Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics - Intermediate
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- Session: HQ 26.06
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: May 26, 2026 - June 12, 2026 (3 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience
- Officials responsible for the compilation of external sector statistics (ESS) - Balance of Payments (BOP) and/or International Investment Position (IIP) statistics - who possess knowledge and experience in applying internationally accepted standards for these macroeconomic statistics.
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 Online Balance of Payment and International Investment Position (BOP-IIPx) course.
Course description and content focus
- Aim: Provide a deep understanding of the concepts, data sources and compilation techniques for BOP and IIP statistics.
- Methodological framework: Application in accordance with the recently updated Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Seventh Edition (BPM7).
- Level: Intermediate; presupposes participants' familiarity with the basic concepts.
- Instructional format:
- Series of lectures and workshops analyzing country cases with a strong data component.
- Designed to allow peer learning and sharing of experiences.
- The course acknowledges and addresses challenges in compiling data in emerging areas of user interest, including:
- Identification of goods traded within global manufacturing arrangements.
- Digital trade.
- Examination of themes and challenges emerging from developments in the global economy, with opportunities to discuss impacts on compilation work.
- Specific exercises are geared to:
- Integrate data compilation with Fund surveillance and policy advice.
- Demonstrate the analytical uses of ESS.
Course objectives
- Apply knowledge gained in dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues related to BOP and IIP statistics.
- 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 BOP and IIP statistics.
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