Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate
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- Session: HQ 25.11
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: May 27, 2025 - June 13, 2025 (3 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: 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 scope
- Course level: Intermediate (does not cover basic balance of payments and IIP concepts; presupposes familiarity with basic concepts).
- Presented by: Statistics Department.
- Aims:
- Provide a deep understanding of the concepts, data sources and compilation techniques for balance of payments and IIP statistics and their application in addressing complex methodological issues.
- Elaborate on topics being addressed during the current update of BPM6.
- Format:
- Series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component.
- Designed to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- Emphases and special topics:
- 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.
- Demonstration of the analytical uses of ESS.
Course objectives and 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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