growth - Fiscal Policy (IGx-FP)

Source details

Session No.: OL 24.111
Location: Course conducted online
Date: January 1, 2024 - April 15, 2024 (15 weeks)
Delivery Method: Online Training
Primary Language: English
Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.
Target Audience: Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.

The course examines the role of fiscal policy—a combination of expenditure and tax policies—in supporting inclusive growth.
It highlights best practices for designing expenditure programs and tax policies to foster inclusion.
The course describes the main goals of an inclusive fiscal policy and the possible tradeoffs between growth and equity.
It assesses how various public expenditure programs and tax policy measures could promote or hinder inclusive growth.
It identifies the challenges and political economy considerations surrounding fiscal reforms and discusses how they can be better implemented to pursue inclusion.

Assess how public expenditure programs and tax policy promote inclusive growth.
Identify the challenges and political economy considerations surrounding fiscal reforms and discuss how they can be better implemented to pursue inclusion.
Describe the main goals of fiscal policy and the possible tradeoffs between growth and equity.