Global Certificate in Fiscal Discourse

• Fiscal Policy and Economic Development: Understanding the relationship between fiscal policy and economic growth, including the role of government spending, taxation, and borrowing in promoting sustainable development.
• Public Financial Management: Examining the principles and practices of effective public financial management, including budgeting, accounting, and financial reporting.
• Fiscal Discipline and Sustainability: Exploring the concept of fiscal discipline and its importance in ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability, including the use of fiscal rules and frameworks.
• Fiscal Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Analyzing the role of fiscal federalism and intergovernmental relations in promoting fiscal discipline and ensuring fiscal equity across different levels of government.
• International Fiscal Issues: Examining the challenges and opportunities of international fiscal issues, including tax competition, base erosion and profit shifting, and international cooperation on tax matters.
• Fiscal Policy Analysis and Forecasting: Developing the skills and techniques necessary to analyze fiscal policies and forecast fiscal outcomes, including the use of fiscal models and scenario analysis.
• Fiscal Transparency and Accountability: Understanding the importance of fiscal transparency and accountability in promoting good governance and building public trust, including the role of fiscal reporting and auditing.
• Fiscal Impact Analysis: Learning how to conduct fiscal impact analyses of policy proposals and investment decisions, including the use of cost-benefit analysis and other evaluative tools.
• Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Finance: Examining the role of fiscal decentralization and local government finance in promoting economic development and social welfare, including the use of intergovernmental transfers and local taxation.