Rwanda: Technical Assistance Report-Government Finance Statistics

IMF Staff Country Reports, March 28, 2018

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The Technical Assistance Report discusses the findings and recommendations made by the IMF mission to assist authorities in Rwanda in aligning the compilation and dissemination of government finance statistics (GFS) in accordance with the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014.
It was recommended that the Ministry of Finance (MINECOFIN) should officially assign GFS compilation duties to a specific subset of its staff.
The mission believes that it is important for the MINECOFIN to make a “permanent” assignment of GFS compilation and dissemination duties so that the work can evolve systematically.
In the mission’s view, the Macroeconomic Policy Unit appears to be well placed to perform this task. However, the unit should be allocated appropriate resources to take on the responsibility.

Current GFS compilation and dissemination in Rwanda require alignment with the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014.
Lack of a formal, permanent assignment of GFS responsibilities within MINECOFIN undermines systematic evolution of the GFS compilation process.
The Macroeconomic Policy Unit is identified as the most suitable unit within MINECOFIN to perform GFS compilation and dissemination duties, contingent on allocation of appropriate resources.

Officially assign GFS compilation duties to a specific subset of MINECOFIN staff.
Make the assignment of GFS compilation and dissemination duties “permanent” to enable systematic development of the work.
Allocate appropriate resources to the Macroeconomic Policy Unit if it is to take on the responsibility for GFS compilation and dissemination.

Subject: Data dissemination, Economic and financial statistics, Economic classification, Government finance statistics, Integrated financial management information systems, Public financial management (PFM)
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