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Data Quality

• European Union and Euro Area Balance of Payments Asymmetries: Reflections on the Work to the Attention of the IMF Committee (BOPCOM-01/5)
• The IMF's Work on Data Quality: An Update (BOPCOM-01/6)
• Assessing Accuracy and Reliability: A Note Based on Approaches Used in National Accounts and Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPCOM-01/6B)
• Data Quality Assessment Framework (BOPCOM-01/7)
• Assessing the quality of the Euro Area BOP/IIP Statistics (This is an update of a paper discussed by the Committee at its 2001 meeting.)
• Proposal for Measurement of Stability as a Quality Indicator (This is an update of a paper that was discussed by the Committee at its 2001 meeting.)
• A Framework for Assessing the Quality of Balance of Payments Statistics: An Initial Response by the United Kingdom (BOPCOM-01/37)
• Quality Report Prepared for the Meeting of the Balance of Payments Working Group (BOPCOM-01/42)

Direct Investment/Reinvested Earnings

• Survey of Implementation of Methodological Standards for Direct Investment (SIMSDI): Progress Report (BOPCOM-01/19B)
• Clarification of Foreign Direct Investment Recommendations (BOPCOM-01/20A)
• Clarification of the Recommended Treatment of Selected Foreign Direct Investment Transactions (BOPCOM-01/20B)
• Transactions with Affiliated Financial Intermediaries (BOPCOM-01/21, excludes appendices and tables)
• Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Affiliates Trade Statistics: Proposal for a Plan of Work and Organisation (BOPCOM-01/39)
• A Practical Guide to Foreign Direct Investment Statistics (BOPCOM-01/43)
• Report on the OECD Workshop on Foreign Direct Investment Statistics (This is an update of a paper that was discussed by the Committee at its 2001 meeting.)

External Debt and International Banking Statistics

• New developments in BIS International Financial Statistics (BOPCOM-01/24)
• Comparison of Creditor and Debtor Data on Short-Term External Debt (BOPCOM-01/25)
• Report on Work Program of Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics and Related Issues (BOPCOM-01/26)

Financial Derivatives

• Classification of Financial Derivatives in Direct Investment Statistics (This is an update of a paper that was discussed by the Committee at its 2001 meeting.)

Implementation of BPM5

• Country Practices in Reporting Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Data to the Fund (BOPCOM-01/35 and attachment)

Investment Income/Accrued Income

• Calculating the Accrual of Interest on Tradable Debt Securities (BOPCOM-01/11)
• Retained Earnings of Mutual Funds (BOPCOM-01/31)

Portfolio Investment

• Report on the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (BOPCOM-01/10)
• Report of the Working Group on Securities Databases (BOPCOM-01/15)

Regional Issues

• Developments in Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics in the European Context (This is an update of a paper that was discussed by the Committee at its 2001 meeting.)

Repurchase Agreements (Repos)

• The Macroeconomic Statistical Treatment of Reverse Transactions (BOPCOM-01/16)
• Working Group on Repurchase Agreements and Securities Lending (BOPCOM-01/17)
• Repo-type Transactions Issue: The French Experience Relating to Stocks (BOPCOM-01/40)

Services

• Inter-Agency Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services: A Status Report (BOPCOM-01/18)
• Report of the Chairman of the Technical Group on Travel to the Balance of Payments Working Group (BOPCOM-01/38)
• Evolution in France of Data Collection for "Travel" in the Prospect of the Monetary Union Cash Changeover (BOPCOM-01/41)

Updating BPM5

• Updating BPM5: Compendium Issues (BOPCOM-01/32)
• Updating BPM5: A Proposal on How to Proceed (BOPCOM-01/33 and attachment)

Uses of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics

• Use of Balance of Payments Statistics (This is an update of a paper that was discussed by the Committee at its 2001 meeting.)
• Use of Balance of Payments Statistics in the United Kingdom (BOPCOM-01/36)

Other Issues

• The Legal Structure, Economic Function, and Statistical Treatment of Trusts (BOPCOM-01/12)
• Note on the Application of the Residence Concept to Small Economies with International Financial Centers (BOPCOM-01/13)
• Mutual Funds and "Fund of Funds": Portfolio Investment or Direct Investment? (BOPCOM-01/22)
• Treatment of Allowances for Loans Losses and Non-Performing Loans (BOPCOM-01/23)
• Harmonised BOP Reporting for Multinationals-Description of the Project and Conclusions at the Attention of the IMF Committee (BOPCOM-01/28)
• New Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and International Accounting Standards (BOPCOM-01/34)