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  "title": "G-20 Data Gaps Initiative II: Meeting the Policy Challenge",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, March 1, 2016",
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  "summary": "The G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI), which aimed at addressing the information needs that were revealed by the 2007/2008 global financial crisis, concluded its first phase and started a second phase (DGI-2) with the endorsement of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in September 2015.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- The G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI) aimed at addressing the information needs revealed by the 2007/2008 global financial crisis.\n- DGI concluded its first phase and started a second phase (DGI-2) with the endorsement of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in September 2015.\n- DGI-2 recommendations maintain the continuity of DGI-1 but, reflecting evolving policy needs, focus more on datasets that support:\n  - the monitoring of risks in the financial sector, and\n  - the analysis of the inter-linkages across the economic and financial systems.\n- The paper presents the DGI as an overarching initiative that brings together various statistical frameworks to provide a complete picture of the economic and financial system to support policy makers."
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      "heading": "Major themes and analysis",
      "content": "- Continuity and evolution:\n  - DGI-2 maintains continuity with DGI-1 while shifting emphasis toward datasets for financial risk monitoring and cross-system inter-linkage analysis.\n- Scope:\n  - The initiative integrates multiple statistical frameworks to support policymaking concerning the economic and financial system.\n- Focus areas:\n  - Monitoring of risks in the financial sector.\n  - Analysis of inter-linkages across economic and financial systems to inform surveillance and policy responses."
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      "content": "- Subjects:\n  - Commercial banks\n  - Economic and financial statistics\n  - Economic sectors\n  - Financial institutions\n  - Financial sector\n  - Financial sector policy and analysis\n  - Financial sector stability\n  - Financial statements\n  - Government finance statistics\n  - Public financial management (PFM)\n  - Shadow banking\n- Keywords:\n  - CDS market\n  - Commercial banks\n  - cross-border interconnectedness\n  - data gaps\n  - data standard\n  - DGI\n  - DGI framework\n  - DGI project\n  - DGI recommendation\n  - economy\n  - financial interconnections\n  - financial sector\n  - Financial sector stability\n  - Financial statements\n  - G20 industrial nations\n  - Global\n  - global financial crisis\n  - global financial system\n  - Government finance statistics\n  - IMF CDIS\n  - IMF managing director's action plan\n  - IMF paper\n  - market\n  - market complexity\n  - regulation\n  - securities financing market\n  - short-term debt\n  - surveillance\n  - WP\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1. DGI Recommendations\n  - 1. DGI Recommendations (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1. DGI Recommendations (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/g-20-data-gaps-initiative-ii-meeting-the-policy-challenge-43760"
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    "Authors: Robert M Heath, Evrim Bese Goksu",
    "Published: March 1, 2016",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513530246.001",
    "The G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI) aimed at addressing the information needs revealed by the 2007/2008 global financial crisis.",
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