WASHINGTON, 28 March 2018 / PRN Africa / --

Summary:The mission's main objectives were to: (i) Assess progress on fulfilling the nation's fiscal and debt statistics development (Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014) implementation) plan; (ii) assist authorities in aligning the compilation and dissemination of GFS in accordance with the GFSM 2014; (iii) assist authorities in compiling general government finance statistics for financial years (FYs) 2013/14 and FY 2014/15 and develop related metadata documentation; (iv) reconcile externally-financed investment spending in Rwanda's Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMS) with underlying financial flows, specifically project loans and grants; (v) assist authorities in developing plans to establish an integrated (Data and Metadata Exchange (DMX)) system for disseminating Rwanda's fiscal and debt statistics; and (vi) assist authorities in planning to compile high-frequency data that are required by the IMF's Statistics Department (STA) and AFR as it transitions from a GFSM 1986 to a GFSM 2014 reporting framework. The mission is part of an AFE - East African Community (EAC) Secretariat collaboration (GFS capacity building) program that aims to assist EAC Partner States in achieving the fiscal data requirements associated with the East African Monetary Union (EAMU) Protocol.

SOURCE International Monetary Fund (IMF)