National Accounts Statistics

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• Session: SA 24.29
• Location: New Delhi, India
• Dates: July 22-26, 2024 (1 week)
• Delivery method: In-person Training
• Primary language: English

Overview and Logistics

• Event: National Accounts Statistics training workshop (Session No.: SA 24.29).
• Location: New Delhi, India.
• Date: July 22-26, 2024 (1 week).
• Delivery Method: In-person Training.
• Primary Language: English.
• Presenters: Experts from the International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department and a representative from India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Target Audience and Qualifications

• Target Audience:
  • Indian subnational government officials who are integrally involved in the compilation of and dissemination of gross state domestic product statistics (GSDP).
• Qualifications:
  • Participants are expected to have a bachelor's degree, with backgrounds in economics, accounting, or related fields.

Course Description — Scope and Topics

• Frameworks and manuals:
  • Based on the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA) and the Quarterly National Accounts Manual, 2017.
• Topics covered:
  • (1) National accounts concepts and methods from the perspective of GSDP.
  • (2) Data sources and indicators (annual and quarterly), including use of benchmarking techniques.
  • (3) Price and volume measures.
  • (4) Fundamental aspects of state/regional economic accounts.
• Pedagogy:
  • Interactive lectures and hands-on exercises designed to enable participants to operationalize learning.

Course Objectives — Expected Competencies on Completion

• Participants should be able to:
  • (i) Describe fundamental aspects of a national accounts statistical system that is highly aligned with the international standard.
  • (ii) Compile gross domestic product (GDP) estimates by economic activity and by expenditure from state perspective.
  • (iii) Highlight similarities and differences between processes for estimating GDP and GSDP.
  • (iv) Know how to identify statistically high-quality indicator series for estimating GDP and GSDP.
  • (v) Compile GDP and GSDP volume measures: using double deflation; volume extrapolation; and single extrapolation.
  • (vi) Know topical areas where India plans to improve its estimates of GSDP.

References

• In-person Training
• Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)
• Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
• Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
• Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)
• Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)