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The SDDS guides countries in providing economic and financial data to the public following certain prescriptions concerning data coverage, periodicity, and timeliness. The goal is to enhance the availability of timely and comprehensive statistics to facilitate countries’ pursuit of sound macroeconomic policies and the improved functioning of financial markets. This guide incorporates updates to the SDDS made by the IMF Executive Board in its reviews of the Standard since 1996 and reflects the developments in the SDDS since 2007, amplifies and clarifies issues elaborated in previous versions and aims to prepare GDDS participants for subscription to the SDDS.
Assessment Methodology
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The generic Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) May 2012 serves as an umbrella for seven dataset-specific frameworks. The current May 2012 version of the DQAF is an update of the July 2003 version of the DQAF to reflect experience and international statistical developments, particularly updated international methodological standards.