FutureLearn
FutureLearn Logo

SOAS - Understanding Public Financial Management: How Is Your Money Spent? 

  • Offered byFutureLearn

Understanding Public Financial Management: How Is Your Money Spent?
 at 
FutureLearn 
Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

Official Website

Go to Website External Link Icon

Credential

Certificate

Understanding Public Financial Management: How Is Your Money Spent?
 at 
FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
Details Icon

Understanding Public Financial Management: How Is Your Money Spent?
 at 
FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • How does the Covid-19 pandemic affect the public finances of governments? What went wrong in Greece's handling of its public debt? How did a city government like Detroit go from prosperity to bankruptcy? And how could the looting, theft and corruption in Malawi's 'cashgate' have been avoided?
  • We are all concerned about where 'our' money goes. We all want good roads and schools, thriving industry, and personal and national security, but how can we be sure that public monies are being managed properly, and how can we hold those in charge to account?
  • This free online course will provide you with the knowledge and tools to understand and evaluate the management of financial resources across the public sector, wherever you are.
  • Drawing on the expertise of the Centre for Financial and Management Studies at SOAS, University of London, we'll look at:
  • By the end of the four-week course, you will be able to:
Read more

Understanding Public Financial Management: How Is Your Money Spent?
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Making sense of the numbers

Setting the scene

Understanding financial statements

Fiscal imbalance: causes and consequences

How is public money spent?

Understanding public sector spending

Planning and budgeting

Evaluating public expenditures

Cutting expenditures: the austerity agenda

Where does public money come from?

Sources of revenue

Taxation: the pros and cons

Can taxation be used to change our behaviour?

The buck stops where?

What's the purpose of auditing?

Understanding accountability

Understanding public governance

Next steps

Other courses offered by FutureLearn

1.81 K
2 weeks
– / –
1.32 L
15 weeks
– / –
72.5 K
10 weeks
– / –
89.23 K
12 weeks
– / –
View Other 1956 CoursesRight Arrow Icon
qna

Understanding Public Financial Management: How Is Your Money Spent?
 at 
FutureLearn 

Student Forum

chatAnything you would want to ask experts?
Write here...