Nepal has implemented the recommendations of the Enhanced General Data
Dissemination System (e-GDDS)—endorsed by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Executive Board in May 2015—by publishing critical data through an
upgraded version of the National Summary Data Page (NSDP). The new version
of the NSDP will continue to be posted on Nepal Rastra Bank’s website,
utilizing the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX), and is
accessible on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board, at
http://dsbb.imf.org. The NSDP contains links to statistics published by
official data producers, namely the Nepal Rastra Bank, the Central Bureau
of Statistics, and the Financial Comptroller General Office in the Ministry
of Finance. The page aims to serve as a one-stop publication vehicle for
essential macroeconomic data—in both human and machine-readable formats.
Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the new version of the
NSDP will provide national policy makers and domestic and international stakeholders,
including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information that the
IMF’s Executive Board has identified as critical for monitoring economic conditions and
policies. Making this information easily accessible in both human and machine-readable formats,
and according to an Advance Release Calendar, will allow all users to have simultaneous
access to timely data and will bring greater data transparency.
Louis Marc Ducharme, Director of the IMF’s Statistics Department, welcomed
this major milestone in the country’s statistical development. “I am confident that
Nepal will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further development of its
statistical system.”
Background
The e-GDDS was established by the IMF’s Executive Board in May 2015 to
support improved data transparency, encourage statistical development, and help
create synergies between data dissemination and surveillance. The e-GDDS supersedes the
GDDS, which was established in 1997.
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