Training Program

Mid-level to senior officials in ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy, making projections and providing policy inputs.

Participants should preferably have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.

This course is designed to strengthen participants' ability to comprehensively assess a country's macroeconomic situation, including the current state of the economy; the stance of fiscal and monetary policy; financial stability; vulnerabilities in the different sectors; and the medium-term outlook, including the management and sustainability of public debt. The course also discusses other key policy issues such as the goods and service tax, public debt management, fiscal risks and challenges with compiling statistical data. The course emphasizes practical tools for use in day-to-day macroeconomic analysis and relates them with Indian data. The course relies on relevant case studies to illustrate how these tools are applied and how they can contribute to the policymaking process.