Republic of South Sudan: Technical Assistance Report-Report on External Sector Statistics Mission
IMF Staff Country Reports, January 17, 2020
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- Published: January 17, 2020
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513526737.002
Mission objective and scope
- Technical Assistance Mission undertaken to support the Bank of South Sudan (BSS) in improving external sector statistics (ESS).
- Publication date: January 17, 2020.
- Pages: 30
- Volume: 2020
- Issue: 010
- Series: Country Report No. 2020/010
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513526737.002
- Stock No: 1SSDEA2020001
- ISBN: 9781513526737
- ISSN: 1934-7685
Key findings and progress
- Recommendations made during the 2018 mission for the recording of oil exports and transactions with Sudan under the Transitional Financial Agreement were implemented by the BSS.
- The mission enhanced inter-agency cooperation by meeting selected public sector bodies and providing an overview of the balance of payments and the data the BSS will request from them.
- Before the end of the mission, requested data from one entity, the Civil Aviation Authority, was provided.
- A work program was developed to conduct a visitor expenditure survey.
- A preliminary International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity template was submitted to IMF’s Statistics Department for review.
Priority recommendations and implementation plan
- The mission recommended a detailed one-year action plan to support progress in the various work areas.
- Several priority recommendations were identified as carrying weight to make headway in improving ESS reliability.
Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)
- Subject: Economic and financial statistics, External debt, External sector statistics, Fiscal accounting and reporting, Foreign aid, Government debt management, Imports, Interest payments, International trade, Public financial management (PFM), Transportation
- Keywords: Africa, balance of payments compiler, bill, BSS compiler, BSS staff, center, CR, External sector statistics, Fiscal accounting and reporting, goods imports, Government debt management, import entry, import invoice, Imports, Interest payments, ISCR
Source: Republic of South Sudan: Technical Assistance Report-Report on External Sector Statistics Mission (IMF Staff Country Reports, January 17, 2020).
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