Bolivia: Technical Assistance Report-Quarterly National Accounts Mission (July 21–28, 2025)

Technical Assistance Reports, October 20, 2025

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Canonical URL: Bolivia: Technical Assistance Report-Quarterly National Accounts Mission (July 21–28, 2025)

Mission dates: July 21–28, 2025.
Collaboration timeline: virtual and in-person collaboration from late 2024 and throughout 2025.
Objective: Update the quarterly national accounts to improve the accuracy and timeliness of key economic indicators such as quarterly GDP.
Counterpart: Bolivia’s National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Funding: The mission was funded by the Data for Decision (D4D) Fund.

New base year introduced: 2017.
Compilation framework:
- Developed a new compilation framework aligned with international best practices and the 2017 Quarterly National Accounts Manual guidelines.
- Leveraged the annual accounts infrastructure to implement methodological improvements.
Specific methodological improvement implemented: chain linking.
Scope of assistance: covered all steps from data selection to the analysis of preliminary results.

INE dissemination commitments:
- Continue to release updated statistics during the third quarter of 2025 to inform the public and policymakers about Bolivia’s economic trends.
- Publish methodological notes.
- Publish an advance release calendar.
- Publish a formal revision policy, adhering to international standards for statistical dissemination.
Revision practice: Regular revisions of the latest figures are recognized as a key part of the statistical process.

Bolivia: Technical Assistance Report-Quarterly National Accounts Mission (July 21–28, 2025), October 20, 2025.

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