## Uganda: Technical Assistance Report - Report on the Quarterly National Accounts Statistics Mission; IMF Country Report No. 17/297, September 2017

_IMF Staff Country Reports, October 6, 2017_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 6, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484321492.002

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### Overview
- This Technical Assistance Report discusses the technical advice and recommendations given by the IMF mission to the authorities of Uganda regarding compilation of quarterly national accounts statistics.
- The report documents recent work to finalize supply and use tables and to incorporate revised source data and methodological improvements into quarterly national accounts.

### Major technical actions reported
- Finalization of the supply and use tables involved:
  - Incorporation of significantly revised source data for a number of industries since November 2013.
  - Changes in the input data resulting from the implementation of methodological improvements.
- The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) made a significant effort to finalize source data and improve coverage of the economy over the past six months, resulting in revised data for a number of industries.

### Data revisions and impact
- Net impact reported:
  - The combined revisions and methodological changes have increased the GDP level by economic activity.
- Revision drivers:
  - Significantly revised industry source data (post-November 2013).
  - Methodological improvements reflected in input data for compilation.

### Scope and subject matter
- Subject areas covered in the report include:
  - Agricultural sector
  - Consumer price indexes
  - Economic sectors
  - Labor
  - National accounts
  - Price indexes
  - Prices
- Keywords appearing in the source include:
  - Agricultural sector, benchmark estimate, Consumer price indexes, CR, GO estimate, GO ratio, GVA estimate, IC estimate, IC price index, ISCR, Price indexes, value indices

*International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. "Uganda: Technical Assistance Report-Report on the Quarterly National Accounts Statistics Mission", IMF Staff Country Reports 2017, 297 (2017).*

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