Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate (BPIIPS-M)
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- Session: CT 24.15
- Location: Dalian, China
- Dates: October 21, 2024 - November 1, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese
Invitation and Logistics
- Session No.: CT 24.15
- Location: Dalian, China
- Date: October 21, 2024 - November 1, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Chinese
Qualifications and Target Audience
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics and at least two years of relevant compilation experience, or
- Participants should have completed the Compilation of Balance of Payments Statistics (BPSCG) course.
- Target Audience:
- Officials responsible for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) (balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics), and who are familiar with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).
Course Description
- Presented by the Statistics Department and targeted at compilers with experience in compilation and/or analysis of balance of payments and/or IIP.
- Aims:
- Provide a deep understanding of the concepts, data sources and compilation techniques for balance of payments and IIP statistics.
- Apply these tools to address complex methodological issues.
- Scope and level:
- The course does not cover the basic balance of payments and IIP concepts.
- The intermediate level presupposes participants’ familiarity with the basic concepts.
- Format:
- Series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- Emphases:
- Estimating informal cross border activities.
- Treatment of special purpose entities.
- Themes and challenges emerging from developments in the global economy and their impact on compilation work.
- Integrating data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.
- Demonstrating the analytical uses of ESS.
Course Objectives
- Upon completion of the course, 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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