Sierra Leone: Technical Assistance Report-National Accounts Statistics Mission
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 21, 2022
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Bibliographic details
- Published: October 21, 2022
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400221651.002
Summary
- Regular rebasing is essential to ensure that gross domestic product (GDP) volume estimates remain relevant over the years by recording the importance of all economic activities as well as their relative prices.
- The base year of the actual GDP estimates of Sierra Leone is the year 2006.
- The new base will be the year 2018 and will provide an up-to-date and comprehensive estimate of Sierra Leone’s economic activity.
- At the request of the Statistics Sierra Leone (STATS SL), a technical assistance mission was conducted to provide guidance on the analyses of the source data and method used to compile the GDP data as well as to develop the Supply and Use Tables.
- The mission was conducted under the auspices of AFRITAC West 2, IMF.
Mission objectives and activities
- Provide guidance on the analyses of source data used to compile GDP.
- Advise on methods used to compile GDP data.
- Develop Supply and Use Tables to support rebasing to the year 2018.
Subjects and keywords covered
- Subjects: Agricultural sector, Consumption, Data collection, Economic and financial statistics, Economic sectors, Gross fixed investment, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts
- Keywords: AESE data, Agricultural sector, Consumption, Data collection, GDP compilation, Gross fixed investment, report constitute, staff team of the International Monetary Fund, TA recipient, West Africa
Content in this bundle
- 1. Sierra Leone: Priority Recommendations