External Debt Statistics (EDSx)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.150
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Course logistics and qualifications
- Session No.: OL 24.150
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Qualifications: Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful. Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.
Target audience
- The course is for those interested in learning the fundamentals of compiling international accounts—specifically compilation of external debt statistics (EDS) and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.
- It is a basic-level course laying the foundation for the face-to-face EDS course.
- It is open to those who compile, or plan to compile, EDS/IIP and to the general public.
Course description
- The course, presented by the Statistics Department, is intended to provide participants with a thorough understanding of the international standards for the compilation of EDS presented in the 2013 EDS: Guide for Compilers and Users (2013 EDS Guide).
- Coverage includes:
- Basic concepts, definitions, and classifications relevant to EDS.
- Principal accounting rules, including valuation and time of recording, relevant for compilation of the EDS.
- Briefing on basic concepts of the debt sustainability analysis framework.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the international accounts framework of external sector statistics.
- Apply the methods for the measurement of external debt from the viewpoint of the debtor and their accounting principles.
- Review the presentation of EDS.
- Define the debt reorganization and review the four types of debt reorganization.
- Comprehend the objective of debt sustainability analysis framework as well as factors that affect economy’s debt sustainability.
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