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  "title": "Virtual : Compilation of Balance of Payment Statistics",
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  "summary": "Virtual : Compilation of Balance of Payment Statistics Training Program Qualifications Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience and have at least one year of experience in compiling balance of payments and/or IIP.",
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      "heading": "Program details and logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: AT 24.13 V\n- Location: Ebene, Mauritius\n- Date: February 5-9, 2024 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: Virtual Training\n- Deadline passed\n- Primary Language: English\n- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese\n- Target Audience:\n  - Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.\n  - Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6)."
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    {
      "heading": "Qualifications and participant profile",
      "content": "- Expected qualifications:\n  - Degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.\n  - At least one year of experience in compiling balance of payments and/or IIP."
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    {
      "heading": "Course description and scope",
      "content": "- Presented by the Statistics Department.\n- Provides practical advice on compiling and disseminating the international accounts (balance of payments and IIP) statistics based on the BPM6 Compilation Guide (the Guide).\n- Purpose:\n  - Demonstrate how the conceptual framework described in the BPM6 may be translated into practice.\n- Instructional format:\n  - Series of lectures, workshops, and discussions on methods for compiling international accounts.\n- Focus areas:\n  - Compilation practices, including data sources that international accounts can draw on.\n  - Complex methodological and compilation issues related to specific balance of payments and IIP components.\n  - Cross-cutting issues across accounts.\n- Participant engagement:\n  - Opportunity to discuss compilation challenges participants have encountered.\n  - Insights into the analytical uses of the international accounts."
    },
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      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n- Compile and disseminate balance of payments and IIP statistics using the techniques provided in the Guide.\n- Identify new data sources to be used to improve the compilation of balance of payments and IIP statistics.\n- Apply statistical techniques for dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues.\n- Deepen their knowledge of the analytical use of balance of payments and IIP statistics."
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    "Date: February 5-9, 2024 (1 week)",
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    "Interpretation Language: French Portuguese",
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    "Identify new data sources to be used to improve the compilation of balance of payments and IIP statistics.",
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