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Balance of payments - Intermediate course


Balance of payments 

(Intermediate course)

Course Leader

Veronique Genre

Target Group

Staff members in the field of National Accounts (NA) and Balance of Payment (BoP) departments in National Statistical Offices and National Banks.

Entry Qualifications
  • Sound command of English. Participants should be able to make short interventions and to actively participate in discussions

  • Basic knowledge of Economics and Statistics

Objective(s)

The seminar is intended for statisticians or economists dealing with the elaboration or the use of balance of payments or other external statistics, who wish to enhance the analysis of economic globalisation. 

It aims at providing an in-depth introduction to the elaboration and use of Balance of Payment statistics on: trade in goods, services, financial flows, and IIP statistics

Contents

The course will aim at providing participants with advanced knowledge and classifications regarding:

  • Goods and services account 

  • Primary income account

  • Secondary income account

  • Capital account

  • Putting all accounts together – complete balance of payments, errors and omissions 

  • International investment position and financial account 

  • Compiling aggregates for currency unions and economic union

  • Main data sources and data compilation issues

  • Data quality issues: quality report, consistency with the national accounts, bilateral asymmetries with partner statistics (intra-EU, external)

  • Economic analysis of BoP statistics:  trade in value added, measurement of Global value chain; CO2 content in trade, effect of pandemics

Expected Outcome

Participants will acquire an intermediate knowledge of the overall framework and main items in the elaboration of BoP data, articulation with national accounts, and main usages of BoP and IIP data for economic analysis

Training MethodsFormal presentation, practical exercises, roundtable, workshops


 

Required Reading 

None

Suggested Reading
Required PreparationNone
Trainer(s)/
Lecturer(s)

Ms Veronique Genre (independent expert)

Mr Antoine Lalliard (independent expert)

Ms Barbara Castelletti Font (independent expert)

Ms Camille Lafond Makris (independent expert)

Mr Fabrice Bidaud (independent expert)

Mr Olivier Chatal (independent expert)

 

Practical Information

When

Duration

Where

Organiser

Application via National Contact Point

10–11.02.2025

2 days

Paris, France

ICON INSTITUT Public Sector GmbH

Deadline: 22.11.2024