Malawi: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics
April 9, 2025
Summary
In January/February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Malawi against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The mission was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt in select African countries, funded by the Government of Japan. The mission reviewed the PSDS compilation and dissemination practices against each element of the DQAF and presented a series of recommendations to improve the quality and transparency of the PSDS of Malawi.
Subject: Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF), Economic and financial statistics, Financial institutions, Government debt management, Government finance statistics, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Securities
Keywords: capacity development recipient, Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF), debt data transparency, Debt Reporting, Debt Transparency, government data agency, Government debt management, Government finance statistics, JSA, Malawi, PSDS compilation, PSDS of Malawi, Public Debt, Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS), Securities
Pages:
6
Volume:
2025
DOI:
Issue:
015
Series:
High Level Summary Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/015
Stock No:
HLSEA2025015
ISBN:
9798229006316
ISSN:
2959-4103





