External debt : Definition, Statistical Coverage and Methodology.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Monetary Fund.

Contributor:

International Working Group on External Debt Statistics.

Series:

Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debts, External--Statistical methods.

Debts, External.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is intended to provide the user of debt statistics with a comparative description fo the statistics collected by the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Bank. It discusses how these statistics are gathered, why they take the form they do, and how they relate to each other.

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""Part I: DEFINING EXTERNAL DEBT""; ""Chapter I: SEEKING A COMMON DEFINITION OF EXTERNAL DEBT""; ""1. THE OBJECTIVE""; ""2. THE ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED""; ""3. RELATING EXTERNAL DEBT TO OTHER STATISTICAL SYSTEMS""; ""Chapter II: THE ""CORE"" DEFINITION OF EXTERNAL DEBT""; ""1. THE PURPOSE OF THE ""CORE"" DEFINITION""; ""2. THE CORE DEFINITION AND ITS INTERPRETATION""; ""3. THE RELATIONSHIP OF PARTICULAR TYPES OF CLAIM TO THE CORE DEFINITION""; ""Chapter III: OUTSTANDING ISSUES""; ""1. GENERAL""; ""2. ISSUES REQUIRING FURTHER CONCEPTUAL WORK""

""3. IMPROVING CONCORDANCE OF DEBT REPORTING""""Part II: Chapter IV: THE BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS' DEBT STATISTICS""; ""1. ORIGINS OF DEBT STATISTICS ACTIVITIES AND METHODS USED""; ""2. RELATIONSHIP TO THE CORE DEFINITION""; ""3. OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTENT""; ""4. SECTORING""; ""The Quarterly System""; ""The Semi-annual System""; ""5. SPECIAL FEATURES""; ""PUBLICATIONS""; ""A. Regular Publications containing Debt Statistics""; ""B. Other Publications containing Debt Statistics""; ""SPECIMEN TABLES""; ""Chapter V: THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND'S DEBT STATISTICS""

""1. ORIGINS OF DEBT STATISTICS ACTIVITIES AND METHODS USED""""2. RELATIONSHIP TO THE CORE DEFINITION""; ""3. OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTENT""; ""4. SECTORING""; ""5. SPECIAL FEATURES""; ""PUBLICATIONS""; ""A. Regular Publications containing Debt Statistics""; ""SPECIMEN TABLES""; ""Chapter VI: THE OECD'S DEBT STATISTICS""; ""1. ORIGINS OF DEBT STATISTICS ACTIVITIES AND METHODS USED""; ""2. RELATIONSHIP TO THE CORE DEFINITION""; ""3. OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTENT""; ""4. SECTORING""; ""5. SPECIAL FEATURES""; ""PUBLICATIONS""; ""A. Regular Publications containing Debt Statistics""

""B. Other Publications containing Debt Statistics""""SPECIMEN TABLES""; ""Chapter VII: THE WORLD BANK'S DEBT STATISTICS""; ""1. ORIGINS OF DEBT STATISTICS ACTIVITIES AND METHODS USED""; ""2. RELATIONSHIP TO THE CORE DEFINITION""; ""3. OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTENT""; ""4. SECTORING""; ""5. SPECIAL FEATURES""; ""PUBLICATIONS""; ""A. Regular Publications containing Debt Statistics""; ""SPECIMEN TABLES""; ""SYNOPTIC TABLES""; ""APPENDICES""; ""1. Special Cases in the Application of the Residency Criterion""; ""2. Text on Residency in the BOP Manual""; ""3. List of IMF Facilities""

""4. Balance-of-Payments Presentation of Arrears and Debt Reorganization"" ""5. Note on Paris Club and Similar Arrangements""; ""6. List of BIS ""Reporting Centres""""; ""7. Analytical Country Groupings Used by Different Organizations""; ""8. Forms Used in the OECD's Creditor Reporting System""; ""9. Forms Used in the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System""; ""GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED""; ""ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9786613845979

9781455225705

1455225703

9781455246755

1455246751

9781283533522

1283533529

9781455259793

1455259799