## Hungary: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module—Substantive Update on the Government Finance Statistics

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 9, 2004_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 9, 2004
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451817997.002

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### Executive summary
- Provides a substantive update on the assessment of Hungary’s government finance statistics against the Special Data Dissemination Standard.
- Assessment is complemented by an assessment of data quality using the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework.
- Significant improvements have been made addressing shortcomings identified in the original ROSC data module.
- Improvements relate mainly to:
  - institutional coverage of general government;
  - consolidation of data;
  - progress toward adoption of the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 framework.

### Major findings
- Significant improvements in government finance statistics since the original ROSC data module.
- Main areas of progress:
  - Institutional coverage of general government.
  - Consolidation of data.
  - Movement toward full adoption of Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001.

### Analytical frameworks used
- Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) used for assessment of Hungary’s government finance statistics.
- IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework used to complement the SDDS assessment.
- Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 provides the target framework toward which progress has been made.

### Policy-relevant implications and emphasis
- Continued efforts to complete adoption of the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 framework are implied.
- Ongoing consolidation and broadened institutional coverage of general government are priorities for data quality and comparability.

### Publication metadata and key statistics
- Publication title: Hungary: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module—Substantive Update on the Government Finance Statistics
- Publication date: July 9, 2004
- Series: Country Report No. 2004/192
- Issue: 192
- Volume: 2004
- Pages: 44
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451817997.002
- Stock No: 1HUNEA0052004
- ISBN: 9781451817997
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Example citation format provided: International Monetary Fund. "Hungary: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module—Substantive Update on the Government Finance Statistics", IMF Staff Country Reports 2004, 192 (2004), accessed 9/13/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451817997.002

### Subjects and keywords
- Subjects:
  - Budget execution and treasury management
  - Economic and financial statistics
  - Fiscal accounting and reporting
  - Government finance statistics
  - Legal support in revenue administration
  - Public debt
  - Public financial management (PFM)
  - Revenue administration
- Keywords:
  - Budget execution and treasury management
  - CR
  - data
  - execution data
  - financing data
  - Fiscal accounting and reporting
  - Government finance statistics
  - IMF mission
  - ISCR
  - Legal support in revenue administration
  - public finance data
  - publication
  - treasury information system

*Source: Hungary: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module—Substantive Update on the Government Finance Statistics, IMF Staff Country Reports (2004/192).*

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