Earlier today, July 12, 2017, the authorities of Cameroon began publishing
critical macroeconomic data on the website of the National Institute of
Statistics—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP). This marks the
culmination of efforts conducted over the past year by the principal
statistical agencies working together to publish the data recommended under
the IMF’s enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS), while
utilizing the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) and the Open
Data Platform provided by the African Development Bank. In support of these
efforts, a mission of the IMF’s Statistics Department visited Yaoundé in
April 2016, to assist with the implementation of the e-GDDS.
Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the new 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 in accordance with an
Advance Release Calendar, allows all users to have simultaneous access to
timely data, bringing greater data transparency.
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. A link
to the country’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards
Bulletin Board (DSBB): at
http://dsbb.imf.org.
Watch this short
video
which gives a broad overview of the benefits of the e-GDDS.