Study Programmes 2016-2017
ECON2297-1  
Elements of public finances management in developing countries
Duration :
20h Th
Number of credits :
Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Elisabeth Paul
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
  • Introduction to PFM: budget cycle, budget preparation and execution
  • Fiscal Table of Government Operations
  • Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
  • Performance budgeting
  • Specificities of developing countries
  • Management of foreign aid
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
The objective of the course is to initiate students to:
  • First, budgeting techniques used by governments, mostly in low- and middle-income countries, to finance their development
  • Second, the various aid management modalities, and their relationships with State budget
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
There is no mandatory pre-requisite to attend the course.; however, basics in public economics (computation of GDP, etc.) are a plus
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Ex cathedra course (1st semester, dates tbc according to lecturer's availability) supported by a PPT presentation and articles
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
PPT presentation
GRAP Policy Briefs
Paris Declaration
Devinit, Aid spending by Development Assistance Committee donors in 2015
OECD, Development cooperation report
PEFA 2016, Framework for Assessing Public Financial Management
UNDP, Brief SDGs
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam
Work placement(s) :
None
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Elisabeth Paul (E.Paul@ulg.ac.be)
Items online :
Support documents
A few reports and documents enabling to better understand the course
PPT Presentation of the course
This is equivalent to a syllabus