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  "title": "Gender Inequality and Macroeconomics (GM)",
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  "summary": "Gender Inequality and Macroeconomics Training Program Target Audience Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and other government agencies tasked with the design and execution of gender-responsive policies.",
  "publishDate": "2025-09-09",
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      "heading": "Target audience",
      "content": "- Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and other government agencies tasked with the design and execution of gender-responsive policies.\n- Preference given to applicants currently engaged in gender-responsive policy formulation and implementation, or those with a past background in these areas.\n- All participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences, or equivalent experience, and to be proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel."
    },
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      "heading": "Course description and core content",
      "content": "- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, highlights the macroeconomic implications of gender inequality and provides an overview of policy measures to help empower women.\n- Discusses trends over time and across countries in gender inequality, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.\n- Stresses the importance of closing gender gaps for inclusive and sustainable growth.\n- Analyzes policy options in the fiscal, labor, financial, and legal areas to help address gender inequality.\n- Delivery emphasizes active learning through a mix of:\n  - lectures,\n  - workshops,\n  - facilitated break-out sessions,\n  - homework assignments,\n  - presentations by participants.\n- Goal: help participants apply acquired knowledge and skills to analyze key gender-related challenges in their own country and formulate prioritized reform programs."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Understand the links between gender equality and macroeconomics, including in terms of growth, inclusiveness, diversification, and sustainability.\n- Use key sources of gender-disaggregated data and relevant toolkits to assess countries’ progress towards gender equality, including how this has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of gender equality on macroeconomic performance.\n- Discuss key policies and measures to address gender inequality, including appropriate gender-budgeting practices.\n- Formulate prioritized reform programs to address gender inequality in their own country."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Related notes on IMF training offerings (explicit listings present in source)",
      "content": "- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public. Click Learn more to find our current offerings.\n- Examples of other in-person training listings and schedules are included in the course content."
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    "Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and other government agencies tasked with the design and execution of gender-responsive policies.",
    "Preference given to applicants currently engaged in gender-responsive policy formulation and implementation, or those with a past background in these areas.",
    "All participants are expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences, or equivalent experience, and to be proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel.",
    "Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, highlights the macroeconomic implications of gender inequality and provides an overview of policy measures to help empower women.",
    "Discusses trends over time and across countries in gender inequality, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.",
    "Stresses the importance of closing gender gaps for inclusive and sustainable growth.",
    "Analyzes policy options in the fiscal, labor, financial, and legal areas to help address gender inequality.",
    "Delivery emphasizes active learning through a mix of:",
    "Goal: help participants apply acquired knowledge and skills to analyze key gender-related challenges in their own country and formulate prioritized reform programs.",
    "Understand the links between gender equality and macroeconomics, including in terms of growth, inclusiveness, diversification, and sustainability.",
    "Use key sources of gender-disaggregated data and relevant toolkits to assess countries’ progress towards gender equality, including how this has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of gender equality on macroeconomic performance.",
    "Discuss key policies and measures to address gender inequality, including appropriate gender-budgeting practices.",
    "Formulate prioritized reform programs to address gender inequality in their own country.",
    "IMF offers online training to government officials and the public. Click Learn more to find our current offerings.",
    "Examples of other in-person training listings and schedules are included in the course content."
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