The course examines: (i) The legal and administrative framework guiding public financial management, (ii) The structure, planning, and execution of activities in relation to government revenues and expenditures, and (iii) Implications of medium- and long-term financial planning for development. It highlights the relations among fiscal and monetary policies, debt management and administrative decision-making. While students are exposed to public financial management in Jamaica, they are directed to appreciate the issues pertaining to this subject in other territories in the Caribbean as well as in a global setting.