Botswana: Technical Assistance Report-Report on the National Accounts Mission
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 11, 2019
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- Published: June 11, 2019
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498318044.002
Summary of mission purpose
- Technical assistance report prepared to assist Statistics Botswana (SB) improve the quality of the national accounts statistics.
- SB is rebasing the annual national accounts to a base year of 2016.
- Expected release date for the rebased annual national accounts: March 2020.
Economic census and business listing
- An economic census commenced in 2016.
- The first phase was a business listing exercise which resulted in the identification of 14,452 establishments.
- The business listing exercise provides the frame for the economic census which underpins the rebasing of the national accounts.
Workplan, timelines, and management engagement
- SB and the mission developed a detailed workplan to demonstrate the magnitude of rebasing the national accounts.
- The workplan provided a more realistic (but still very tight) deadline for the completion of the exercise which was presented to management.
Industry and product classifications
- SB and the mission reviewed the industry and product classifications that had been developed with assistance from the Africa Development Bank.
- Recommendation: changes to classifications could still be made depending on the data available once compilation commences.
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- 1bwaea2019001 - Section 1