Cover IMF Working Papers
The Identification of Capital Transfers in the Balance of Payments
Author:
Mr. Jack Bamenull

Search for other papers by Mr. Jack Bame in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMedClose
Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1995: Issue 093
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Sep 1995
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451951226.001
ISBN:
9781451951226
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
20
Keywords:
WP; balance of payments; migrant; asset; migrants' transfer; capital account
Legal-disclaimer:
IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
Download PDF (1.2 MB) Download Epub
The separate identification of current and capital transfers was introduced for the first time in the fifth edition of the Fund’s Balance of Payments Manual (Manual), thus harmonizing with the treatment of transfers in the 1993 System of National Accounts (1993 SNA). Capital transfers are now recorded in the capital account component of the balance of payments and include debt forgiveness, migrants’ transfers, and other transfers, of which investment grants is a significant category. This paper presents the criteria for defining capital transfers and provides sources and methods of compilation, and examples of treatment, as illustrated in the Fund’s Balance of Payments Compilation Guide and Balance of Payments Textbook.
  • Collapse
  • Expand
Cover IMF Working Papers
IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Volume 1995: Issue 093