Applied Economic Policy Course for Indian Economic Service Officers
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- Session: SA 25.30
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: June 30, 2025 - July 4, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
Invitation and Logistics
- Session No.: SA 25.30
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: June 30, 2025 - July 4, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
Target Audience and Qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Mid-level to senior officials in ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy, making projections and providing policy inputs.
- Qualifications:
- Participants should preferably have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
Course Description
- The course is designed to strengthen participants' ability to comprehensively assess a country's macroeconomic situation, including:
- the current state of the economy;
- the stance of fiscal and monetary policy;
- financial stability;
- vulnerabilities in the different sectors;
- the medium-term outlook, including the management and sustainability of public debt.
- The course also discusses other key policy issues such as the goods and service tax, public debt management, fiscal risks and challenges with compiling statistical data.
- Emphasis:
- Practical tools for use in day-to-day macroeconomic analysis and their application to Indian data.
- Use of relevant case studies to illustrate application of tools and contribution to the policymaking process.
Course Objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Analyze the four main macroeconomic sectors (real, fiscal, external, and monetary) and their interlinkages including macro-fiscal and macro-financial aspects, and how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances.
- Assess the stance of current fiscal and monetary policy and fiscal sustainability,
- Understand major issues in public debt management in India and the public finances of India and its states.
- Understand macro-financial linkages and developments in the financial sector to assess risks to financial stability.
- Understand major issues in public financial management and fiscal risks, goods and service tax system in India, and challenges and data gaps in compilation of national accounts in India.
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