Niger: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module, Response by the Authorities, Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF)

IMF Staff Country Reports, June 23, 2006

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Niger’s overall macroeconomic statistics present a picture of contrasts.
Establishing the National Statistical Institute (INS) and giving it a clear and precise mandate is a step in the right direction.
Accuracy and reliability suffer from the weakness of data sources, notably in national accounts and price statistics.
Niger meets the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) periodicity recommendations but falls below these recommendations for the timeliness of dissemination.
The paper provides a summary of assessment by IMF staff and their recommendations.

Institutional development
- Establishment of the National Statistical Institute (INS) with a clear and precise mandate is a positive institutional step.
Data quality and sources
- Weaknesses in data sources materially affect accuracy and reliability, with particular problems in national accounts and price statistics.
Dissemination practices
- Compliance with GDDS periodicity recommendations is met.
- Timeliness of dissemination is below GDDS recommendations.

Subjects covered include: Balance of payments statistics, Data collection, Economic and financial statistics, Government finance statistics, Monetary statistics, National accounts.
Keywords (as provided): balance of payments data, Balance of payments statistics, balance sheet, contact information, CR, customs statistics, Data collection, Government finance statistics, INS, INS website, ISCR, MEF staff, Monetary statistics, sc, Sub-Saharan Africa, TOFE data, West Africa.