Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
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- Canonical URL
- Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 23.37
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: October 16-20, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Course overview and logistics
- Session No.: SA 23.37
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: October 16-20, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience, qualifications, and prerequisites
- Target audience:
- Officials who have responsibility for compiling and disseminating GFS and who are regularly faced with complex GFS methodological and compilation issues.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to be educated to degree level and have significant practical experience in the compilation of GFS.
- Pre-requisites:
- Participants should already have a solid understanding of the GFSM 2014 framework.
Course description and format
- Focus:
- Conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014).
- Required participant background:
- Familiarity with the basic GFS framework and classification system.
- Experience in compiling GFS from national source data.
- Emphases:
- Integrated GFS framework and complex cross-cutting GFS issues pertinent to improving data quality.
- Coverage of the public sector, with special attention to borderline and complex cases.
- Format:
- Lectures and exercises.
- Participants will be requested to propose topics related to methodological concepts that they have found problematic in compiling GFS.
Course objectives and learning outcomes
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Apply the general principles in GFSM 2014 to complex cross-cutting GFS issues in the integrated framework.
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