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  "title": "Government Finance and Public Sector Debt Statistics",
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  "summary": "Government Finance and Public Sector Debt Statistics Training Program Target Audience Officials at ministries of finance, central banks and other agencies in charge of compiling government finance statistics and public debt statistics.",
  "publishDate": "2024-04-24",
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    {
      "heading": "Training program overview",
      "content": "- Presented by the Statistics Department.\n- Introduces conceptual frameworks and practical aspects for compiling government finance and public sector debt statistics useful for policy- and decision-makers, as well as other users.\n- Course material is based on the Government Finance Statistical Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) and the Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users 2011 (PSDSG 2011), both harmonized with other macroeconomic statistical frameworks.\n- Emphasizes the importance of data dissemination for fiscal analysis and debt sustainability analyses (DSA)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target audience: Officials at ministries of finance, central banks and other agencies in charge of compiling government finance statistics and public debt statistics.\n- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, public financial management or statistics or the equivalent.\n- Technical requirement: Familiarity with Microsoft Excel is essential as many practical exercises require use of Excel."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course content and pedagogy",
      "content": "- Fundamental principles, definitions, and classifications.\n- Accounting rules, including accrual accounting and consolidation.\n- Balance sheets and public sector debt instruments.\n- Sources and methods relevant to the compilation of fiscal and debt statistics.\n- Data dissemination and its role in fiscal analysis and debt sustainability analyses (DSA).\n- Practical components: case studies, online self-paced blended learning, in-person lectures, and peer-to-peer learning to familiarize participants with practical compilation aspects."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives (learning outcomes)",
      "content": "Upon completion, participants should be able to:\n- Explain the basic concepts and principles for the compilation of government finance and public sector debt statistics.\n- Explain the GFS framework and how it relates to public sector debt statistics.\n- Apply the main macroeconomic principles to identify public sector institutional units and distinguish between general government units and public corporations.\n- Apply the basic macroeconomic concepts, principles, and accounting rules to identify, classify, and record transactions, other economic flows, and stock positions according to GFSM 2014.\n- Classify public sector debt positions according to the PSDSG 2011 classifications.\n- Compile the relevant GFS and PSDS statistical tables that are suitable for fiscal analysis and reporting to the IMF and World Bank databases.\n- Explain how specific government operations and other flows outside the government control impact the fiscal deficit/surplus, debt, and net worth."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Eligibility and preparatory requirements",
      "content": "- Selected applicants are required to complete self-paced online tutorials.\n- Selected applicants must prepare a short presentation on chosen topics relating to the compilation of government finance and public debt statistics in their respective countries."
    }
  ],
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    "Presented by the Statistics Department.",
    "Introduces conceptual frameworks and practical aspects for compiling government finance and public sector debt statistics useful for policy- and decision-makers, as well as other users.",
    "Course material is based on the Government Finance Statistical Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) and the Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users 2011 (PSDSG 2011), both harmonized with other macroeconomic statistical frameworks.",
    "Emphasizes the importance of data dissemination for fiscal analysis and debt sustainability analyses (DSA).",
    "Target audience: Officials at ministries of finance, central banks and other agencies in charge of compiling government finance statistics and public debt statistics.",
    "Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, public financial management or statistics or the equivalent.",
    "Technical requirement: Familiarity with Microsoft Excel is essential as many practical exercises require use of Excel.",
    "Fundamental principles, definitions, and classifications.",
    "Accounting rules, including accrual accounting and consolidation.",
    "Balance sheets and public sector debt instruments.",
    "Sources and methods relevant to the compilation of fiscal and debt statistics.",
    "Data dissemination and its role in fiscal analysis and debt sustainability analyses (DSA).",
    "Practical components: case studies, online self-paced blended learning, in-person lectures, and peer-to-peer learning to familiarize participants with practical compilation aspects.",
    "Explain the basic concepts and principles for the compilation of government finance and public sector debt statistics.",
    "Explain the GFS framework and how it relates to public sector debt statistics.",
    "Apply the main macroeconomic principles to identify public sector institutional units and distinguish between general government units and public corporations.",
    "Apply the basic macroeconomic concepts, principles, and accounting rules to identify, classify, and record transactions, other economic flows, and stock positions according to GFSM 2014.",
    "Classify public sector debt positions according to the PSDSG 2011 classifications.",
    "Compile the relevant GFS and PSDS statistical tables that are suitable for fiscal analysis and reporting to the IMF and World Bank databases.",
    "Explain how specific government operations and other flows outside the government control impact the fiscal deficit/surplus, debt, and net worth.",
    "Selected applicants are required to complete self-paced online tutorials.",
    "Selected applicants must prepare a short presentation on chosen topics relating to the compilation of government finance and public debt statistics in their respective countries."
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