Unit Code: URP612

Unit Name: Budgeting and Finance for Development

Description: This course is an introductory course in government budgeting and finance, dealing with public revenue and expenditure policies, financial management, and politics of the budgetary process. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theories, concepts, and practice of government budgeting and finance and to expose them to the current issues and challenges in order to support planning and sustainable development program implementation. The students have capacity to make appropriate choices in ethically ambiguous situations based on knowledge of social, economic, environmental, and cultural aspects of planning (CPIA1-05).

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: a. Understand the government in market system (GPIA-1) b. Measuring the size and scope of government (GPIA-3) c. Track role of government, principles and theory of public finance (GPIA-3) d. Distinguish the structure of government (GPIA-3) e. Criticize decision making in public sector (GPIA-3) f. Discuss equity, income distribution and the social safety net (GPIA-3) g. Categories government expenditure : composition and incidence (GPIA-3) h. Differentiate budgeting in public sector (GPIA-3) i. Analyze taxation revenue (GPIA-3) j. Criticize good governance and public finance management (GPIA-6)

Prerequisite: URP515 or Consent from HOD

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1