## Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate (BPIIPS-M)

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**Canonical URL:** [Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate (BPIIPS-M)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/bpiips-m)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 30, 2025

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### Overview
- The course aims to provide a deep understanding of the concepts, data sources and compilation techniques for Balance of Payments (BOP) and International Investment Position (IIP) statistics.
- It focuses on application in addressing complex methodological issues in accordance with the recently updated Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Seventh Edition (BPM7).
- The intermediate level presupposes participants' familiarity with the basic concepts.
- The course consists of a series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component and is designed to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- Exercises are geared to integrate data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice and to demonstrate the analytical uses of external sector statistics (ESS).

### Target Audience
- Officials responsible for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) — Balance of Payments (BOP) and/or International Investment Position (IIP) statistics — who possess knowledge and experience in applying internationally accepted standards for these macroeconomic statistics.

### Qualifications
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics and at least two years of relevant compilation experience or should have completed the Online Balance of Payment and International Investment Position (BOP-IIPx) course.

### Course Objectives
- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
  - Apply knowledge gained in dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues related to BOP and IIP statistics.
  - Identify potential data sources and compilation techniques to be used to improve the coverage in ESS of activities emerging from globalization.
  - Describe the analytical uses of BOP and IIP statistics.

### Course Structure and Content
- Series of lectures and workshops with country case analyses and a strong data component.
- Peer learning and experience sharing incorporated into course design.
- Specific exercises integrate data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.
- Demonstrates analytical uses of ESS.

### Themes and Emerging Challenges
- Acknowledges challenges in compiling data in emerging areas of user interest, such as:
  - Identification of goods traded within global manufacturing arrangements.
  - Digital trade.
- Examines themes and challenges emerging from developments in the global economy and provides opportunities for participants to discuss how these developments impact compilation work.

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## References

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- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/bpiips-m_