Republic of Moldova
Subscribes to the IMF Special Data Dissemination Standard
On May 2, 2006, Moldova became the 63rd subscriber
to the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination
Standard (SDDS).
Mr. Robert Edwards, Director of the IMF Statistics
Department, expressed his appreciation of Moldova's subscription
to the SDDS and noted that this is a major step for Moldovan
official statistics and for its data users. Mr. Edwards also
noted that this step is a sign of Moldova's strong commitment to
transparency and a significant achievement in implementing
internationally accepted good practices in statistics. Moldova
is the sixth country to move from participation in the General
Data Dissemination System (GDDS) to SDDS subscription.
The SDDS, established by the IMF in March 1996, is intended
to guide members in the provision of their economic and
financial data to the public. Subscription to the SDDS is
expected to enhance the availability of timely and comprehensive
statistics, thereby contributing to the pursuit of sound
macroeconomic policies and the improved functioning of financial
markets. The SDDS identifies four dimensions of data
dissemination—the data: coverage, periodicity, and timeliness;
access by the public; the integrity of the disseminated data;
and the quality of the disseminated data. Although subscription
is voluntary, a subscribing member commits to observe the
standard and to provide information (metadata) to the IMF about
its data dissemination practices. This information is made
publicly available on the IMF's
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).
The DSBB now provides comprehensive documentation in English
on Moldova's statistical practices for SDDS data categories,
hyperlinked to actual country data included in the mandatory
National Summary Data Page maintained by the
National Bureau of Statistics.
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