The mission conducted a diagnostic review of the financial sector oversight capacity and proposed a Technical Assistance Roadmap (TARM) to support the authorities' efforts to strengthen the identification, analysis, and mitigation of risks to financial stability in Nepal. Two modules were...

A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted from July 10 to July 21, 2023, to assist the authorities in Armenia with the development of a Residential Property Price Index (RPPI). Both the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (ArmStat) and the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) fully...

This technical assistance report highlights residential property price index (RPPI) mission in Bangladesh. The authorities should compile an experimental RPPI for Dhaka using a single preferred method that follows international best practice. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) should implement the...

The paper develops and assesses options to improve public debt transparency. It first makes the case, both conceptually and empirically, for greater public debt transparency. To guide the development and assessment of options, it examines the factors hindering transparency, including capacity...

This technical assistant report on South Africa focuses on monetary and financial statistics (duty station-based) mission. The mission developed bridge tables from the source data of money market funds (MMFs), the Land Bank, and Ithala SOC to 2SR. The mission estimated that reclassifying the...

This technical assistance report on Suriname highlights proceedings of the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) mission. The authorities have partially followed the recommendations from previous mission that took place in April 2022. While there has been significant progress in below-the-line...

This paper presents the technical assistance report on remote national accounts mission in St. Lucia. The improved estimates will improve the understanding of the Saint Lucia economy, notably the needs of the Ministry of Finance for more robust and timely national accounts statistics. This...

This paper presents technical assistance report on National Accounts Statistics mission in Botswana. The mission reviewed and suggested updates of two strategic documents pertaining to the rebase with the national accounts team. The first document broadly outlined the main objectives of a rebase...

The 2022 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 this occasion with special emphasis on the significant effects of the pandemic on...

The BOPS Yearbook, usually published in December, contains balance of payments statistics for most of the world, compiled in accordance with the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual. Part 1 includes aggregate as well as detailed information in the form of analytical and standard component...