SADC states lag behind in data dissemination

Officially opening a regional workshop on debt statistics compilation and reporting in Gaborone on Monday, deputy statistician general, Boitumelo Matlhaga said while substantial progress has been made by member states, there is a lot of room for improvement.

She noted that for some years, a number of countries in the region only went as far as complying with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), adding that they are yet to accede with the more stringent reporting requirements under the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and SDDS-plus.