Certified Master in World Bank Financial Management & Disbursement

COURSE DURATION 1 – 2 WEEKS | ELIGIBILITY : MID & SENIOR LEVEL | LOCATION : DUBAI – LONDON – MIAMI | 

Course introduction

This course highlights the critical role financial management plays in the development process, particularly in World Bank-funded projects. Effective financial management ensures accountability and efficiency in public sector resources and fosters investment and growth in the private sector.

The World Bank’s dual objectives in financial management are:

  • Improving financial performance in borrowing countries.

  • Ensuring proper use of loan proceeds to retain stakeholder confidence.

This course provides insights into how these objectives are met, including adjustments for emergency or post-disaster operations.

Course Benefits

Training Schedule

Weekdays Batch (Monday to Friday):

Weekend Batch (Saturday & Sunday):

Learning & Assessment:

Who Should Attend ?

This course is ideal for:

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Course Oultline (Topics Covered)

MODULE 1

  • The World Bank Project Cycle
  • What Is a World Bank Project?
  • Country Assistance Strategy
  • Project identification
  • Project preparation
  • Project appraisal
  • Project approval
  • Project implementation
  • Project completion

 

MODULE 2

  • Financial Management in Bank Operations
  • Operational Policies
  • Assessments of financial management arrangements.
  • Interim financial reporting
  • Audited financial statements.
  • Bank Procedures
  • Project preparation
  • Assess the proposed financial management arrangements
  • Agree with the borrower on the format and content of interim and annual audited financial statements

 

MODULE 3

  • Unique statements
  • Agree on the scope of audit work to be carried out for each operation
  • Project implementation.
  • Project completion and evaluation.
  • Financial Management Issues in Emergency Operations
  • Use of country systems
  • Harmonization
  • Analysis of risk
  • Disbursement

 

Module 4

  • Disbursement Methods
  • Reimbursement
  • Advance
  • Direct Payment
  • Special Commitment
  • Satisfying sponsors
  • Reporting
  • Fund receipt connection with real time project development
  • Risk Management
  • Strategy development and implementation

 

MODULE 5

  • Building Country Capacity
  • FM Policies in Bank-financed Operations
  • Engagement with Global Partners
  • Financing Plan
  • Understanding the RATINGS
  • Implementation ratings
  • Completion ratings
  • Risk to Development Outcome
  • Bank Performance
  • Borrower Performance
  • Government Performance

 

MODULE 6

  • Sustainable Development Goals.
  • G20 High-Level Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion.
  • Universal Financial Access 2020 initiative
  • Creating a regulatory environment to enable access to transaction accounts
  • Expanding access points
  • Improving financial capability
  • Driving scale and viability through high-volume government programs, such as social transfers, into those transaction accounts
  • Focusing on reaching disadvantaged populations, such as women and rural producers
  • Encouraging use of financial services, to move from access to finance to account us

 

MODULE 7

  • Sustainable Development Goals.
  • G20 High-Level Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion.
  • Universal Financial Access 2020 initiative
  • Creating a regulatory environment to enable access to transaction accounts
  • Expanding access points
  • Improving financial capability
  • Driving scale and viability through high-volume government programs, such as social transfers, into those transaction accounts
  • Focusing on reaching disadvantaged populations, such as women and rural producers
  • Encouraging use of financial services, to move from access to finance to account use

 

MODULE 8

  • Policy and institutional underpinnings
  • Budget allocations
  • Budget circular
  • Budget comprehensiveness
  • Budget documentation
  • Budget estimates
  • Budget execution
  • Budget preparation
  • Budget proposals
  • Budget support
  • Budget systems
  • Budgetary expenditure
  • Budgetary institutions
  • Budgeting

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