01767cas a2200289 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006707 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455205349 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Mrkaic, Mico. Data Dissemination Standards and the Statistical Quality of the IMF's World Economic Outlook Forecasts / Mico Mrkaic. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes the effects of IMF member countries participation in the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives (DSI) on the statistical quality of WEO forecasts. Results show that WEO forecasts for SDDS subscribers are in general better than for GDDS participants and those member countries than do not participate in the DSIs. Policy implications are that the DSI positively affect the statistical quality of forecasts and by extension improve the necessary conditions for multilateral surveillance and the provision of member countries with high quality policy advice. Mode of access: Internet Forecast Error imf Inflation Rate imf Right imf WP imf IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/203 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/203/001.2010.issue-203-en.xml IMF e-Library