At a Glance
Program: Budgeting & Financial Management in the Public Sector
Dates: July 27 - Aug. 15, 2008
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Duration: Three weeks
Cost: $8,950 USD
Testimonial
"I attended a program organized and carried out by professionals with years of field experience in developing as well as developed countries. Staying with these highly qualified personalities for three weeks, and having the opportunity to hear their points of view about budgets in our countries remain the most valuable benefits I received during my stay at Duke. I came back home with the skills the Planning and Budget offices were waiting for: a comparative view on the different budgeting systems, and a system for designing a medium-term expenditure framework for Mali."
Dr. Nouhoum Ganaba
Economist at the German Technical Cooperation, Mali
BUDGET, 2003
Budgeting and Financial Management in the Public Sector
The Budgeting and Financial Management in the Public Sector (BUDGET) program is designed for budget analysts, economists, accountants, auditors and administrators in the central ministries of finance and planning, state or provincial level ministries of finance and planning, sector ministries, major spending departments or agencies, public enterprises and aid agencies. The program is organized around four modules: budget and the national economy; budget processes and frameworks; budgeting and financial management techniques; and public sector reform.
Participants are exposed to specific issues and skills in areas including negotiations, revenue forecasting, performance budgeting, debt management, foreign aid management and fiscal decentralization.
The course is a combination of theoretical concepts and techniques, and practical applications based on experience in the field. Participants have the opportunity to analyze and present budget reforms based on these experiences. This program lasts three weeks.
Faculty
Dr. Graham Glenday and Dr. GP Shukla co-direct the program. Drs. Glenday and Shukla each have over 20 years of experience in public finance, tax policy and other fiscal reform matters. Additional instructors include faculty members from Duke University as well as senior practitioners dealing with issues of budgeting and instruments of financial management in the public sector. In past years, the workshop faculty included: Dr. Malcolm McPherson, Dr. Richard Goldman, and Dr. Bruce Bolnick from Harvard University, Mr Paul Cramer from the Concord Conflict Management Group, Prof John L. Mikesell of Indiana University, Dr. Schiavo-Campo of the World Bank, and Mr. Tej Prakash from the International Monetary Fund.
Download a BUDGET Brochure.
For more information about Budgeting & Financial Management in the Public Sector, please contact us.