External Debt Statistics (EDSx)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.138
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027
Course logistics and qualifications
- Session No.: OL 26.138
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish
- Qualifications: Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.
- Target Audience:
- This course is for those interested in learning the fundamentals of compiling external accounts—specifically compilation of external debt statistics (EDS) and/or integrated international investment position (IIP) statistics.
- It is a basic-level course laying the foundation for the advanced EDS course.
- It is open to those who compile, or plan to compile, EDS/IIP.
Course description
- The course 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.
- Economic territory, units, institutional sectors, residency.
- Principal accounting rules (including valuation and time of recording) relevant for compilation of the EDS.
- Basic concepts of the debt sustainability analysis framework.
Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the framework for external sector statistics.
- Apply methods for measurement of external debt from the debtor's perspective and their accounting principles.
- Review the presentation of EDS.
- Define the debt reorganization and review the four types of debt reorganization.
- Understand liabilities and contingent liabilities in macroeconomic statistics.
- Comprehend the objective of debt sustainability analysis framework as well as factors that affect an economy's debt sustainability.
Institutional note
- The IMF offers online training to government officials and the public.
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