Bangladesh: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module
IMF Staff Country Reports, December 8, 2005
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Bibliographic details
- Published: December 8, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804188.002
Summary assessment
- The Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) data module assesses Bangladesh’s macroeconomic statistics against the recommendations of the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS).
- The assessment is complemented by an assessment of data quality based on the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework.
- With some exceptions, the coverage, periodicity, and timeliness of macroeconomic statistics meet the GDDS recommendations.
- Guided by GDDS plans for improvement, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Finance, and the Bangladesh Bank have demonstrated commitment to continuously improve the compilation and dissemination of macroeconomic statistics.
Major findings
- Coverage, periodicity, and timeliness: With some exceptions, these aspects of macroeconomic statistics meet GDDS recommendations.
- Data quality: Assessed using the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (details in the full ROSC data module).
- Institutional commitment: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, and Bangladesh Bank show demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement guided by GDDS plans.
Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Balance of payments statistics, Banking, Data collection, Economic and financial statistics, Government finance statistics, Monetary statistics, National accounts
- Keywords: accounting practice, balance of payments data, Balance of payments statistics, bank depository corporation, BBS official, BBS staff safeguard data confidentiality, CR, data, Data collection, government finance statistics, Government finance statistics, ISCR, Monetary statistics