Kingdom of Lesotho: Technical Assistance Report-Government Finance Statistics

IMF Staff Country Reports, December 16, 2020

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Canonical URL: Kingdom of Lesotho: Technical Assistance Report-Government Finance Statistics

A government finance statistics (GFS) mission visited Maseru, Lesotho, during January 20–31, 2020.
The mission was the last in a series of five consecutive technical assistance (TA) missions to Lesotho under the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) Enhanced Data Dissemination Initiative (EDDI) 2 project.
The EDDI 2 project is a five-year project that started in 2015.

Foster compilation and dissemination of GFS and public sector debt statistics (PSDS) consistent with international methodological standards.
Work program milestones identified:
- Enhancement of classification of transactions in fiscal accounts.
- Expansion of the institutional coverage of data to include all significant general government units by the end of the project.

Subjects: Data collection; Economic and financial statistics; Economic sectors; Expenditure; Financial statements; Government finance statistics; Public debt; Public financial management (PFM); Public sector.
Keywords present in the source: accounts payable; Africa; CBL match record; compilation file; CR; Data collection; debt Statistics; documenting GFS compilation procedure; Financial statements; GFS dissemination; GFS TA recommendation; GFS work plan; Government finance statistics; ISCR; MOF's Macroeconomic Policy; Public sector; QCBS report; Recording transaction; TA recommendation.