Course information

• Course title: Public sector debt statistics
• Course dates: 15/04/2013 - 26/04/2013
• Course language: English Français
• Course agency: IMF
• Course country: Tunisia
• Course city: Tunis

Course description

Officials whose main responsibility is compiling public sector debt statistics. Participants should have a degree in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience.

This workshop (convened under the JPA) focuses on the conceptual framework of public sector Debt Statistics Guide, as well as on the practical aspects of public sector debt data compilation. Basic concepts, accounting principles, and detailed classifications are dealt with in the context of the methodology that is harmonized with the government finance statistics and system of national accounts. The workshop examines a coverage and accounting rules of the public sector debt statistics framework, valuation, classification, selected methodological issues, and the sources and methods used for compiling the statistics. It also covers debt data reporting to the IMF and World Bank. The workshop is organized around a series of case studies.