01908cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018787 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484377406 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. Kingdom of Lesotho : Technical Assistance Report-Government Finance Statistics. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (29 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 Technical Assistance Report discusses the findings and recommendations made by the IMF mission regarding compilation of Government Finance Statistics (GFS) in Lesotho. The IMF mission reviewed current compilation methods of GFS for the budgetary central government and found that there were significant accuracy, classification, coverage, and comprehensiveness issues that undermine the credibility of fiscal statistics currently compiled and disseminated. Currently compiled and disseminated GFS include a large and persistent statistical discrepancy. The statistical discrepancy averaged to about a third of total revenue in preliminary data for FY2016/17 and FY2017/18. The mission also identified and discussed with the staff of the Ministry of Finance a number of reasons that may partly explain the discrepancy. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2018/282 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2018/282/002.2018.issue-282-en.xml IMF e-Library