Certificate
The Government Finance Statistics certification course, curated by the Statistics Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is an introductory and self-paced study. The programme allows you to explore the practical and theoretical elements of the compilation and dissemination of fiscal statistics as per international standards. The data helps facilitate international economic comparisons and evaluate the effect of government’s activities on any country’s economy.
The Government Finance Statistics online course utilises the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014’s Government Finance Statistics (GFS) framework to examine data compilation’s practical aspects. The curriculum discusses the definitions, basic concepts, classifications and presentation tables, and accounting rules of the GFS framework. This Economics and Finance training also teaches you the value of comprehensive, internationally comparable, and consistent GFS.
Moreover, at the Government Finance Statistics programme end, you will be adept at using the key GFS indicators in monitoring, designing, and evaluating fiscal policies. The training entails no prerequisites and has an estimated 8-week duration. The instructors are experts from the economics and finance domain, all presently working with the IMF. EdX provides two options to enrol in the course; the verified and audit tracks. In the verified track, the learners will have to pay the course fee and will get unlimited access to the programme and a certificate of completion. Whereas in the audit track, they can access it free of cost and audit for a limited duration.
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Beginner