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  "title": "Economic Data Dissemination: What Influences Country Performanceon Frequency and Timiliness?",
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      "content": "- Despite initial improvements in macroeconomic data dissemination following the emerging markets crises of the late-1990s, large differences among countries remain.\n- The paper develops measures of the frequency and timeliness of macroeconomic data dissemination for 180 countries.\n- After discussing potential factors influencing data dissemination, the paper confirms the importance of a range of economic, social, and demographic factors.\n- The relative importance of these factors in different regions is discussed, as well as the broader policy implications for strengthening macroeconomic data dissemination."
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      "content": "- Developed measures of data dissemination performance cover frequency and timeliness for 180 countries.\n- A range of economic, social, and demographic factors are confirmed as important determinants of data dissemination performance.\n- There are large cross-country differences in dissemination despite post–late-1990s improvements.\n- The relative importance of determinants varies by region.\n- Broader policy implications focus on strengthening macroeconomic data dissemination (no specific policy prescriptions given on the landing page)."
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      "content": "- Subject: Data dissemination, Data processing, Economic and financial statistics, Financial markets, International capital markets\n- Keywords: BRO economy, country, Data dissemination, data frequency index, Data processing, East Asia, economic statistics, economy, International capital markets, Latin American economy, macroeconomic data dissemination, Middle East, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, transition economy, transparency, Western Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere economy, WP\n\nIMF Working Papers — Economic Data Dissemination: What Influences Country Performanceon Frequency and Timiliness? By Mehmet Agça, Peter Allum. November 1, 2001.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp01173\n  - wp01173 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp01173 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/economic-data-dissemination-what-influences-country-performanceon-frequency-and-timiliness-15437"
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    "Authors: Mehmet Agça, Peter Allum",
    "Published: November 1, 2001",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451858631.001",
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    "There are large cross-country differences in dissemination despite post–late-1990s improvements.",
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    "Broader policy implications focus on strengthening macroeconomic data dissemination (no specific policy prescriptions given on the landing page).",
    "Subject: Data dissemination, Data processing, Economic and financial statistics, Financial markets, International capital markets",
    "Keywords: BRO economy, country, Data dissemination, data frequency index, Data processing, East Asia, economic statistics, economy, International capital markets, Latin American economy, macroeconomic data dissemination, Middle East, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, transition economy, transparency, Western Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere economy, WP",
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