## Guinea- Bissau: Technical Assistance Report-External Sector Statistics Mission

_IMF Staff Country Reports, December 9, 2020_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 9, 2020
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513563343.002

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### Mission overview
- Mission type: Technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS).
- Dates: February 3 to 7, 2020.
- Location: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
- Requesting authority: National Directorate for Guinea-Bissau of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO-DNGB).
- Project context: Fourth and final mission under the JSA-AFR project for improving ESS in 17 francophone countries of Central and West Africa.
- Financing and administration: Financed by the government of Japan and administered by the IMF.

### Purpose and core assistance
- Purpose: To assist in improving the quality of external sector statistics (ESS) for Guinea-Bissau.
- Core assistance provided: Technical support aimed at enhancing ESS compilation and reporting capacity (mission description as provided).

### Key findings and outcomes (as reported)
- The mission assisted in improving the quality of ESS.
- This engagement represented the fourth and final mission under the JSA-AFR project covering 17 francophone countries.

### Thematic coverage and statistical scope
- Subjects listed: Balance of payments; Economic and financial statistics; Exports; External debt; External sector statistics; Foreign direct investment; Income; International trade; National accounts; Private debt.
- Keywords provided (selection as listed): balance of payments Committee of Guinea-Bissau; balance of payments goods account; balance of payments of Guinea-Bissau; balance of payments record; CR; debt liability; debt position; Exports; External sector statistics; Foreign direct investment; Guinea-Bissau's balance of payments committee; Income; ISCR; merchandise import; QEDS table; quarterly balance of payments; quarterly balance of payments statistics; resident company; West Africa.

### Publication metadata and access
- Publication title: Guinea- Bissau: Technical Assistance Report-External Sector Statistics Mission.
- Publication date on page: December 9, 2020.
- Series: Country Report No. 2020/312.
- Issue: 312.
- Volume: 2020.
- Pages: 27.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513563343.002
- Stock No: 1GNBEA2020002
- ISBN: 9781513563343
- ISSN: 1934-7685

*International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. "Guinea- Bissau: Technical Assistance Report-External Sector Statistics Mission", IMF Staff Country Reports 2020, 312 (2020).*

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