Virtual : External Debt Statistics (EDS)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 22.27V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: May 23-27, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program overview
- Event: Virtual training on External Debt Statistics (EDS).
- Session No.: AT 22.27 V.
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius.
- Date: May 23-27, 2022 (1 week).
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training.
- Primary Language: English.
- Interpretation Language: French.
- Status: Deadline passed.
- Organizer: IMF Statistics Department.
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
- Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of external debt and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Basic knowledge of international accounts concepts.
- Minimum of one year of experience in compiling external debt statistics (EDS) or IIP statistics.
Course description — content and pedagogical approach
- Purpose:
- Provide a thorough understanding of the international standards for the compilation of EDS presented in the 2013 EDS: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide).
- Topics and practical coverage:
- Recent developments in the global financial market (e.g., process of disintermediation, moving away from traditional cross-border investment vehicles, etc.) and their effect on EDS compilation.
- Implementation of the 2013 EDS Guide.
- Ensuring consistency and comparability among external debt statistics and other macroeconomic statistics: balance of payments, IIP, government finance statistics, and national accounts.
- Data dissemination and requirements of the World Bank's Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS) database.
- Methods:
- Series of lectures, practical exercises, and case studies.
- Practical compilation guidance on data sources and techniques for compiling EDS.
- Guidance on analysis of EDS taking into account relevant developments in the global financial market.
Course objectives and expected competencies
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Describe recent developments that affect EDS.
- Apply the conceptual framework for the compilation of EDS following the 2013 EDS Guide.
- Identify data gaps and set up a strategy for improving the EDS compilation.
- Describe linkages of EDS with other macroeconomic datasets.
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