Central African Republic Implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
IMF News, May 19, 2025
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- Published: May 19, 2025
Implementation and launch
- Press Release No. 25/153; date: May 19, 2025.
- The Central African Republic launched a new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP)—implementing a key recommendation of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).
- The e-GDDS is described as the first tier of the IMF Data Standards Initiatives that promote transparency as a global public good and encourage countries to voluntarily publish timely data essential for monitoring and analyzing economic performance.
Data coverage published on the NSDP
- The NSDP serves as a one-stop portal for disseminating macroeconomic data compiled by multiple statistical agencies.
- Published data categories include:
- national accounts
- prices
- government operations
- debt
- the monetary and financial sector
- the external sector
Technical assistance and partners
- The NSDP launch was supported by an IMF technical assistance mission financed by the Government of Japan through the Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities (JSA).
- The mission was conducted in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) from May 12 to 16, 2025.
- The mission was hosted by “Institut Centrafricain de Statistique et des Études Économiques et Sociales,” in close collaboration with the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) and the Ministry of Finance and Budget.
- IMF contact listed: PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa; Phone: +1 202 623-7100; Email: MEDIA@IMF.org; @IMFSpokesperson.
Coverage and significance
- With this reform, the Central African Republic will join 75 countries worldwide and 33 countries in Africa using the e-GDDS to disseminate standardized data.
- The launch is presented as a testament to the Central African Republic's commitment to data transparency and statistical development.
IMF statement and next steps
- Mr. Bert Kroese, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, and Director of the IMF’s Statistics Department, described the launch as a major milestone in the Central African Republic’s statistical development.
- The IMF statement expressed that the country would benefit from the improvement in data transparency and that the IMF stood ready to “continue supporting the authorities in further developing their statistical systems.”
Source: IMF press release, May 19, 2025.