02170cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019287 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498312578 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. Guinea : Technical Assistance Report-Report on Technical Assistance Mission on External Sector Statistics. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (31 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 on Guinea addressed issues like: improvement of the surveys on migrant remittances and informal trade; perform detailed technical work to improve external sector statistics (ESS); and participation in the coordinated direct investment survey and the quarterly external debt statistics database. The mission observed that the recommendations from the previous technical assistance mission had been satisfactorily implemented. The report also describes that the timeliness of ESS, based on international standards, should be improved, mainly for the international investment position and the quarterly balance of payments statistics. In order to contribute to progress in the areas discussed in the report, the mission made a one-year detailed action plan, with priority given to the recommendations of importance in improving ESS. The recommendation on reporting reinvested earnings of direct investment enterprises, net increases in insurance company liabilities, and income on reserve assets has partially been implemented. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2019/115 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2019/115/002.2019.issue-115-en.xml IMF e-Library