IMF-博茨瓦纳_公共部门债务统计数据质量评估（英）-2025.8_7页_406kb

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Botswana Public Sector Debt Statistics Data Quality Assessment Summary

Overview

This report presents the findings of an IMF technical assistance mission (May 14-20, 2025) that assessed Botswana's public sector debt statistics (PSDS) quality against the IMF Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF). The mission recommended steps to enhance transparency, coverage, timeliness, and technical capacity for public debt management.

Key Assessment Areas & Findings

1. Prerequisites of Quality

Legal Environment: Missing explicit legal designation of debt management responsibilities (PFMA 2011 needs amendment).
Institutional Coordination: Good coordination exists between MoF, BoB, and Statistics Botswana (SB), but needs formalized timetables and stronger senior management oversight.
Resources & Awareness: IT infrastructure needs modernization, and resources should be increased to align with modern debt management practices (Front/Middle/Back office structure).

2. Assurances of Integrity & Independence

Personnel in debt statistics compilation follow ethical standards and independent recruitment/merit-based promotion.
Recommendation: Publish standard operational procedures (methods, revisions) on the MoF website for enhanced transparency.

3. Methodological Soundness

Scope: Limited institutional coverage (missing local governments, SOEs, non-guaranteed debts).
Standard Compliance: Concepts/definitions align with GFSM 2014 and PSDSG 2013, but data granularity on residency of domestic debt holders needs improvement.
Priority: Establish an authoritative list of all public entities using international standards.

4. Accuracy and Reliability

Data Integrity: New CS-Meridian system implementation pending for source data reliability.
Timeliness & Coverage: Annual updates for guaranteed debt; gaps in high-quality local government/PPP data.

5. Serviceability & Accessibility

Dissemination: Quarterly data published with delays; no revision policies or user feedback mechanisms.
Metadata: Detailed NSDP metadata lacking; recommendation to adopt 2013 PSDSG standards.
Consistency: Internal data inconsistencies highlighted, affecting macroeconomic correlation (e.g., balance of payments).

Priority Recommendations

Enact new legislation for explicit debt management legal authority.
Create a Ministry of Finance Public Debt Management Office with comprehensive functions.
Fully integrate the CS-Meridian system.
Establish ongoing monitoring for other accounts payables and SOE debt.
Finalize an authoritative list of all public sector entities.
Develop a revision policy and user feedback mechanism.

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