A technical assistance mission assisted the Bureau of National Statistics under the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan in developing quarterly national accounts. It did so by reviewing existing large statistical discrepancies between GDP by production and GDP...

The 2024 Annual Report of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics (the Committee) provides an overview of recent trends in global balance of payments and international investment position statistics on selected components, particularly cross-border trade, travel, transport, and...

This technical assistance (TA) mission on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) was conducted in Brazil during August 5-16, 2024. The primary objective of the mission was to assist the authorities in their efforts to enhance data quality and strengthen the...

As part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on External Sector Statistics (ESS) a technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Saint Lucia during October 28-November 1, 2024. The mission focused on data...

A technical assistance (TA) mission was delivered virtually to Statistics South Africa between February 13-17, 2025. The objective of the mission was to provide assistance to Statistics South Africa in the validation and release of the energy accounts for 2015-21 that had been compiled by...

This report discusses the findings and recommendations of a diagnostic assessment of the quality of public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Malawi based on the IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework for PSDS. The assessment was undertaken in February 2025 as part of a project to strengthen the...

The Samoan authorities have expressed strong interest in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to improve macroeconomic projections for policy purposes. The mission worked with Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) staff to assess and adjust the Household Income and Expenditure Survey data; compile...

A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Statistics Department (SD) of Montserrat during October 14-25, 2024, as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on ESS. The mission focused on assisting the SD in...

Effective cash management is essential for enhancing fiscal discipline in Zambia, yet it faces significant challenges. With programmatic capacity development support from the IMF the authorities are making progress in improving institutional arrangements and strengthening capacity and technical...

This report discusses the findings and recommendations of the 2025 assessment of the data quality of the public debt statistics of Zimbabwe against the IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF). The assessment was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector...