Public Sector Debt Statistics - Advanced (PDS-A)
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- Public Sector Debt Statistics - Advanced (PDS-A)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: HQ 26.03
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: March 2-13, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
- Officials whose main responsibility, for at least three years, has been compiling and disseminating public sector debt statistics (PSDS) and who are regularly faced with more complex PSDS methodological and compilation issues.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, public financial management, statistics or equivalent experience.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants first complete the online Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDSx) or the Public Sector Debt Statistics fundamental (PDS-F) courses.
- Selection will be based on the criteria; if an official successfully completed the PSDSx or PDS-F.
Course description — scope and approach
- Conceptual frameworks used:
- Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014)
- Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (PSDSG)
- Prerequisite familiarity:
- Basic government finance statistics (GFS) and PSDS framework and classification system.
- Emphases:
- Integration of stock positions and flows in the framework.
- Definition of gross and net debt in terms of debt instruments.
- Coverage and sectorization of the public sector, with special attention to borderline and complex cases.
- Valuation of public sector debt statistics.
- Consolidation of public sector debt statistics.
- Cross-cutting complex PSDS issues addressed:
- Government employee pension liabilities
- Standardized guarantee schemes
- Contracts
- Leases
- Licenses
- Public-private partnerships
- Balance sheet approach (BSA) to identify risks and vulnerabilities
- Format:
- Lectures and discussions
Course objectives — competencies on completion
Participants should be able to:
- Apply the general principles in GFSM 2014 and PSDSG 2011 to more complex PSDS issues regarding:
- Concepts and definitions
- Coverage and sectorization
- Valuation
- Consolidation
- Complex cross-cutting issues, explicitly including government employee pension liabilities, standardized guarantee schemes, social protection, contracts, leases, licenses, public-private partnerships, and the balance sheet approach (BSA)
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