Direct Reporting of Private Sector Cross-Border Financial Flows and Stocks in Selected African Countries

By Simon Quin, Kenneth Egesa, Howard Murad

February 27, 2014

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Simon Quin, Kenneth Egesa, and Howard Murad. Direct Reporting of Private Sector Cross-Border Financial Flows and Stocks in Selected African Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed December 23, 2024

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Summary

Private cross-border financial flows and stocks have grown to account for an increasingly significant part of overall transactions and positions in many African countries. Direct reporting through enterprise surveys has become a key data source to enable them to be measured accurately. The paper describes a multi-year technical assistance project in The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Nigeria, where annual enterprise surveys are now established. To varying degrees, the survey results have been incorporated into the balance of payments and International Investment Position statistics. The case studies may serve as a useful reference for other countries embarking on efforts to establish direct reporting of cross-border financial flows and stocks.

Subject: Balance of payments, Balance of payments statistics, Economic and financial statistics, External position, Financial institutions, Foreign direct investment, International investment position, Portfolio investment, Stocks

Keywords: Africa, Balance of payments statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics in Africa, Balance sheet account, EDDI project, Enterprise group, Enterprise survey, Foreign direct investment, IIP data, International Capital Flows, International Investment Position, Portfolio investment, Portfolio investment, Stocks, Survey frame, TNM

Publication Details

Pages:

51
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Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2013/002
Stock No:

TNMEA2013002
ISBN:

9781475557985
ISSN:

2075-8669

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