## Gender Inequality and Macroeconomics (GM)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Gender Inequality and Macroeconomics (GM)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2024/gmjv24-20)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 24.20
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: July 15-19, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- 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.
- Qualifications:
  - Expected to have a degree in economics or social sciences, or equivalent experience.
  - Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel.
  - Applications from officials currently engaged in gender-responsive policy formulation and implementation, or those with a past background in these areas, will be given preference.

### Course description and pedagogy
- Course overview:
  - Provides an overview of the linkages between gender equality and macroeconomic variables.
  - Highlights the gender-unequal impact of COVID-19 and its possible macroeconomic consequences.
  - Stresses the importance of closing gender gaps for an inclusive, sustainable recovery.
  - Discusses policies to address gender inequality, including measures related to taxes, government expenditures, public financial management, and structural issues such as financial access.
- Pedagogical approach:
  - Emphasizes active learning through a mix of facilitated break-out sessions, homework assignments, and presentations by participants.
  - Goal: help participants apply acquired knowledge and skills to analyze key gender-related challenges in their own country and formulate prioritized reform programs.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  - 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.

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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/gmjv24-20_