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  "title": "Namibia: Technical Assistance Report-The National Accounts Mission",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, May 30, 2018",
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  "summary": "This Technical Assistance report discusses the recommendations made by the IMF mission to support the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) in improving national accounts statistics for decision making.",
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      "heading": "Overview and purpose",
      "content": "- Discusses the recommendations made by the IMF mission to support the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) in improving national accounts statistics for decision making.\n- At present, NSA produces quarterly estimates of GDP in constant prices using a variety of indicators, some of which are sub-optimal.\n- The IMF mission worked with the national accounts team to identify appropriate data for industries where value-added tax turnover would not be usable."
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      "heading": "Industry-specific guidance and data issues",
      "content": "- For industries where value-added tax turnover would not be usable, the mission identified appropriate alternative data sources and indicators.\n- For the insurance industry:\n  - The IMF mission described the conceptual framework.\n  - The mission suggested possible data for compiling national accounts estimates.\n  - The NSA will work with the insurance regulator to discover what data can be made available."
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      "heading": "Key findings and observations",
      "content": "- NSA currently produces quarterly GDP estimates in constant prices using a variety of indicators; some indicators are sub-optimal.\n- Value-added tax turnover is not usable for certain industries, requiring alternative data identification.\n- The insurance industry requires conceptual clarification and identification of feasible data sources in collaboration with the insurance regulator."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Labor, National accounts, Taxes, Value-added tax\n- Keywords: Africa, CR, data, data supply, industry coding, ISCR, non-anonymized data, NSA, turnover data, turnover datum, Value-added tax\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Country Report\n  - Country Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Country Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: May 30, 2018",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484358917.002",
    "Discusses the recommendations made by the IMF mission to support the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) in improving national accounts statistics for decision making.",
    "At present, NSA produces quarterly estimates of GDP in constant prices using a variety of indicators, some of which are sub-optimal.",
    "The IMF mission worked with the national accounts team to identify appropriate data for industries where value-added tax turnover would not be usable.",
    "For industries where value-added tax turnover would not be usable, the mission identified appropriate alternative data sources and indicators.",
    "For the insurance industry:",
    "NSA currently produces quarterly GDP estimates in constant prices using a variety of indicators; some indicators are sub-optimal.",
    "The insurance industry requires conceptual clarification and identification of feasible data sources in collaboration with the insurance regulator.",
    "Subject: Labor, National accounts, Taxes, Value-added tax",
    "Keywords: Africa, CR, data, data supply, industry coding, ISCR, non-anonymized data, NSA, turnover data, turnover datum, Value-added tax",
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