## Financial Programming and Policies for IES Probationary Officers

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 23.35
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: October 3-13, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English

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### Invitation and logistics
- Session No.: SA 23.35
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: October 3-13, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Target Audience:
  - Official trainees of the recent IES Batch from the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Ministry of Finance, India.

### Qualifications and prerequisites
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience and be proficient in the use of spreadsheets.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants complete the online FPP courses (FPP.1 x and FFP.2 x) before enrolling in this course.
- Note: Prerequisites may depend on the region-specific version of the FPP course being offered.

### Course description
- This course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- It covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors (real, fiscal, external, and monetary) and their interlinkages, highlighting both accounting and behavioral relationships and using data from a country case study.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel-based framework.
- Create consistent one-year macroeconomic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
- Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and policy measures to address them.
- Prepare an adjustment scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic impact.
- Identify further policy goals and measures beyond the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.

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## References

- [In-person 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)
- [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/sa/2023/fppsa23-35_