Fiji Implements the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System
IMF News, September 13, 2018
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- Published: September 13, 2018
Launch of the National Summary Data Page (NSDP)
- Press Release No. 18/347 dated September 13, 2018.
- Fiji has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP) in implementing the recommendations of the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).
- Fiji is among the first wave of countries in the Pacific region to implement the e-GDDS.
Technical implementation and hosting
- The NSDP is hosted by the Reserve Bank of Fiji on its website.
- The NSDP utilizes the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange.
- A link to Fiji’s NSDP is available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) at https://dsbb.imf.org.
Purpose, coverage, and accessibility
- The NSDP is a national “data portal” that serves as a one-stop vehicle for publishing essential macroeconomic data in both human and machine-readable formats.
- Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will provide national policy makers, a broad range of 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 simultaneously available to all users will bring greater data transparency.
Institutional roles and statements
- Senior officials of all three agencies in Fiji responsible for macroeconomic data dissemination highlighted benefits:
- Mr. Ali, Governor of Reserve Bank of Fiji;
- Ms. Konrote, the Permanent Secretary for Economy;
- Mr. Waqavonovono, Government Statistician.
- Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer of the IMF, stated: “I congratulate the authorities of Fiji for the launch of the NSDP, an important step forward in data dissemination. I am confident that Fiji will benefit from using the e-GDDS as a framework for further development of its statistical system.”
- Media relations contact listed: PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa; Phone: +1 202 623-7100; Email: MEDIA@IMF.org.
Background on the e-GDDS
- The e-GDDS was endorsed 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 short video provides a broad overview of the benefits of the e-GDDS.
Source: Press Release No. 18/347, IMF Communications Department (September 13, 2018).