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

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**Canonical URL:** [Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2024/bpiips-mhq24-02)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: HQ 24.02
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: March 4-20, 2024 (3 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Administration and logistics
- Session No.: HQ 24.02
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Date: March 4-20, 2024 (3 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Deadline: Deadline passed

### 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 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 and focus areas
- Presented by the Statistics Department, the course targets compilers with a certain degree of experience in the compilation and/or analysis of balance of payments and/or IIP.
- Course level and prerequisites:
  - Intermediate level that presupposes participants’ familiarity with the basic concepts; the course does not cover the basic balance of payments and IIP concepts.
- Instructional format:
  - A series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- Emphasized topics and methodological challenges:
  - 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.
  - Integration of data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.
  - Analytical uses of ESS.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
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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## 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/hq/2024/bpiips-mhq24-02_