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The Curriculum
Required Courses:
Theoretical Foundations
Four core courses are offered in this group, with a view to providing
students with a solid grounding in economic theory relating to the
public sector, micro-economic theory and an analytical and theoretical
framework for macro-economic policy-making as well as in quantitative
techniques of economic analysis. These are required courses for all
first-year students, as these theoretical foundations are the basis for
the analysis of policy issues. Each of the core courses carries four
credits.Though not a core course, first-year students are required to
take Financial Programming for Macro-Economic Policy Formulation as a
short-term intensive course.
Economics of the Public Sector (core)
Micro-economics for Public Policy (core)
Macro-economics: Theory and Policy (core)
Fundamentals of Econometric Methods (one-year course, core) Financial
Programming for Macro-Economic Policy Formulation (two-weeks intensive
course)
Elective Courses:
Fiscal Policy
Economic Analysis of Tax Systems
Tax Policy I: Policy and Systems
Tax Policy II: International Taxation
Tax Policy in Asian Countries
Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Finance
Field Research on Tax Administration
Public Sector Policy
Economic Analysis of Public Investments
Economic Analysis of Regulation and Public Enterprises
Economic Analysis of Social Policies
Economic Analysis of Social Security Systems
Monetary and Financial Policy
International Economy and Finance: Policy and Institutions
Financial Sector Reform and Development
Monetary Policy in Japan
Asian Economic Development
Joint Course
Public Policy in Asia (common subject
for all the four programs at IPP)
Current Issues – Workshops and Intensive Courses:
Workshop on Current Topics
Issues on Public Policy I - VII*
*Among the issues covered during previous years are Global Economic
Issues, Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth, Budget
Management, Project Planning of Implementation in Developing Countries,
etc.
Seminar Work:
In addition to the above structured courses, students are required to
belong to a specific “seminar group” led by an academic advisor, where
each group participant pursues, under the guidance of the advisor, a
specific topic of his or her interest. The Master’s thesis will be based
on work done in the context of this seminar activity. Thus the
participation in the seminar, a full year course carrying four credits,
is a focal point of the student’s study and research activities at the
program.
Thesis Writing Tutorial:
English Thesis Writing I - Basic
English Thesis Writing I - Advanced
English Thesis Writing II (for second year students)
A two-credit course on thesis writing is required on English thesis
writing (course work plus tutorials).
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