## Fiscal Sustainability (FS)

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**Canonical URL:** [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2024/fssa24-01)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 24.01
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: February 5-15, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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

### Course logistics and identifiers
- Session No.: SA 24.01
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: February 5-15, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Focuses on fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable; and inclusive long-term growth.
- Provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.
- Discusses long-term fiscal pressures and risks, debt management strategies, and the early warning indicators used by the IMF.
- Gives special attention to case studies of fiscal crises and the subsequent fiscal adjustments.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the 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

- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2024/fssa24-01_