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  "title": "Revenue Forecasting and Analysis",
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  "summary": "Revenue Forecasting and Analysis Training Program Target Audience Government officials working in ministries of finance or in revenue administrations who are charged with conducting revenue forecasts and/or assessing the revenue or distributional impact of tax policy changes.",
  "publishDate": "2026-02-24",
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      "heading": "Program logistics and identification",
      "content": "- Session No.: OL 26.198\n- Location: Course conducted online\n- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)\n- Delivery Method: Online Training\n- Primary Language: French"
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      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Government officials working in ministries of finance or in revenue administrations who are charged with conducting revenue forecasts and/or assessing the revenue or distributional impact of tax policy changes.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Basic to intermediate understanding of tax policy.\n  - Degree in economics or tax accountancy (ideally with some background in econometrics).\n  - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel."
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      "heading": "Course description and pedagogical approach",
      "content": "- Focus:\n  - Technical and institutional aspects of revenue forecasting and tax policy analysis.\n- Coverage:\n  - Quantitative methods required to forecast and evaluate revenue implications of changes in major taxes:\n    - Personal income taxes\n    - Corporate income taxes\n    - Value added taxes\n    - Excise taxes\n    - International trade taxes\n  - Institutional framework necessary to support the revenue forecasting process.\n- Methods and learning activities:\n  - Builds on conceptual and practical approaches.\n  - Hands-on activities including quizzes and quantitative exercises with real fiscal data."
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      "heading": "Course objectives (expected competencies upon completion)",
      "content": "- Describe the role of revenue forecasting in the budget-making process.\n- Identify good practices relating to the institutional framework that supports the revenue forecasting process.\n- Identify data requirements for each method of revenue forecasting.\n- Apply macro-based models to forecast tax revenue.\n- Apply input-output models and micro-simulation techniques to analyze the revenue and distributional implications from indirect and direct taxes.\n- Recognize the strengths and limitations of different models."
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    "Session No.: OL 26.198",
    "Location: Course conducted online",
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    "Delivery Method: Online Training",
    "Primary Language: French",
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    "Describe the role of revenue forecasting in the budget-making process.",
    "Identify good practices relating to the institutional framework that supports the revenue forecasting process.",
    "Identify data requirements for each method of revenue forecasting.",
    "Apply macro-based models to forecast tax revenue.",
    "Apply input-output models and micro-simulation techniques to analyze the revenue and distributional implications from indirect and direct taxes.",
    "Recognize the strengths and limitations of different models."
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