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  "title": "Gabon Implements the International Monetary Fund's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System",
  "publication": "IMF News, October 29, 2019",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 19/388 dated October 29, 2019.",
  "publishDate": "2019-10-29",
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      "heading": "Key actions and implementation details",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 19/388 dated October 29, 2019.\n- Gabon launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP) to implement recommendations of the IMF’s enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e‑GDDS).\n- The NSDP:\n  - Serves as a one-stop publication vehicle for essential macroeconomic data in both human and machine-readable formats.\n  - Is hosted by the National Statistics Office of Gabon on its website, utilizing the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX).\n  - Is accessible on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board.\n  - Contains links to statistics published by official data producers: the Central Bank for Central African States, the National Statistics Office, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance."
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    {
      "heading": "Purpose and expected benefits",
      "content": "- The e‑GDDS was endorsed by the IMF’s Executive Board in May 2015 to support:\n  - improved data transparency,\n  - encouragement of statistical development,\n  - creation of synergies between data dissemination and surveillance.\n- Publication of essential macroeconomic data through the NSDP will:\n  - provide national policy makers and domestic and international stakeholders, including investors and rating agencies, with easy access to information critical for monitoring economic conditions and policies;\n  - make information easily accessible in both human and machine-readable formats, allowing users to have simultaneous access to timely data and bringing greater data transparency."
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      "heading": "Institutional recognition and commentary",
      "content": "- Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, and Director of the IMF’s Statistics Department, stated: “I congratulate the authorities for the launch of the NSDP, an important step forward in data dissemination. I am confident that Gabon will benefit from using the e‑GDDS as a framework for further development of its statistical system.”"
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      "content": "- IMF Communications Department\n- MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: Gabon Implements the International Monetary Fund's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System — Press Release No. 19/388 (October 29, 2019).\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Gabon and the IMF\n- IMF Borrowing Arrangements: GAB and NAB -- A Factsheet\n- General Data Dissemination System\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- IMF’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2019/10/29/pr19388-gabon-implements-the-international-monetary-funds-enhanced-general-data-dissemination-system"
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