Training Program

Bangladesh government officials (source data providers, compilers, and intensive users) from the MOF, Bangladesh Bank and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics who would benefit from gaining new, or refreshing existing, knowledge of the concepts, principles, sources, and methods used to compile GFS.

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or a related field and/or have relevant work experience, engage in regular compilation or use of GFS or PSDS, and have proficiency in Microsoft EXCEL and WORD.

This course offers an opportunity to learn the concepts, principles, sources, methods, accounting rules, and general framework used to compile GFS. The fundamental features of GFS will be covered: institutional units; sectorization; basis of reporting; transactions; other economic flows; accounts (revenue, expense, expenditure, assets, liabilities); statements; balance sheets; and Classifications of Functions of Government (COFOG). The course is taught using international standards presented in the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014). Course participants, especially GFS compilers, will be asked to discuss the status of GFS development in Bangladesh. To the extent possible, the course will feature applied components that are based on the Bangladesh experience. Participants' questions/concerns will be invited and entertained throughout.