Pakistan Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System
IMF News, January 15, 2019
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- Published: January 15, 2019
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- Press Release No. 19/03
- January 15, 2019
- IMF Communications Department
- MEDIA RELATIONS — PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
Overview
- Pakistan has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP).
- The e-GDDS was established by the IMF in 2015 to support improved data transparency, encourage statistical development, and help create synergies between data dissemination and surveillance.
- The NSDP functions as a national “data portal” and a one-stop publication vehicle for essential macroeconomic data.
Implementation details
- The NSDP is hosted by Pakistan’s Bureau of Statistics, utilizing the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX).
- A link to Pakistan’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).
- The NSDP contains links to statistics published by:
- the Ministry of Finance,
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, and
- the State Bank of Pakistan.
Data coverage
- The NSDP publishes essential macroeconomic data on:
- national accounts,
- government operations and debt,
- monetary and financial sector, and
- balance of payments,
- among others.
Expected benefits and policy relevance
- Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will provide national policy makers and domestic and international stakeholders, including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies.
- Making this information easily accessible in both human and machine-readable formats will:
- allow users to have simultaneous access to timely data, and
- bring greater data transparency.
- The e-GDDS provides a framework for further development of Pakistan’s statistical system.
Official comment
- Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, and Director of the IMF’s Statistics Department, said:
- “I am confident that Pakistan will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further development of its statistical system.”
Source: IMF Communications Department press release No. 19/03, January 15, 2019.
