## Financial Development and Financial Inclusion

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/fdfixol26-139)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.139
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Program overview
- Training Program delivered by the IMF.
- Session No.: OL 26.139
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: French

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Mid-level to senior officials from central banks and government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of economics or finance.
  - Knowledge of econometrics is helpful but not required.

### Course objectives and intended competencies
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Measure the degree of financial development and inclusion using a wide range of indicators and use benchmarking to compare a country to its peers.
- Identify strategies and policies to support the development of financial intermediaries and capital markets in a country, considering initial conditions and links between the financial sector and the macroeconomy.
- Understand the unique challenges that SMEs and households face accessing finance; describe how financial intermediaries can better tailor their products to the needs of the SMEs.
- Evaluate the benefits and costs of different financial inclusion policies and identify strategies to promote financial inclusion for households and micro-enterprises.
- Understand various uses of technology in the financial sector (Fintech) and how they could be used to improve the efficiency and inclusiveness of financial services without generating financial instability.

### Thematic coverage and practical emphasis
- Measurement and benchmarking:
  - Use of a wide range of indicators to assess financial development and inclusion and peer comparisons.
- Financial sector development:
  - Strategies and policies for development of financial intermediaries and capital markets.
  - Consideration of initial conditions and financial–macroeconomic linkages.
- Access to finance for SMEs and households:
  - Identification of barriers SMEs and households face.
  - Product tailoring by financial intermediaries to meet SME needs.
- Financial inclusion policy analysis:
  - Evaluation of benefits and costs of different policies.
  - Strategies to promote inclusion for households and micro-enterprises.
- Fintech and digital finance:
  - Uses of technology to improve efficiency and inclusiveness.
  - Focus on avoiding financial instability from technological adoption.

### Participation and access
- The IMF offers online training to government officials and the public; this course is delivered online in French and spans May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks).

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.139F)
- [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/ol/2026/fdfixol26-139_