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  "title": "Fiscal Analysis and Forecasting",
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  "summary": "Fiscal Analysis and Forecasting Training Program Target Audience Junior officials from the ministries of finance and central banks who would benefit from a better understanding of the macroeconomic dimensions of fiscal policy.",
  "publishDate": "2024-07-12",
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      "heading": "Program overview and logistics",
      "content": "- The training program was presented by the Fiscal Affairs Department.\n- Session No.: ST 24.36\n- Location: Singapore, Singapore\n- Date: July 1-12, 2024 (2 weeks)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Status: Deadline passed"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target audience: Junior officials from the ministries of finance and central banks who would benefit from a better understanding of the macroeconomic dimensions of fiscal policy.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Degree in economics or a related field.\n  - Experience in macroeconomic analysis.\n  - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course content and structure",
      "content": "- The course offers more extensive exposure to fiscal issues and the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy than is possible in a standard course on Financial Programming and Policies.\n- Dedicated lecture topics include:\n  - Fiscal accounts and analysis\n  - Fiscal rules and fiscal councils\n  - Fiscal multipliers\n  - Management of natural resource revenues\n  - Fiscal forecasting and fiscal sustainability\n  - How the fiscal sector relates to the rest of the economy\n  - Fiscal dimensions in financial programming\n- Workshops comprise about half the course time and cover:\n  - Fiscal accounting and analysis\n  - Fiscal forecasting and sustainability\n  - Fiscal multipliers\n  - Fiscal rules and fiscal councils\n  - Management of natural resource revenues\n  - Design of a fiscal baseline and alternative scenarios for a real country case study"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Learning objectives",
      "content": "- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:\n  - Prepare detailed analyses of revenue and spending developments.\n  - Generate forecasts of revenue and spending aggregates and the fiscal balance and discuss policy implications.\n  - Apply acquired knowledge and skills to group-based assessments of real country case studies."
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    "Primary Language: English",
    "Status: Deadline passed",
    "Target audience: Junior officials from the ministries of finance and central banks who would benefit from a better understanding of the macroeconomic dimensions of fiscal policy.",
    "Qualifications:",
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    "Workshops comprise about half the course time and cover:",
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