## Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability (FS)

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2022/fsct22-14v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 22.14V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Dates: December 12-16, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: Chinese
- Status: New dates

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### Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: CT 22.14 V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Date: December 12-16, 2022 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: Chinese
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analyses and learning how such analyses may relate to a country-specific environment.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent work experience and some familiarity with using spreadsheets.

### Course description
- The course looks at fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth.
- Provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.
- Discusses long-term fiscal pressures and risks as well as debt management strategies.
- Covers the early warning indicators used by the IMF.
- Gives special attention to case studies of fiscal crises and the subsequent fiscal adjustments.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth.
- Apply effective concepts, definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability.
- Identify fiscal vulnerabilities, distinguishing between near-term and long-term risks.
- Analyze crises and fiscal adjustment cases.
- Differentiate between various debt sustainability analysis (DSA) frameworks.
- Prepare a brief DSA for either a country with access to financial markets or a low-income country.

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## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2022/fsct22-14v_