## Seychelles: Technical Assistance Report - Report on Consumer Price Index Mission

_Technical Assistance Reports, July 31, 2024_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 31, 2024
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400284533.019

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### Mission objective and scope
- Primary objective: to assess the concepts and methods used to compile the consumer price index (CPI) for Seychelles.
- Report focus: identify and discuss recommendations for improvement so the CPI more broadly reflects the standards and best practices described in the 2020 CPI Manual.
- Additional deliverable: a detailed work plan to guide the authorities on the way forward with improving the CPI.

### Key findings and recommended improvements
- Assessment covers conceptual and methodological aspects of the Seychelles CPI relative to the 2020 CPI Manual.
- Recommendations are provided to improve the CPI’s adherence to international standards and best practices.
- A detailed work plan is included to sequence and implement the recommended improvements.

### Thematic coverage and subjects
- Consumer price indexes
- Data collection
- Economic and financial statistics
- Inflation
- National accounts
- Prices
- Producer price indexes

### Keywords and institutional focus
- AFS, consumer price index, Consumer price indexes, CPI, Data collection, Expenditure, Housing, Inflation, National Bureau of Statistics of Seychelles, NBS Seychelles, Producer price indexes

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- **Section I. Detailed Technical Assessment and Recommendations**
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