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| ECON2264-2 | Public choices and budgeting, Part 2 : Budgeting
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Luc Leruth, Elisabeth Paul |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| After a brief introduction to the international financial system, the course discusses the Fiscal Table of Government Operations and the main components of governmental budgets. The issues dealt with include the sustainability of public debt, tax administration, budget deficit and financing. The second part of the course deals with public expenditure management, medium-term budgeting and performance budgeting techniques. The course accounts much for the case of developing countries. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course aims to initiate students to budgeting techniques in industrial and developing countries. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| There is no mandatory pre-requisite to attend the course. However, basics in public economics (computation of the GDP, etc.) are a plus. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is mainly given as a seminar at a date to be determined (but the classes are concentrated over a one or two week period). An exercise is realized during the course. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face (seminar animated by the 2 professors). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| There is no syllabus, so that presence at the course is highly recommended. Some documents are distributed according to the specific themes covered in the course. PPT presentations are also distributed to students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam comprising a few theoretical questions and one exercise. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Course organised under the form of a seminar during +/- 2 weeks, according to the presence in Belgium of the two professors. |
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Contacts :
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| For any question, please contact Elisabeth Paul : E.Paul@ulg.ac.be |
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