External Debt Statistics
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Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 24.05
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: March 4-13, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Blended Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program and target audience
- Training Program: External Debt Statistics (EDS)
- Session No.: ST 24.05
- Delivery Method: Blended Training
- Primary Language: English
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Date: March 4-13, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Target Audience: Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of external debt and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.
Qualifications for participants
- Expected educational background: degree in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Required technical background: basic knowledge of international accounts concepts.
- Work experience: minimum of one year of experience in compiling external debt statistics (EDS) or IIP statistics.
Course description and content
- Presented by the IMF Statistics Department.
- Objective: Provide a thorough understanding of the international standards for the compilation of EDS presented in the 2013 EDS: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide).
- Instructional format: Series of lectures, practical exercises, and case studies.
- Coverage includes:
- Recent developments in the global financial market (e.g., process of disintermediation, moving away from traditional cross-border investment vehicles, etc.) and their effect on EDS compilation.
- Implementation of the 2013 EDS Guide and ensuring consistency and comparability among external debt statistics and other macroeconomic statistics, namely balance of payments, IIP, government finance statistics, and national accounts.
- Data dissemination and requirements of the World Bank’s Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS) database.
- Practical compilation guidance on data sources and techniques for compiling EDS, as well as analysis of these data, taking into account relevant developments in the global financial market.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe recent developments that affect EDS.
- Apply the conceptual framework for the compilation of EDS following the 2013 EDS Guide.
- Identify data gaps and set up a strategy for improving the EDS compilation.
- Describe linkages of EDS with other macroeconomic datasets.