Government Finance Statistics (GFSx)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 23.176
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program overview
- Title: Government Finance Statistics
- Session No.: OL 23.176
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: French
- Organized by: Statistics Department, International Monetary Fund
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials whose main responsibility is compiling and disseminating fiscal statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, public financial management, statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser and basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
Course description and scope
- Focuses on both the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) and on practical aspects of data compilation.
- Coverage includes:
- Basic concepts and definitions, accounting principles, and detailed classifications in the context of the GFSM 2014.
- Harmonization with the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008).
- The GFS framework, its coverage and accounting rules (including accrual accounting).
- Classifications, balance sheets and debt.
- Sources and methods used for compiling GFS.
- Dissemination of GFS and its uses in fiscal policymaking and analyses.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Explain the GFS integrated framework and understand its advantages and the importance of comprehensive, consistent, and internationally comparable fiscal data for fiscal policy design, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Apply the main macroeconomic principles to identify public sector institutional units and distinguish between general government units and public corporations.
- Apply the basic macroeconomic concepts, principles, and accounting rules to identify, classify, and record transactions, other economic flows, and stock positions.
- Explain how specific government operations and other flows outside the government control impact the fiscal deficit/surplus, debt, and net worth.
- Describe the relationships between the main fiscal aggregates, and between the fiscal aggregates and other macroeconomic indicators.
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- Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius
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