## Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2025/bpiips-mce25-19)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 25.19
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dates: June 15-26, 2025 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Officials responsible for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) (balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics).
  - Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).
- Qualifications:
  - Expected to have a degree in economics or statistics and at least two years of relevant compilation experience, or
  - Should have completed the Compilation of Balance of Payments Statistics course.

### Course description and structure
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Level: Intermediate — presupposes familiarity with basic balance of payments and IIP concepts; does not cover basic concepts.
- Format:
  - Series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component.
  - Designed to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- Emphases:
  - Deep understanding of concepts, data sources and compilation techniques for balance of payments and IIP statistics.
  - Application of methodology to address complex methodological issues.
  - Topics addressed during the current update of BPM6 will be elaborated.
  - Specific focus on estimating informal cross-border activities and the treatment of special purpose entities.
  - Examination of themes and challenges emerging from developments in the global economy and their impact on compilation work.
- Integration:
  - Exercises geared to integrate data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.
  - Exercises demonstrate analytical uses of ESS.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  - Apply knowledge gained in dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues related to balance of payments and IIP statistics.
  - Describe the high-level themes that are being addressed during the current update of BPM6.
  - Identify potential data sources and compilation techniques to be used to improve the coverage in ESS of activities emerging from globalization.
  - Describe the analytical uses of balance of payments and IIP statistics.

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## References

- [In-person 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/2025/bpiips-mce25-19_