GDDS ACTIVITIES IN GHANA by Anthony Amuzu National
GDDS ACTIVITIES IN GHANA by Anthony Amuzu National GDDS Coordinator
Expression of interest to Participate in GDDS • Ghana’s interest in participation in the General Data Dissemination System was expressed by a Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance at a Bank-Fund meeting in Dubai in 2003
Designation of GDDS Coordinator The GDDS Coordinator was designated and communicated to the IMF in February 2004
Mission on preparation of metadata • In April/May 2004, a 3 -member mission was in the country to assist with the drafting of metadata for the various sectors • Coverage: Real External Health Fiscal Population Poverty Financial Education
Metadata for National Accounts and Prices Indices • Metadata was drafted for all the indicators except National Accounts and Price Indices • Some work was already on-going to rebase the National Accounts and Price Statistics and this necessitated the delay • Metadata for these sectors were finally prepared in November 2004
Formation of GDDS Technical Committee • A GDDS Technical was formed and inaugurated on 11 th May 2005 • Membership is from the following institutions: Ghana Statistical Service Bank of Ghana Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Ministry of Health Ministry of Education and Sports
Posting of Metadata of DSBB • It is gratifying to note that the final metadata for Ghana was posted on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) exactly one week ago 20 TH JULY 2005
Technical Assistance Received • Even though a late participant in the GDDS, Ghana has received technical assistance in the following areas: Rebasing of the National Accounts Re-basing of CPI Adoption of GFS Manual 2001 Additional missions on the above are expected before the end of the year
Technical Assistance Requests • Requests have been prepared for further Technical Assistance in the following areas: Population data analysis and dissemination Poverty analysis Compilation of domestic and foreign debt with the installation of software Migration from BPM 4 to BPM 5
GDDS AWARENESS WORKSHOP • A GDDS Awareness has been planned for the 17 TH AUGUST 2005 at the Accra International Conference Centre • Workshop was originally planned for Friday, 29 TH JULY 2005 • All are invited to participate in the workshop
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