Virtual : Vulnerability Diagnostics (VDS)
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- Session: CT 22.18V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Dates: December 5-16, 2022 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese
Invitation and Logistics
- Session No.: CT 22.18 V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Date: December 5-16, 2022 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Chinese
- Presented by: Institute for Capacity Development
Qualifications and Target Audience
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
- A basic background in econometrics is expected.
- Familiarity with the use of software for econometric applications is expected.
- Target Audience:
- Officials of all levels in central banks, ministries of finance, and other governmental agencies with macro-fiscal units (e.g., cabinet office, parliament).
- Officials who monitor and assess country-wide and regional multisectoral vulnerabilities and risks.
Course Description
- The course complements the Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS) course by enhancing participants’ ability to assess fiscal, financial, and external vulnerabilities in an integrated fashion.
- Emphasis on using several diagnostic tools to capture tail risks.
Course Objectives
- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Assess risks using fiscal, financial, external, and real sectors’ vulnerability indicators.
- Describe how vulnerabilities can morph into distress, leading to crises as a result of adverse shocks or a flawed policy mix.
- Use diagnostic tools (including tools currently employed in IMF surveillance), to track multi-sectoral vulnerabilities and predict indicators of tail risks.
- Adapt diagnostic tools, (organized as templates of country vulnerability reports), to their country data.
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