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  "title": "Using the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 (GFSM 2001) Statistical Framework to Strengthen Fiscal Analysis in the Fund",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, October 25, 2005",
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      "content": "- Respond to the Board’s call for greater consistency in fiscal reporting in line with GFSM 2001.\n- Provide a summary of the GFSM 2001 statistical framework.\n- Review implementation by member countries and Fund staff.\n- Propose pilot studies to facilitate gradual adoption."
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      "content": "- Summary of the GFSM 2001 framework.\n- Review of the implementation process by member countries and Fund staff.\n- Proposal of pilot studies to test and support adoption.\n- Request for Board support for gradual adoption as the basis for fiscal analysis in Fund staff reports."
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      "content": "- Reviews the implementation process of the GFSM 2001 framework by member countries and Fund staff.\n- Proposes pilot studies (details of pilot designs are indicated as part of the paper’s proposals)."
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      "content": "- Seek the support of the Board for gradual adoption of the GFSM 2001 framework as the basis for fiscal analysis in Fund staff reports."
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    "This paper responds to the Board’s call for greater consistency in fiscal reporting in line with GFSM 2001.",
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    "The paper seeks the support of the Board for gradual adoption of the framework as the basis for fiscal analysis in Fund staff reports.",
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    "Seek the support of the Board for gradual adoption of the GFSM 2001 framework as the basis for fiscal analysis in Fund staff reports.",
    "Publication date: October 25, 2005",
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