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Public Financial Management
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 8 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Why PFM is an important tool to implement public policies.
- How to describe and analyze the budget cycle, and its main components.
- How PFM systems contribute to improved fiscal performance.
- The benefits of fiscal transparency, fiscal reporting, and management of fiscal risks.
- How civil society, public participation and supreme audit institutions keep governments accountable.
- The importance of prioritization and sequencing PFM reforms, and the roles of political institutions and country context.
Prerequisite
Some knowledge of macroeconomics is desirable.
Instructors
Staff of the Fiscal Affairs Department
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