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IMF Country Report No. 22/357
SURINAME
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT ON GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS MISSION (APRIL 19–MAY 6, 2022)
DECEMBER 2022
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Suriname
Report on Government Finance Statistics Technical Assistance Mission (April 19–May 6, 2022)
December 2022
Prepared by Mariana Sabatés and Viera Karolova
The contents of this report constitute technical advice provided by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the authorities of Suriname (the “TA recipient”) in response to their request for technical assistance. This report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by the IMF to IMF Executive Directors and members of their staff, as well as to other agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, and upon their request, to World Bank staff, and other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, unless the TA recipient specifically objects to such disclosure (see Operational Guidelines for the Dissemination of Technical Assistance Information). Publication or Disclosure of this report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof to parties outside the IMF other than agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, World Bank staff, other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, shall require the explicit consent of the TA recipient and the IMF’s Statistics Department.
Contents
Glossary
SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS
DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Sector Coverage
B. Compilation of Above-the-Line Transactions
C. Compilation of Below-the-Line Transactions and Debt Data
TABLES
1. Priority Recommendations
2. Adjustments Made to the Above-the-Line Operations, January-March 2022
APPENDICES
I. Implementation of the 2021 Mission’s Recommendations and New Recommendations
II. Compilation of the Above-the Line Data
III. Compilation of Below-the-Line Data
IV. Coverage of Units
V. Officials Met During the Mission
Glossary
| BCG | Budgetary Central Government |
| BOP | Balance of Payments |
| CBS | Central Bank of Suriname |
| ECF | Extended Credit Facility |
| EAD | Economic Affairs Department |
| ER | Exchange rate |
| ESS | External Sector Statistics (BOP and IIP) |
| IFMIS | Integrated Financial Management Information System |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GG | General Government |
| GFSM 2014 | Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| MFP | Ministry of Finance and Planning |
| MFS | Monetary and Financial Statistics |
| PSDS | Public Sector Debt Statistics |
| PSDSG 2011 | Public Sector Debt Statistics Guide 2011 |
| SDMO | Suriname Debt Management Office |
| SOE | State-Owned Enterprise |
| STA | Statistics Department (IMF) |
| SRD | Suriname Dollar |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
