Involvement of Mauritius in the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) Project for Anglophone African Countries
GDDS is:
The General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) was established by the IMF with support from the Development Data Group of the World Bank in 1997. The main objective has been to provide a framework for developing the capacity of national statistical systems in member countries. Metadata describing the current statistical compilation and dissemination practices and plans for short- and medium term improvements are available on the IMF’s Dissemination Standards
Within this framework, a GDDS project for capacity building in statistics in Anglophone Africa, financed by DFID, has been established that is providing technical assistance to 21 Anglophone African countries in order to put the GDDS guidelines into practice. As part of the current Phase II of this project, the World Bank offers technical assistance on the socio-demographic component of the system, therewith covering Population, Health, Agriculture, Justice & Security, Management, Labor, and GIS.
The IMF provides technical assistance on financial and economic statistics, also covering seven areas: Money and banking, Balance of payments, Government finance, National accounts, GDDS/PRSP, SDDS, and SACU.
Mauritius has decided to work with the World Bank on the following topics: (i) Health, (ii) Justice and Security Statistics. For each of those topics priorities and plans for improvement were formulated as follows:
Topic: Health
Country
Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 3
Mauritius
Review and align Health Information System (HIS) to Health Metrics Network (HMN)
Reduce data gaps
Improve skills of data producers
Topic: Justice and Security
Country
Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 3
Mauritius
General issues, classification
Police
Legal issues
Mauritius has decided to work with the IMF on the following topics, Balance of payments statistics and the SDDS module. Action plans were formulated for each of these topics with specified outputs to be achieved, as listed below.
Topic: Balance of payments statistics
Country
Main output 1
Main output 2
Main output 3
Mauritius
Establish an annual balance of payments enterprise survey
On the basis of the new survey, compile and publish revised balance of payments statistics
On the basis of the new survey, compile and publish an annual international investment position (IIP) and related external debt statement
Topic: SDDS Module
Country
Main output 1
Main output 2
Main output 3
Mauritius
Necessary steps taken to qualify for the SDDS.
Graduation to SDDS.
Until March 2009, a series of bilateral technical assistance missions will address the particular concerns and needs as expressed by the Mauritian experts.
