Adoption of the residence concept defined in the IMF’s 2001 Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual.

Redesign the analytical balance sheets of credit institutions to conform to the IMF’s MFSM.

Electronic compilation of the Bank of Mozambique’s monetary accounts and, consequently, discontinuance of the use of correspondents’ statements in compiling the Bank of Mozambique’s accounts.

Develop and disseminate the calculation methodology, explanatory notes, and contact persons for user assistance in the statistics bulletin and on the internet.

Design tables to collect data from nonmonetary financial institutions.

Compile the monetary and financial statistics in accordance with the IMF’s 2001 MFSM

IMF technical assistance needed

Compile the monetary accounts of the Bank of Mozambique and credit institutions in accordance with the IMF’s 2001 MFSM.

IMF technical assistance needed

IMF technical assistance needed

Improve the classification of foreign assets and liabilities, domestic credit by sector and currency components and nonmonetary liabilities.

Improve statistical forms and tables by making them conform to the MFSM

Design charts to collect information from nonmonetary financial institutions.

Introduce the new Bank of Mozambique chart of accounts.

Electronic recording and compilation of central bank data and, consequently, discontinuance of the use of correspondents’ statements as a data source.

Shortening of the release period from 30 days to 15 days.

Redesign of the central bank’s sectoral balance sheet based on the recommendations of the IMF’s 2001 MFSM.

Compilation of the Bank of Mozambique’s monetary accounts and reserve assets in accordance with the IMF’s 2001 MFSM.

Improve data collection techniques and expand them to include all credit institutions.

Collect, compile, and disseminate stock market information in cooperation with the Mozambique Stock Exchange.

Launch and monitoring of surveys prepared during the IMF technical assistance mission.

IMF technical assistance needed and strengthening of personnel

IMF technical assistance needed

Improve BOP coverage by introducing surveys and using administrative surveys to improve data in the areas of services, and current and capital transfers.

IMF technical assistance and human and material resources needed

In the context of improving the coverage of the balance of payments statistics, surveys of In the context of improving the coverage of the balance of payments statistics, improve the quality of data sources on private loans and FDI for the records of the Foreign Department (DES), through joint efforts by DEE and DES diplomatic missions in Mozambique, and international organizations in the country, inter alia, will be introduced and expanded.

IMF technical assistance and human and material resources needed

Adopt measures for the timely receipt of information.

Human and material resources needed

Redefine freight and insurance estimates in accordance with f.o.b. and c.i.f. data on imports as provided by DGA.

Produce an independent publication on BOP statistics, including a chapter on methodology.

Classification of foreign trade statistical data according to the breakdown recommended in BPM5.

Creation of conditions for identifying data sources for the reconciliation of bilateral foreign trade data (countries in the region and others).

Human resources training and technical assistance needed

Calculate the impact of foreign operations of large enterprises organized under the legal framework established for foreign direct investment.

Human resources training and technical assistance needed

Compile data on portfolio investment.

Human resources training and technical assistance needed

Compile the international investment position and data on the international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in accordance with the IMF methodology.

Human resources training and IMF technical assistance needed

IMF technical assistance

IMF technical assistance

Continuation of the task of reconciling debt data with creditors on a regular basis (to be determined).

Human resources needed

In cooperation with the Legal Department of the Bank of Mozambique, revise exchange legislation applicable to private debt.

Purchase of computers and installation of CS-DRMS 2000 Plus systems.

External financing and Commonwealth technical assistance

Contact with the Commonwealth Secretariat to request assistance in updating the external debt database and training in the production of reports on private external debt.

Human resources training

Development of a national external debt database.

 

Human resources training

Transfer of the public external debt recording functions of the Bank of Mozambique to the Ministry of Planning and Finance.

External financing

Design of a special computer program for managing official and private external debt.

IMF technical assistance

IMF technical assistance

Compile data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity using the methodology recommended by the IMF.

Human resources training and IMF technical assistance

Adopt measures for the timely receipt of information.

Human and material resources needed

Improve the computation of data on the delivery of supplies to carriers.

Human and material resources needed

Preparation and publication of the balance of payments compilation methodology, foreign trade section.

Creation of conditions for identifying data sources for the reconciliation of bilateral foreign trade data (countries in the region and others).

Human resources training and technical assistance

Improve the computation of DGA foreign trade data processed electronically in the TIMS and check these data against manually compiled data. Incorporate free trade area data into the TIMS database.