## Virtual : Public Sector and Debt Statistics

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Public Sector and Debt Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2022/pdsce22-28v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 22.28V
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dates: October 10-13, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Overview and logistics
- Session No.: CE 22.28 V
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Date: October 10-13, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed
- Target Audience:
  - Officials whose main responsibility is compiling public sector debt statistics.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants should have a degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.

### Course description
- Conducted by the IMF Statistics Department.
- Deals with the conceptual framework of public sector debt statistics as presented in the Public Sector Debt Statistics Guide and on the practical aspects of compiling public sector debt data.
- Covers basic concepts, accounting principles, and detailed classifications discussed in the context of methodology harmonized with government finance statistics and the system of national accounts.
- Examines coverage and accounting rules for public sector debt, valuation, classification, important methodological issues, and the sources and methods used for compiling the statistics.
- Addresses reporting debt data to the IMF and the World Bank.
- Organized around a series of case studies.

### Course objectives
- Define gross and net debt and explain the basic concepts and accounting principles that apply to compilation of public sector debt statistics.
- Classify public sector debt positions according to the Public Sector Debt Statistics Guide classifications.
- Apply the general principles to classify an entity in the public sector and in relevant subsectors of the public sector, such as the general government and public corporations.
- Report to the IMF and the World Bank quarterly public sector debt statistics covering¿at a minimum¿the central government.

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## References

- [Virtual 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/ce/2022/pdsce22-28v_