Toward a Framework for Assessing Data Quality

Carol Carson

No 2001/025, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper describes work in progress on data quality, an important element of greater transparency in economic policy and financial stability. Data quality is being dealt with systematically by the IMF through the development of data quality assessment frameworks complementing the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and General Data Dissemination System (GDDS). The aim is to improve the quality of data provided by countries to the IMF; and to assess evenhandedly the quality of countries’ data in Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes. The frameworks bring together best practices including those of the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.

Keywords: WP; information; data quality; dataset (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69
Date: 2001-03-01
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