Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design
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- Session: OL 26.149
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027
Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: OL 26.149
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French
- Target Audience:
- Officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and in 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
- Builds on the FPP.1x course to expand participants' understanding of the design and application of macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Presents simple forecasting methods for each macroeconomic sector.
- Explains the baseline assumptions for the diagnosis of macroeconomic performance.
- Demonstrates the preparation of a macroeconomic adjustment program for a case study country.
Learning objectives (upon completion participants should be able to)
- Construct baseline projections of the real, external, government, and monetary sectors using sector-specific variables.
- Describe the relationships between the sectors in both accounting and behavioral terms.
- Create consistent one-year economic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
- Use a macroeconomic model to analyze how policy changes affect a forecast.
- Identify and appraise the economic vulnerabilities inherent in an emerging market economy.
- Prepare a macroeconomic policy scenario using a given set of data.
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