## National Accounts Statistics ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [National Accounts Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/nasat24-12) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/nasat24-12/index.md) - [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/nasat24-12/index.json) - [Bundle manifest](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/nasat24-12/bundle-manifest.json) ## Bibliographic details - Session: AT 24.12 - Location: Ebene, Mauritius - Dates: January 29, 2024 - February 9, 2024 (2 weeks) - Delivery method: Blended Training - Primary language: English - Interpretation language: French Portuguese - Status: Deadline passed --- ### Training program and target audience - Training Program: National Accounts Statistics (NAS), presented by the Statistics Department. - Target Audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts data. - Qualifications: Participants should have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience. - Session No.: AT 24.12 - Location: Ebene, Mauritius - Date: January 29, 2024 - February 9, 2024 (2 weeks) New dates - Delivery Method: Blended Training - Primary Language: English - Interpretation Language: French Portuguese - Registration status: Deadline passed ### Course description and scope - The course covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA). - Structure: - Lectures covering methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA. - Workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts. - Main aim: To train participants in the compilation of annual gross domestic product both at current prices and in volume terms using the production and expenditure approaches, in support of better policy-making and surveillance. - Core coverage: - Overview of the system of national accounts, including the sequence of accounts for transactions and other flows as well as balance sheets, with a focus on the framework of the 2008 SNA. - Main concepts: transactions, other economic flows, stocks, institutional units, classifications, and main macroeconomic aggregates measured by the system. - Production account: definition and measurement of output, intermediate consumption, and value added. - Valuation issues and the treatment of particular industries. - Source data and issues in the compilation of GDP by production and expenditure approaches. - Deflators and derivation of volume measures of GDP. - Specific issues related to goods and services transactions, including supply and use framework, inventory valuation adjustment, consumption of fixed capital, non-observed and informal economy, global supply chains, and the digital economy. - Pedagogical emphasis: Sharing country experiences among participants, both informally and via specific country case study sessions. ### Asynchronous and synchronous components - Asynchronous Component — January 15–19, 2024 - Comprises five modules focusing on conceptual issues to be performed by participants after each synchronous part. - Supplemented with assigned readings and references. - Modules made available to participants at least five days before the start of the synchronous classes. - Participants required to take a pre-course quiz. - Successful completion (i.e., a passing grade) will not be a pre-requisite for participating in the synchronous component. - The results of the quiz will be used by the instructors to determine the knowledge of the participants. - Synchronous Component — January 29–February 9, 2024 - Focuses on practical compilation issues and topics requiring greater instructor input and feedback. - Comprises lectures, question and answer sessions and practical workshop exercises. - Lecture format: - Developed using existing lecture presentations and scripts prepared for the online course. - Presented in 30 minutes to 45-minute slots. - Each presentation followed by a brief exercise or question-answer session. - Participant engagement: - Participants invited to present case studies of practical problems or proposed solutions related to source data or compilation. - Participants invited to respond to practice questions in discussion forums, followed by a workshop discussing responses and correct answers. ### Course objectives - Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to: - Understand the main concepts and definitions of the SNA 2008. - Describe the compilation of GDP using production, expenditure, and income approaches. - Discuss the importance of price and volume measures in the national accounts. - Explain the value of high-quality national accounts statistics to policy makers and business decision-makers. --- ## References - [Blended Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) - [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/schedule/at/2024/nasat24-12_