## The Gambia: 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, December 1, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 1, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451815450.002

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### Executive summary
- This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module provides an assessment of The Gambia’s macroeconomic statistics against the recommendations of the General Data Dissemination System.
- The assessment is complemented by an assessment of data quality based on the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework, July 2003.
- The assessment reveals that the legal framework for statistical activity in The Gambia is broadly adequate.
- Further legislative effort is under way to promote greater autonomy or authority of some statistical agencies.
- Publication date: December 1, 2005.

### Major findings and analytical scope
- Scope:
  - Assessment framework: General Data Dissemination System recommendations.
  - Data quality benchmark: IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework, July 2003.
- Key finding:
  - Legal framework for statistical activity in The Gambia is broadly adequate.
- Ongoing action:
  - Further legislative effort is under way to promote greater autonomy or authority of some statistical agencies.

### Coverage: subject areas and keywords
- Subject areas:
  - Balance of payments statistics
  - Commercial banks
  - Data collection
  - Economic and financial statistics
  - Financial institutions
  - Government finance statistics
  - Monetary statistics
- Keywords (as listed):
  - balance of payments
  - balance of payments statistics
  - Balance of payments statistics
  - CBG
  - CBG website
  - central government
  - Commercial banks
  - CR
  - Data collection
  - Gambia
  - Government finance statistics
  - information
  - internal audit
  - ISCR
  - Monetary statistics
  - ROSC report
  - West Africa

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- **Data Quality Assessment Framework, July 2003—Summary Results**
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