High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports

Zimbabwe: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics

By Andrew Kitili, David S Bailey

June 4, 2025

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Andrew Kitili, and David S Bailey. "Zimbabwe: Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics", High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Reports 2025, 022 (2025), accessed July 19, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229012362.029

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Summary

In February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the Republic of Zimbabwe against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The assessment was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt statistics in selected African countries, funded by the Government of Japan. The assessment 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 the Republic of Zimbabwe.

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 debt management, Government finance statistics, Issued debt securities, JSA, PSDS compilation, PSDS of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Public Debt, Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS), Securities, Zimbabwe

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