Eighth Review of the Fund’s Data Standard Initiatives

Policy Papers, January 31, 2012

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Bibliographic details

• Published: January 31, 2012
• Series: Policy Papers
• Stock No: ISB

Purpose and scope

• Reports on developments in the Data Standards Initiatives since the Seventh Review of the Fund’s Data Standards Initiatives (December 2008).
• Presents proposals for further enhancing the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).
• Presents proposals for data categories for a new higher tier of the data standards, the SDDS Plus.
• States that the SDDS Plus is primarily intended for subscribers to the SDDS with systemically important financial sectors while contributing to address further the data gaps revealed in the global financial crisis.
• Clarifies that the SDDS Plus is designed to enhance and supplement the Fund’s Data Standards Initiatives and not to replace the SDDS.

Subjects and themes covered

• Data quality assessment framework
• General Data Dissemination System
• Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes
• Special Data Dissemination Standard

Navigation and related items (as presented on page)

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• Examples of nearby or suggested titles listed on page:
  • Progress Report to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on the Activities of the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF (April 04, 2016)
  • Balance Sheet Analysis in Fund Surveillance - Reference Note (July 16, 2015)
  • Proposed Amendments to the Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus and the Annex on the General Data Dissemination System (June 24, 2015)
  • Balance Sheet Analysis in Fund Surveillance (June 12, 2015)

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