Bhutan: Technical Assistance Report-SARTTAC Report on National Accounts Statistics Mission

March 23, 2018

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Bhutan: Technical Assistance Report-SARTTAC Report on National Accounts Statistics Mission, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This Technical Assistance Report discusses the findings and recommendations made the IMF mission to assist the Bhutanese authorities in improving estimates of annual GDP, and in developing methods for compiling quarterly GDP estimates. The mission found that the National Statistics Bureau (NSB) is engaged in a range of projects to improve Bhutan’s national accounts statistics. Updated annual GDP statistics signal an improvement in data quality, which should enhance policymakers’ ability to formulate and operationalize evidence-based decisions. Significant improvements to Bhutan’s national accounts statistics can be achieved using a three-step process. The NSB should also keep in mind the need to incorporate methodological and conceptual/definitional revisions during the benchmarking and rebasing process.

Subject: Data collection, Economic and financial statistics, Financial institutions, Financial services, Insurance, Insurance companies, National accounts

Keywords: Activities date, Asia and Pacific, CR, Data collection, GDP, GDP statistics, Improvement program, Insurance, Insurance companies, ISCR, Price statistics, South Asia, Statistics, TA mission

Publication Details

Pages:

23
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2018/079
Stock No:

1BTNEA2018001
ISBN:

9781484347256
ISSN:

1934-7685

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