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Officials whose main responsibility is compiling balance of payments statistics. The course is not aimed at officials engaged in the analysis of balance of payments developments.
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Participants should have a degree in economics or equivalent.
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This two-week course, presented by the IMF's Statistics Department, provides training on the methodology for collecting and compiling balance of payments and international investment position statistics based on the IMF's sixth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
It consists of a series of lectures, discussions, and practical exercises. Lectures and class discussions focus on general concepts and compilation practices, while exercises provide participants with an opportunity to put knowledge learned into practice. During the course, participants are afforded an opportunity to discuss problems that they have actually encountered in the course of their work on compilation of balance of payments and international investment position statistics in their respective countries.
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