Elements of public finances management in developing countries

Duration

20h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Elisabeth Paul

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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@uliege.be)

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