Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis
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Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.144
- 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
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
- Officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Qualifications:
- Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
Course description
- The online course explains the basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
- The course covers the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
- For each sector, the course presents:
- the accounting framework;
- interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts;
- basic analysis of the accounts.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Calculate economic variables using macroeconomic accounting principles.
- Interpret the accounts of the real, fiscal, external, and monetary sectors that comprise the macroeconomy.
- Describe the accounting and behavioral links between the macroeconomic accounts.
- Analyze economic and financial developments of a case study country using a hands-on, Excel-based framework.