## Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2021/fssa21-29v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 21.29V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: November 8-19, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analyses and learning how such analyses may relate to a country-specific environment.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent work experience and some familiarity with using spreadsheets.

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, the course examines fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth.
- The course provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.
- Topics covered include:
  - Long-term fiscal pressures and risks.
  - Debt management strategies.
  - Early warning indicators used by the IMF.
  - Case studies of fiscal crises and subsequent fiscal adjustments.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth.
- Apply effective concepts, definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability.
- Identify fiscal vulnerabilities, distinguishing between near-term and long-term risks.
- Analyze crises and fiscal adjustment cases.
- Differentiate between various debt sustainability analysis (DSA) frameworks.
- Prepare a brief DSA for either a country with access to financial markets or a low-income country.

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## References

- [Virtual 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/sa/2021/fssa21-29v_