Virtual : Compilation of Balance of Payment Statistics
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Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 24.13V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: February 5-9, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Program details and logistics
- Session No.: AT 24.13 V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: February 5-9, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Deadline passed
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese
- Target Audience:
- Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.
- Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).
Qualifications and participant profile
- Expected qualifications:
- Degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.
- At least one year of experience in compiling balance of payments and/or IIP.
Course description and scope
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Provides practical advice on compiling and disseminating the international accounts (balance of payments and IIP) statistics based on the BPM6 Compilation Guide (the Guide).
- Purpose:
- Demonstrate how the conceptual framework described in the BPM6 may be translated into practice.
- Instructional format:
- Series of lectures, workshops, and discussions on methods for compiling international accounts.
- Focus areas:
- Compilation practices, including data sources that international accounts can draw on.
- Complex methodological and compilation issues related to specific balance of payments and IIP components.
- Cross-cutting issues across accounts.
- Participant engagement:
- Opportunity to discuss compilation challenges participants have encountered.
- Insights into the analytical uses of the international accounts.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Compile and disseminate balance of payments and IIP statistics using the techniques provided in the Guide.
- Identify new data sources to be used to improve the compilation of balance of payments and IIP statistics.
- Apply statistical techniques for dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues.
- Deepen their knowledge of the analytical use of balance of payments and IIP statistics.