Direct Reporting of Private Sector Cross-Border Financial Flows and Stocks in Selected African Countries

Simon Quin, Kenneth Egesa and Howard Murad

No 2013/002, IMF Technical Notes and Manuals from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Private cross-border financial flows and stocks have grown to account for an increasingly significant part of overall transactions and positions in many African countries. Direct reporting through enterprise surveys has become a key data source to enable them to be measured accurately. The paper describes a multi-year technical assistance project in The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Nigeria, where annual enterprise surveys are now established. To varying degrees, the survey results have been incorporated into the balance of payments and International Investment Position statistics. The case studies may serve as a useful reference for other countries embarking on efforts to establish direct reporting of cross-border financial flows and stocks.

Keywords: TNM; enterprise survey; survey frame; EDDI project; enterprise group; balance sheet account; IIP data; International Investment Position; International Capital Flows; Balance of Payments Statistics in Africa; portfolio investment; Foreign direct investment; Portfolio investment; Balance of payments statistics; Stocks; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51
Date: 2014-02-27
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