## External Debt Statistics (EDSx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [External Debt Statistics (EDSx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/edsxol26-138)

## Other formats

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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

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### 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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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.138S)
- [Tax Regional Workshop on Strategic Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/taxce26-43)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/edsxol26-138_