Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate
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- Session: HQ 24.02
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: March 4-20, 2024 (3 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
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- Session No.: HQ 24.02
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Date: March 4-20, 2024 (3 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Deadline: Deadline passed
Qualifications and target audience
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics and at least two years of relevant compilation experience, or should have completed the Compilation of Balance of Payments Statistics (BPSCG) course.
- Target Audience:
- Officials responsible for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) (balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP)) statistics, and who are familiar with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).
Course description and focus areas
- Presented by the Statistics Department, the course targets compilers with a certain degree of experience in the compilation and/or analysis of balance of payments and/or IIP.
- Course level and prerequisites:
- Intermediate level that presupposes participants’ familiarity with the basic concepts; the course does not cover the basic balance of payments and IIP concepts.
- Instructional format:
- A series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- Emphasized topics and methodological challenges:
- Estimating informal cross border activities.
- Treatment of special purpose entities.
- Themes and challenges emerging from developments in the global economy and their impact on compilation work.
- Integration of data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.
- Analytical uses of ESS.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Apply knowledge gained in dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues related to balance of payments and IIP statistics.
- Describe the high-level themes that are being addressed during the current update of BPM6.
- Identify potential data sources and compilation techniques to be used to improve the coverage in ESS of activities emerging from globalization.
- Describe the analytical uses of balance of payments and IIP statistics.