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  "title": "Virtual : Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate (BPIIPS-M)",
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  "summary": "Back to top Virtual : Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate (BPIIPS-M) Invitation Session No.",
  "publishDate": "2023-04-21",
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      "heading": "Invitation and Logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: CT 22.19 V\n- Location: Beijing, China\n- Date: November 7-18, 2022 (2 weeks)\n- Delivery Method: Virtual Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Interpretation Language: Chinese"
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      "heading": "Qualifications and Target Audience",
      "content": "- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are 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 (BPSCG) course.\n- Target audience:\n  - Officials responsible for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) (balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP)) statistics.\n  - Familiarity with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics Manual, sixth edition (BPM6) is required."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Description",
      "content": "- Duration and level:\n  - A two-week intermediate regional course targeting compilers with some experience in compilation of balance of payments and/or IIP.\n  - The course does not cover basic concepts; the intermediate level presupposes participants' familiarity with basic concepts.\n- Recommended preparatory material:\n  - It is highly recommended to complete the balance of payments/IIP online course (OL21.139) to review or learn the balance of payments/IIP basic concepts.\n- Instructional format:\n  - Series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.\n- Emphases and specific topics:\n  - Estimating informal cross border activities.\n  - Treatment of special purpose entities.\n  - Themes and challenges emerging from developments in the global economy and their impact on compilation work.\n  - Exercises geared to integrating data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.\n  - Demonstrating the analytical uses of ESS."
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      "heading": "Course Objectives",
      "content": "- Upon completion, participants should be able to:\n  - Apply knowledge gained in dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues related to balance of payments and IIP statistics.\n  - Describe the high-level themes that are being addressed during the current update of BPM6.\n  - Identify potential data sources and compilation techniques to be used to improve the coverage in ESS of activities emerging from globalization.\n  - Describe the analytical uses of balance of payments and IIP statistics."
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