## Fiscal Policy Analysis

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Fiscal Policy Analysis](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2024/fpajv24-26)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 24.26
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: September 2-13, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Overview and Logistics
- Session No.: JV 24.26
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Date: September 2-13, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed

### Target Audience
- Junior to senior officials interested in understanding fiscal policy and its macroeconomic implications.

### Qualifications
- Participants are expected to have taken undergraduate courses in macroeconomics or have equivalent experience.
- Participants are expected to have a basic background in microeconomics and econometrics.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the Financial Programming and Policies (FPP) course.

### Course Description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Provides an overview of the concepts and techniques used to analyze how fiscal policy can help ensure macroeconomic stability and sustainable long-term growth.
- Hands-on course built around the core macrofiscal topics needed to analyze fiscal policy.
- Learning units include general empirical findings, Microsoft Excel-based workshops, case studies, and selected topics of regional interest.
- Intended for officials who wish to better understand how fiscal policy can affect the economy and the related tools of analysis.

### Course Objectives
- Use fiscal policy to attain key government objectives: macro-stability, equity and efficiency, and sustainable long-term growth.
- Use the tools and techniques acquired to assess the country’s fiscal stance, fiscal multipliers, and debt sustainability.
- Assess the key elements of tax and expenditure policy.

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## References

- [In-person 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/jv/2024/fpajv24-26_