IMF-博茨瓦纳：公共部门债务统计数据质量评估（英）

HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT BOTSWANA Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics (May 14–20, 2025) August 2025 Prepared By Andrew Kitili and Bruno Rocha PARTNERS: DISCLAIMER The contents of this document constitute a high-level summary of technical advice provided by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the authorities of a member country or international agency (the "CD recipient") in response to their request for capacity development. Unless the CD recipient specifically objects within 30 business days of its transmittal, the IMF will publish this high-level summary on IMF.org (see Staff Operational Guidance on the Dissemination of Capacity Development Information). 2025 International Monetary Fund HLS/25/32 High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report Statistics Department Botswana – Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics Prepared by Andrew Kitili and Bruno Rocha The High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report series provides high-level summaries of the assistance provided to IMF capacity development recipients, describing the high-level objectives, findings, and recommendations. ABSTRACT: In May 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Botswana against the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The mission was as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt statistics in selected African countries, funded by the Government of Japan. The mission reviewed the PSDS compilation and dissemination practices against each element of the DQAF and presented a series of recommendations to further improve the quality and transparency of the PSDS of Botswana. JEL Classification Numbers: H63, H81, H83 (consult https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php) Keywords: Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF), Debt Reporting, Debt Transparency, JSA, Public Debt, Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS), Botswana IMF | High-Level Summary Report – Botswana Data Quality Assessment for PSDS | 3 Background 1.Botswana implemented the IMF’s enhanced General Data Dissemination System(e-GDDS) in January 2016. However, the reporting of PSDS through the National Summary DataPage (NSDP) is limited in coverage. Since 2016, Botswana has received significant capacitydevelopment support from the IMF’s Statistics Department to strengthen its capacity for compilinggovernment finance statistics (GFS) and PSDS. This support has focused on helping Botswana compileand publish quarterly PSDS regularly through the NSDP and the joint IMF-World Bank Quarterly PublicSector Debt (QPSD) database. Over the years, Botswana has pursued a prudent and credible debtmanagement strategy, maintaining a maximum ceiling of public debt to GDP below 40 percent, splitequally between external and domestic debt. The latest IMF-World Bank debt sustainability analysis(DSA) indicates that the overall risk of sovereign stress is low, refle