Training Catalog Course Details

Mid-level to senior officials from central banks and government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector. Preference is given to applicants working on issues directly related to financial development and inclusion.

Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of economics or finance, or equivalent work experience. Knowledge of econometrics is helpful but not required. It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFIx) course.

This two-week course outlines the macroeconomic relevance of financial development broadly, and of financial inclusion more specifically. Beginning with an analytical framework that defines the role played by finance in the economy, the course reviews the conceptual and empirical literature on finance’s impact and addresses key policy issues that arise in either encouraging its development (market enabling policies) or limiting its destabilizing effects (market harnessing policies).

The course introduces financial inclusion as an integral dimension of financial development, but which only recently has received much attention, as the discussion for many years has mainly revolved around the concept and measure of financial depth. The course reviews the indicators currently used to measure financial inclusion, the distinct macroeconomic impact of financial inclusion, as well as the main policy strategies that have been pursued.

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