## External Debt Statistics - Intermediate

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**Canonical URL:** [External Debt Statistics - Intermediate](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/eds-m)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 29, 2025

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### Overview
- The training program External Debt Statistics - Intermediate (EDS-M) provides a thorough understanding of the international standards for the compilation of external debt statistics (EDS) as presented in the 2013 EDS: Guide for Compilers and Users (Guide).
- The course offers practical compilation guidance on data sources and techniques for compiling EDS, and on analysis of these data, taking into account relevant developments in the global financial market.
- Instructional format comprises a series of lectures, practical exercises, and case studies.

### Topics covered
- 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 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.

### Target audience
- Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of external debt and/or integrated international investment position (IIP) statistics.

### Qualifications
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience; have a basic understanding of external accounts concepts; and have at least one year of experience in compiling external debt statistics (EDS) or IIP statistics.
- Prior completion of the Online External Debt Statistics (EDSx) course is an advantage.

### Course objectives
- Describe recent developments that affect EDS.
- Use the conceptual framework and principal accounting rules to compile EDS following the 2013 EDS Guide.
- Identify suitable data sources to support the compilation of reliable EDS.
- Understand the linkages of EDS with other macroeconomic datasets.

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## References

- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [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/eds-m_