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  "title": "Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)",
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  "summary": "Financial Development and Financial Inclusion Training Program Target Audience Mid-level to senior officials from central banks and government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.",
  "publishDate": "2024-05-21",
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    {
      "heading": "Program overview and logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: AT 24.05\n- Location: Ebene, Mauritius\n- Date: February 12, 2024 - March 1, 2024 (2 weeks) New dates\n- Delivery Method: Blended Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese\n- Deadline passed\n- Target Audience:\n  - Mid-level to senior officials from central banks and government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.\n  - Preference is given to applicants working on issues directly related to financial development and inclusion."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Qualifications and prerequisites",
      "content": "- Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of economics or finance, or equivalent work experience.\n- Knowledge of econometrics is helpful but not required.\n- It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Financial Developmentand Financial Inclusion (FDFIx) course."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description and pedagogy",
      "content": "- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Explains the macroeconomic relevance of financial development and inclusion.\n- Begins with an analysis that defines the role of finance in the economy.\n- Presents a framework for financial market development, identifying the main players and instruments, and highlighting obstacles that could impede market development.\n- Introduces financial inclusion as an integral dimension of financial development.\n- Reviews indicators currently used to measure financial inclusion, its macroeconomic impact, and main policy strategies to encourage inclusion.\n- Uses extensive case studies, groupwork and workshops to provide practical experience useful for participants’ jobs."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Identify the main players and instruments needed for financial market development.\n- Measure the degree of financial development and inclusion for a country or countries using a wide range of standard indicators.\n- Use a simple analytical model to predict the likely outcomes of different policies on financial inclusion.\n- Assess policy options and strategies for financial development and inclusion from a macroeconomic perspective by identifying potential tradeoffs and possible impediments.\n- Formulate a strategy for policies to support financial development in a country, taking into account initial conditions and links between the financial sector and the macroeconomy."
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    "Session No.: AT 24.05",
    "Location: Ebene, Mauritius",
    "Date: February 12, 2024 - March 1, 2024 (2 weeks) New dates",
    "Delivery Method: Blended Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Interpretation Language: French Portuguese",
    "Deadline passed",
    "Target Audience:",
    "Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of economics or finance, or equivalent work experience.",
    "Knowledge of econometrics is helpful but not required.",
    "It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Financial Developmentand Financial Inclusion (FDFIx) course.",
    "Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.",
    "Explains the macroeconomic relevance of financial development and inclusion.",
    "Begins with an analysis that defines the role of finance in the economy.",
    "Presents a framework for financial market development, identifying the main players and instruments, and highlighting obstacles that could impede market development.",
    "Introduces financial inclusion as an integral dimension of financial development.",
    "Reviews indicators currently used to measure financial inclusion, its macroeconomic impact, and main policy strategies to encourage inclusion.",
    "Uses extensive case studies, groupwork and workshops to provide practical experience useful for participants’ jobs.",
    "Identify the main players and instruments needed for financial market development.",
    "Measure the degree of financial development and inclusion for a country or countries using a wide range of standard indicators.",
    "Use a simple analytical model to predict the likely outcomes of different policies on financial inclusion.",
    "Assess policy options and strategies for financial development and inclusion from a macroeconomic perspective by identifying potential tradeoffs and possible impediments.",
    "Formulate a strategy for policies to support financial development in a country, taking into account initial conditions and links between the financial sector and the macroeconomy."
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