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  "title": "Fiscal Frameworks and Medium-Term Budgeting",
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  "summary": "This course enhances participants' understanding of how a medium-term perspective in budgeting can improve fiscal discipline and expenditure control, and the preconditions and elements for effective MTBFs, including their relationship with medium term fiscal frameworks and fiscal rules.",
  "publishDate": "2025-10-07",
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      "heading": "Course Overview",
      "content": "- Title: Fiscal Frameworks and Medium-Term Budgeting (FMTB).\n- Purpose: Establishing robust fiscal frameworks and implementing effective medium-term budgeting processes to ensure fiscal sustainability and promote economic stability.\n- Approach: Emphasizes a medium-term perspective in budgeting to improve fiscal discipline and expenditure control.\n- Pedagogy: Participants actively contribute to presentations on country practices and exercises; peer learning is an essential element of the workshop."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target Audience and Qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Senior and mid-level government officials in ministries of finance or economy working in budget or macro-fiscal analysis departments.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to be mid- to senior-level qualified professionals with experience and background in macro-fiscal analysis, fiscal policy, and budget formulation."
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      "heading": "Learning Objectives",
      "content": "- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:\n  - Understand the key components and principles of fiscal frameworks that support sustainable public finances.\n  - Develop skills in designing and implementing a medium-term budgeting process that aligns with fiscal policy objectives.\n  - Analyze the impact of fiscal frameworks and medium-term budgeting on fiscal discipline.\n  - Explore best practices and case studies from the region on the successful integration of fiscal frameworks and medium-term budgeting into public financial management systems."
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      "heading": "Core Themes and Elements",
      "content": "- Medium-Term Budgetary Frameworks (MTBFs):\n  - Relationship between MTBFs and medium-term fiscal frameworks and fiscal rules.\n  - Preconditions and elements for effective MTBFs.\n- Fiscal Framework Principles:\n  - Principles underpinning fiscal frameworks that support sustainable public finances.\n- Practical Application:\n  - Practical applications of medium-term budgeting within public financial management systems.\n  - Use of country practices and regional case studies to illustrate successful integration and implementation."
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