01873cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015603 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513546995 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. Guatemala : Technical Assistance Report-Statistics Technical Assistance and Training Evaluation Mission. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (50 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <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 discusses the key findings of the report on statistics technical assistance (TA) and training evaluation mission on Guatemala. It is observed that overall users trust macroeconomic statistics in Guatemala. Data-producing agencies viewed TA and training provided by Statistics Department, IMF during 1998-2015 as most effective to improving the quality of statistics. There is broad recognition of the Bank of Guatemala's key role in producing and disseminating statistics. There was consensus that TA and training were effective and helped enhance data quality of all datasets, but to a modest extent Government Finance Statistics and Producer Price Index. The effectiveness of TA largely depends on capacity built in the main data-producing agencies. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/306 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/306/002.2015.issue-306-en.xml IMF e-Library