Transforming Public Finance Through GovTech

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Target Audience:
- Mid-level to senior government officials in ministries of finance, economy, treasuries, digitalization, and infrastructure.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, business or a related field, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Presented by Fiscal Affairs Department.
The course provides comprehensive knowledge about the benefits of digitalization and policies to support faster digital adoption by households, firms, and governments.
Key thematic elements:
- Evidence on the implications of the digital divide across and within countries, including the impact of COVID-19.
- Overview of government policies on the supply and demand sides to encourage faster digital adoption to close the digital divide.
- Methods to estimate digital infrastructure investment needs at a country level to achieve universal broadband.
- Cross-country experiences of government-supported programs to increase digital adoption.
- Social dividends from digital adoption in terms of labor, education, health, and social outcomes.
- How adoption of GovTech solutions helps improve tax revenue collection and improve efficiency and transparency of government spending.
- How to implement reform plans that entail the implementation of comprehensive digitalization reform strategies.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Have a good understanding of how to assess a country's and government's digital development.
Assess the needs for digital infrastructure costs and social dividends.
Understand the benefits for public finance from implementing digitalization programs.
Understand key principles for implementing digitalization strategies.