National Accounts Statistics
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Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 23.04
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: January 16-20, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
- Government officials who are integrally involved in the compilation of national accounts statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics; or equivalent experience.
Course description and content topics
- Presented by experts from the International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department.
- Based on the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).
- Course format:
- Interactive lectures and hands-on exercises enabling participants to operationalize learning.
- Main lectures and workshops include:
- Overview of the System of National Accounts
- Gross Domestic Product by Production, Expenditure and Income approach
- Supply and use tables and Input and output tables
- Price and Volume measures
- Satellite accounts
Competencies and learning objectives
Upon completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA;
- Describe fundamental components of SUT and how to compile them;
- Understand the techniques to be used to balance Supply and Use Tables;
- Understand the process of converting SUTs to Input-Output Tables;
- Explain the price and volume measurement techniques, including chain linking;
- Understand the methodology and data sources required to compile Satellite accounts