National Accounts Statistics - Advanced
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- Session: JV 27.33
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: November 1-12, 2027 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Apply online by August 1, 2027
Course description and scope
- The course covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA).
- Format: Lectures covering advanced methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises.
- Main aim: To train participants in developing and using advanced compilation techniques in areas including supply and use tables (SUT), input-output tables, and price and volume measures of the SNA.
- Emphasis on how the SNA can be extended to address specific user needs using thematic and extended accounts.
- Participants are encouraged to share their country's experience in data collection and compilation.
Main lecture and workshop topics
- Conceptual framework of the SNA
- Estimating output of specific activities
- SUT and input-output tables
- Price and volume measurement, including chain linking
- Inventory valuation adjustment, work-in-progress, and consumption of fixed capital
- Thematic and extended accounts
Learning objectives (upon completion)
- Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA.
- Apply specific techniques to derive value added in special cases.
- Apply the techniques used to balance SUTs.
- Understand the process of converting SUTs to input-output tables.
- Apply the appropriate techniques to derive volume measures of value added and chain linking.
- Understand the principles and practice of estimating consumption of fixed capital.
- Understand the key features of thematic and extended accounts and their use in economic analysis.
Registration note
- Due to the transition to a new IMF course registration system, formal applications for this course cannot be submitted at this time. Interested candidates are requested to submit their details via the "Apply here" mechanism so they can be notified when applications open.
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