External sector statistics: current issues and new challenges

IFC Bulletin  |  No 48  | 
28 November 2018
PDF full text
 (18,941kb)
  |  643 pages

Proceedings of the IFC-Central Bank of Armenia Workshop in Dilijan, Armenia, 11-12 June 2018.

Overview of the workshop

External sector statistics: current issues and new challenges
Authors:  Gagik Aghajanyan, Kaushik Jayaram, Margarit Muradyan and Bruno Tissot
pdf version (190kb)

Session 1 - Sources and methods for the compilation of external sector statistics

Compiling external sector statistics: challenges and opportunities
Author:  Kaushik Jayaram
pdf version (449kb)
Business registers as a source for the compilation of External Sector Statistics
Author:  Alexia Vassiades
pdf version (317kb)
Surveys as an important source of information for External Sector Statistics in Central Banks: the case of Armenia
Author:  Diana Afyan
pdf version (398kb)
Compilation of External Sector Statistics: Malaysia's Experience
Author:  Norhayati Razi
pdf version (1316kb)

Session 2 - Data quality issues and improvement initiatives

Accountancy records of companies and reporting for the external statistics needs
Authors:  Jacek Kocerka and Marcin Dwórznik
pdf version (1063kb)
Errors and omissions in Armenia's balance of payments: possible reasons and solutions
Authors:  Mher Barseghyan and Anush Davtyan
pdf version (707kb)
Enhancing internal consistency of Luxembourg External Statistics
Author:  Paul Feuvrier
pdf version (1455kb)
Stock of non-resident owned dwellings in Spain
Authors:  Esther Martín, Elena Nieto and Gregorio Portillo
pdf version (1239kb)

Session 3 - New data sources and techniques

Compilation of e-commerce data for balance of payments statistics
Author:  Lilit Yezekyan
pdf version (930kb)
UAE Balance of payments: challenges and innovative compilation methods
Author:  Abubaker Al Sayari
pdf version (1134kb)
Plastic cards statistics project for capturing tourism statistics
Author:  Abubaker Al Sayari
pdf version (588kb)
An assessment of the existing data collection on financial derivative products
Author:  Hervé Thoumiand
pdf version (365kb)
Changes in the IT landscape of the Deutsche Bundesbank s external sector statistics
Authors:  Joachim Hösch and Jens Walter
pdf version (2285kb)

Session 4 - Specific IIP/BOP measurement issues

Estimation of financial intermediation services indirectly measured in Armenia's external accounts
Author:  Anush Davtyan
pdf version (689kb)
Imputation techniques for the nationality of foreign shareholders in Italian firms
Authors:  Andrea Carboni and Alessandro Moro
pdf version (1922kb)
A method for estimating 'pass-through activities' in official FDI statistics
Author:  Topias Leino
pdf version (354kb)
Estimation of round tripping transactions: the Ukrainian experience
Author:  Olena Syvak
pdf version (873kb)

Session 5 - Global interconnections

Euro area balance of payments and international investment position statistics: present and future
Author:  Nuno Silva
pdf version (296kb)
From balance of payments and international investment position to the rest of the world account: roadmap to Bank of Portugal's experience
Authors:  Rita Pisco, João Falcão Silva and Paula Menezes
pdf version (1189kb)
Sharing of data reported by complex multinational enterprises: a cooperative approach between Deutsche Bundesbank and Bank of France
Authors:  Tatiana Mosquera Yon and Jens Walter
pdf version (687kb)

Session 6 - Measurement and analysis of external risks

Sectoral risk assessment: evidence from Poland
Author:  Natalia Nehrebecka
pdf version (1846kb)
Experience in Chilean FDI measurement: better data for better interpretation
Author:  María Isabel Méndez Ferrada
pdf version (2887kb)
BIS statistics on international debt issuance
Author:  Bruno Tissot
pdf version (696kb)