ECON2264-2 : Public choices and budgeting

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ECON2264-2

Public choices and budgeting, Part 2 : Budgeting

Duration :

15h Th

Number of credits :

Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Luc Leruth, Elisabeth Paul

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

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.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The course aims to initiate students to budgeting techniques in industrial and developing countries.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

There is no mandatory pre-requisite to attend the course. However, basics in public economics (computation of the GDP, etc.) are a plus.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

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.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face (seminar animated by the 2 professors).