## Inclusive Growth - Labor Markets Gender and Technology

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**Canonical URL:** [Inclusive Growth - Labor Markets Gender and Technology](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/igx-lmgtol24-173)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.173
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (18 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training program overview and logistics
- Session No.: OL 24.173
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (18 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
- Target Audience:
  - Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.

### Course description and themes
- The course examines inclusive growth from a labor market perspective.
- Key themes include:
  - The role of an inclusive labor market in individual economic well-being and in helping the economy operate more efficiently.
  - Determinants of labor market outcomes, including discrimination and how it could be addressed.
  - How artificial intelligence and technological advancements affect labor market inclusivity and possible policy options to steer technological progress toward greater inclusivity.
  - Gender discrimination, potential gains of gender inclusion, and policy measures to reduce multiple dimensions of the gender gap.
- Other topics:
  - Consequences of informality and duality in the labor market.
  - Interactions between individual attributes, the economic cycle, shocks, and technology in shaping labor market outcomes.
  - Tradeoffs between equity and efficiency that policymakers need to weigh when enhancing inclusiveness.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe what it means for a labor market to be inclusive.
- Interpret indicators of labor market inclusiveness.
- Examine determinants of labor market outcomes, including an individual's attributes, the economic cycle, shocks, and technology.
- Investigate the consequences of informality and duality in the labor market.
- Analyze gender inequality and its negative economic implications.
- Discuss what policy makers can do to enhance inclusiveness while weighing possible tradeoffs between equity and efficiency.

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## References

- [Online 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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/igx-lmgtol24-173_