02148cas a2200289 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022953 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9798400210792 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.. Suriname : Technical Assistance Report on Government Finance Statistics Mission (December 6-17, 2021). Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (25 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 At the request of the Suriname authorities, a remote technical assistance (TA) mission took place during December 6-17, 2021. The mission was conducted in coordination with the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department. The main objective of the mission was to assist the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MFP) and the Central Bank of Suriname (CBS) to improve the quality of the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) in view of the IMF program. The main tasks were to (i) conduct a diagnostic assessment of the current GFS and public debt compilation process,(ii) explain and reduce statistical discrepancies, (iii) analyze data on arrears and reassess their treatment in GFS, (iv) review the integration of stocks and flows of the gross debt; and (v) update the public sector institutional table, and (vi) deliver a workshop on GFSM 2014 framework and (PSDS). Mode of access: Internet International Agreements and Observance imf International Organizations imf Monetary Policy imf Suriname imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2022/160 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=160 IMF e-Library