## Botswana: Technical Assistance Report—National Accounts Mission

_IMF Staff Country Reports, August 24, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 24, 2021
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513594422.002

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### Mission overview
- A remote technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during April 12–16, 2021.
- The mission assisted Statistics Botswana (SB) in improving the quality of the national accounts statistics.
- The System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) recommends that the national accounts be rebased every five years.

### Purpose and importance of national accounts improvement
- Reliable national accounts are essential for informed economic policymaking by the authorities.
- National accounts provide important inputs for:
  - the private sector,
  - foreign investors,
  - rating agencies,
  - donors, and
  - the public in general.
- National accounts also inform economic analysis and IMF surveillance.

### Methodological note and data requirements
- Rebasing requires comprehensive surveys and ideally, supply and use tables (SUTs) to support coherent checking of data.

### Publication and metadata
- Publication date: August 24, 2021
- Pages: 11
- Volume: 2021
- Issue: 185
- Series: Country Report No. 2021/185
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513594422.002
- Stock No: 1BWAEA2021002
- ISBN: 9781513594422
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Subjects: Corporate income tax, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts, Taxes, Value-added tax
- Keywords: Africa, Corporate income tax, mission SB, SB review, Southern Africa, statistic s department, statistics Botswana, TA provider, Value-added tax

*Source: Botswana: Technical Assistance Report—National Accounts Mission, IMF Staff Country Reports 2021, Issue 185 (August 24, 2021).*

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