## Financial Programming and Policies for IES Probationers (FPP)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 24.27
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: May 13-24, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English

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### Invitation and Logistics
- Session No.: SA 24.27
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: May 13-24, 2024 (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.
- Prerequisites may depend on the region-specific version of the FPP course being offered.

### Course Description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- Covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors: real, fiscal, external, and monetary, and their interlinkages.
- Highlights both accounting and behavioral relationships and uses data from a country case study.
- Uses a hands-on, Excel-based framework for practical exercises.

### Course Objectives
- 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.

### Intended Learning Methods and Tools
- Emphasis on diagnosis using historical data.
- Practical, Excel-based exercises and country case study applications.
- Focus on linking accounting identities with behavioral relationships to inform policy design.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)
- [Integrating Basel III Liquidity Standards with ILAAP A Framework for Effective Liquidity Risk Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/ce26-31)
- [Big Data for Macroeconomic Statistics (BDMS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/bdmsat26-27)

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