Training Program

Central bank officials from CDOT and SARTTAC member countries interested in understanding and applying day-to-day implementation of monetary policy.

Participants are expected to work in either a monetary policy and/or a monetary operations department.

The course consists of three segments: i) interest rate corridor (August 2021); ii) central bank daily liquidity management (October 2021); and iii) collateral framework for central bank liquidity-providing operations (January 2022). These three topics are of interest to officials from central banks in the region, independent of their current monetary policy regime. The course will be delivered remotely. Each segment will be announced separately with a separate registration procedure.

The first segment on the interest rate corridor will consist of three 90-minute sessions held over three days. It will bring together in a virtual format country officials and IMF experts to discuss the purpose, mechanics and implications of interest rate corridors for the conduct of monetary policy. On day one an IMF expert will deliver a presentation on the interest rate corridor. This will be followed on day two by case studies focusing on the experience of three countries in the region . Day three will consist of office hours devoted to further discussion.