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  "title": "Introduction to Government Finance Statistics",
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  "summary": "Introduction to Government Finance Statistics Training Program Target Audience The course is aimed at officials working in national statistical institutes, finance ministries or central banks involved in the compilation of fiscal statistics.",
  "publishDate": "2024-05-15",
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      "heading": "Training program",
      "content": "- Target audience: Officials working in national statistical institutes, finance ministries or central banks involved in the compilation of fiscal statistics.\n- Qualifications: No specific qualification required but relevant experience in working with fiscal data is essential.\n- Pre-requisites: Experience of working with and compiling fiscal data is a prerequisite for participation on this course."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description",
      "content": "- Examines the conceptual and practical elements of compiling and disseminating fiscal statistics according to international standards to assess the impact of government activities on a country's economy and to facilitate international comparisons.\n- Focuses on the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) and on practical aspects of data compilation.\n- Discusses the basic concepts, definitions, accounting rules, classifications and presentation tables of the GFS framework.\n- Explains the compilation and dissemination of comprehensive and cross country comparable GFS.\n- Demonstrates how to use GFS to evaluate the impact of government activities on a country's economy."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Participants should be able to:\n- Explain the basic concepts, definitions, and accounting principles in the integrated GFS framework.\n- Classify basic government flows and stock positions according to GFSM 2014.\n- Apply the general principles to classify an entity in the public sector and in relevant subsectors, such as the general government and public corporations.\n- Record the fiscal flows and stocks associated with the activities of public sector entities, following the GFSM 2014 guidelines and classifications.\n- Explain how the main GFS aggregates and analytical balances are calculated, and what they show about the government's impact on the economy.\n- Recognize the value of comprehensive, consistent, and internationally comparable GFS, and the use of the key GFS indicators in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of fiscal policy."
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    "Target audience: Officials working in national statistical institutes, finance ministries or central banks involved in the compilation of fiscal statistics.",
    "Qualifications: No specific qualification required but relevant experience in working with fiscal data is essential.",
    "Pre-requisites: Experience of working with and compiling fiscal data is a prerequisite for participation on this course.",
    "Examines the conceptual and practical elements of compiling and disseminating fiscal statistics according to international standards to assess the impact of government activities on a country's economy and to facilitate international comparisons.",
    "Focuses on the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) and on practical aspects of data compilation.",
    "Discusses the basic concepts, definitions, accounting rules, classifications and presentation tables of the GFS framework.",
    "Explains the compilation and dissemination of comprehensive and cross country comparable GFS.",
    "Demonstrates how to use GFS to evaluate the impact of government activities on a country's economy.",
    "Explain the basic concepts, definitions, and accounting principles in the integrated GFS framework.",
    "Classify basic government flows and stock positions according to GFSM 2014.",
    "Apply the general principles to classify an entity in the public sector and in relevant subsectors, such as the general government and public corporations.",
    "Record the fiscal flows and stocks associated with the activities of public sector entities, following the GFSM 2014 guidelines and classifications.",
    "Explain how the main GFS aggregates and analytical balances are calculated, and what they show about the government's impact on the economy.",
    "Recognize the value of comprehensive, consistent, and internationally comparable GFS, and the use of the key GFS indicators in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of fiscal policy."
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