## Albania: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework

_IMF Staff Country Reports, October 31, 2006_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 31, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800883.002

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### Executive summary
- Albania was among the first countries to participate in the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), posting its metadata on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board.
- Albania’s GDDS metadata have been used as a model by other countries participating in the GDDS.
- Key recommendations to increase Albania’s adherence to internationally accepted statistical practices and enhance the analytical usefulness of its statistics include:
  - additional staff resources;
  - expanding and improving surveys;
  - implementing measures to minimize errors in commercial banks’ reporting; and
  - speeding up processes in addressing these errors.

### Major thematic findings
- Participation and metadata:
  - Early participation in the GDDS and posting of metadata on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board.
  - Metadata recognized and reused by other GDDS-participating countries.
- Quality and analytical usefulness:
  - Need for additional staff resources to improve statistical production and quality.
  - Surveys require expansion and improvement to enhance coverage and analytical usefulness.
- Financial sector data issues:
  - Commercial banks’ reporting contains errors that require measures to minimize their occurrence.
  - Processes to identify and address these errors should be accelerated.

### Subjects and keywords (as given)
- Subject: Balance of payments statistics, Data collection, Economic and financial statistics, Government finance statistics, Monetary statistics, National accounts
- Keywords: balance of payments, Balance of payments statistics, BoA website, CR, Data collection, enterprise, enterprises quarterly, Europe, Government finance statistics, hard copy, INSTAT staff, ISCR, Monetary statistics, revision policy

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