Zambia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using Data Quality Assessment Framework
IMF Staff Country Reports, February 1, 2005
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- Published: February 1, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451841237.002
Summary assessment and key findings
- The report provides an assessment of Zambia’s macroeconomic statistics against the recommendations of the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), complemented by an assessment of data quality based on the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework.
- Overall conclusion: lack of effective coordination among all statistical producing agencies and users impedes the quality and transparency of statistics.
- No systematic program to assess users’ needs is in place.
- All agencies have limited practices in informing the public of internal government access to statistics before wider data dissemination.
Principal statistical domains covered
- Balance of payments statistics
- Civil society organizations
- Economic and financial statistics
- Economic sectors
- Government finance statistics
- Monetary statistics
- National accounts
Identified weaknesses and transparency issues
- Ineffective coordination across statistical producing agencies and users undermines data quality and transparency.
- Absence of a systematic program to assess users’ needs means user requirements are not systematically identified or addressed.
- Limited practices exist for informing the public of internal government access to statistics prior to wider dissemination.
Keywords and geographic focus
- Subject keywords: Balance of payments statistics, Civil society organizations, Economic and financial statistics, Economic sectors, Government finance statistics, Monetary statistics, National accounts
- Additional keywords: Africa, balance of payments, Balance of payments statistics, benchmark data, central government, Civil society organizations, CR, data, data accessibility, data update, disseminated government finance data, establishments survey, Government finance statistics, hard copy, ISCR, Monetary statistics, Southern Africa
Source: Zambia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using Data Quality Assessment Framework (IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 030).
Content in this bundle
- 1. Data Quality Assessment Framework July 2003—Summary Results