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  "title": "Cross-Border Position Statistics (CBPS)",
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  "summary": "The course consists of a series of lectures, discussions, and practical exercises.",
  "publishDate": "2025-07-29",
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    {
      "heading": "Course description and scope",
      "content": "- Provides training on the methodology for compiling and disseminating CBPS, including:\n  - the integrated IIP and memorandum and supplementary position data items following the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, seventh edition (BPM7);\n  - EDS, including currency composition, remaining maturity, and debt service schedule;\n  - the CPIS, including sectoral data; and\n  - the CDIS.\n- Course format: a series of lectures, discussions, and practical exercises.\n  - Lectures and discussions focus on general concepts and compilation practices.\n  - Exercises provide participants the opportunity to apply knowledge and discuss problems encountered in their compilation work.\n- Analytical focus: gains insights into the analytical uses of the external accounts and illustrates integration of cross-border positions data into the broader macroeconomic framework.\n- Course base materials: BPM7, the 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, the 2017 CPIS Guide, and the 2015 CDIS Guide."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Officials whose main responsibility is compiling the integrated international investment position (IIP) and/or external debt statistics (EDS), as well as Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) or Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) data.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, and have a minimum of one year of experience in compiling IIP and/or EDS."
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    {
      "heading": "Learning objectives and competencies",
      "content": "- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n  - Compile IIP, EDS, CPIS, and/or CDIS¿¿as well as the memorandum and supplementary items of the IIP and tables on external debt statistics¿¿according to the conceptual framework.\n  - Identify potential new data sources for the compilation of the CBPS.\n  - Apply compilation techniques and best dissemination practices related to CBPS.\n  - Illustrate the relationship between the integrated IIP and the balance of payments, and the integration of cross-border positions data into the broader macroeconomic framework.\n  - Describe the analytical use of CBPS."
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      "heading": "Course delivery and related IMF training offerings",
      "content": "- Course delivery: lectures, discussions, and practical exercises (in-person and/or online formats implied by IMF training practices).\n- Related IMF training offerings (examples with language, dates, modality, and location preserved as listed):\n  - Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius\n  - Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait\n  - Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates\n  - Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius\n  - Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC) — English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"
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    "Analytical focus: gains insights into the analytical uses of the external accounts and illustrates integration of cross-border positions data into the broader macroeconomic framework.",
    "Course base materials: BPM7, the 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, the 2017 CPIS Guide, and the 2015 CDIS Guide.",
    "Target Audience:",
    "Qualifications:",
    "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:",
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