Burundi: Technical Assistance Report-Report on the Monetary and Financial Statistics and Financial Soundness Indicators Mission (April 28 to May 9, 2025)
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Bibliographic details
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229059084.019
Mission overview
- The mission was conducted by the IMF Statistics Department at the Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) from April 28 to May 9, 2025.
- Publication: Technical Assistance Report No. 2026/077 (September 25, 2026).
- Identifiers: DOI https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229059084.019; ISBN 9798229059084; ISSN 3005-4575; Stock No. TAREA2026077.
Core objectives and scope
- Strengthen compilation, dissemination, and quality of Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS) and Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs).
- Validate the framework for compiling standardized monetary statistics for other depository corporations.
- Support preparations to resume regular FSI reporting to the IMF.
- Assist the BRB in developing automated tools for the production of MFS and FSIs.
- Provide recommendations on data quality assurance, staff capacity in quantitative methods, and preparation for the implementation of IFRS 9.
Key findings and outputs
- Validation of a standardized framework for monetary statistics compilation covering other depository corporations.
- Identification of requirements and preparatory steps to resume regular FSI submissions to the IMF.
- Development and transfer of automated tools to assist in MFS and FSI production and modernization of statistical production processes.
- Agreement on a detailed action plan to support regular reporting of MFS and FSIs and further modernization.
Recommendations and capacity building
- Enhance data quality assurance processes.
- Strengthen BRB staff capacity in quantitative methods.
- Prepare institutional and technical arrangements for the implementation of IFRS 9.
- Implement the agreed detailed action plan to operationalize regular MFS and FSI reporting and statistical modernization.
Themes and subject focus
- Credit; Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial sector stability; Financial soundness indicators; Financial statements; Money; Public financial management (PFM).
- Keywords emphasized by the mission: 2SR, automation, Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB), banking supervision, Burundi, data quality, financial sector statistics, Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs), financial stability, IFRS 9, IMF technical assistance, Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), standardized report forms (SRFs), statistical capacity development, Statistics Department (STA).
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- 1. Priority Recommendations