## External Debt Statistics

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [External Debt Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2024/edsst24-05)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 24.05
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: March 4-13, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Blended Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training program and target audience
- Training Program: External Debt Statistics (EDS)
- Session No.: ST 24.05
- Delivery Method: Blended Training
- Primary Language: English
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Date: March 4-13, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Target Audience: Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of external debt and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.

### Qualifications for participants
- Expected educational background: degree in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Required technical background: basic knowledge of international accounts concepts.
- Work experience: minimum of one year of experience in compiling external debt statistics (EDS) or IIP statistics.

### Course description and content
- Presented by the IMF Statistics Department.
- Objective: Provide 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).
- Instructional format: Series of lectures, practical exercises, and case studies.
- Coverage includes:
  - Recent developments in the global financial market (e.g., process of disintermediation, moving away from traditional cross-border investment vehicles, etc.) and their effect on EDS compilation.
  - Implementation of the 2013 EDS Guide and ensuring consistency and comparability among external debt statistics and other macroeconomic statistics, namely balance of payments, IIP, government finance statistics, and national accounts.
  - Data dissemination and requirements of the World Bank’s Quarterly External Debt Statistics (QEDS) database.
  - Practical compilation guidance on data sources and techniques for compiling EDS, as well as analysis of these data, taking into account relevant developments in the global financial market.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe recent developments that affect EDS.
- Apply the conceptual framework for the compilation of EDS following the 2013 EDS Guide.
- Identify data gaps and set up a strategy for improving the EDS compilation.
- Describe linkages of EDS with other macroeconomic datasets.

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## References

- [Blended Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Climate in Macroeconomic Framework (CMF)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/cmfat26-22)
- [Big Data for Macroeconomic Statistics (BDMS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/bdmsat26-27)
- [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/fdfiat26-24)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2024/edsst24-05_