DISCLAIMER“The contents of this document constitute technical advice provided by the staff of the InternationalMonetary Fund to the authorities of Zimbabwe (the "CD recipient") in response to their request fortechnical assistance. This document (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by theIMF to the IMF Executive Director for Zimbabwe, to other IMF Executive Directors and members of theirstaff, as well as to other agencies or instrumentalities of the CD recipient, and upon their request, toWorld Bank staff, and other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, unless theCD recipient specifically objects to such disclosure (seeOperational Guidance for the Dissemination ofCapacity Development Information). Publication or Disclosure of this report (in whole or in part) to partiesoutside the IMF other than agencies or instrumentalities of the CD recipient, World Bank staff, othertechnical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest shall require the explicit consent of theCD recipient and the IMF’s Statistics department.”PARTNERS IMF| Technical Report – ZimbabweTable of ContentsAcronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 2Overall Assessment.................................................................................................................................... 3Section I. Detailed Assessment and Recommendations ...................................................................... 10A.Prerequisites of Quality.......................................................................................................................... 10B.Assurances of Integrity .......................................................................................................................... 12C.Methodological Soundness.................................................................................................................... 14D.Accuracy and Reliability......................................................................................................................... 17E.Serviceability .......................................................................................................................................... 19F.Accessibility ........................................................................................................................................... 21Appendices ................................................................................................................................................ 23Appendix I. Officials met during the Mission ............................................................................................... 23Appendix II. Users’ Survey Results............................................................................................................. 25Appendix III. Standardized Debt tables for Reporting PSDS...................................................................... 29Appendix IV. Authorities Response to Assessment Report........................................................................ 31 Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics | 1 IMF| Technical Report – ZimbabweData Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics | 2Acronyms and AbbreviationsAGDAccountant General Directorate, MoFEDIPBCGBudgetary Central GovernmentCSDCentral Securities Depository, RBZDMFASDebt Management and Financial Analysis SystemDQAFIMF’s Data Quality Assessment FrameworkEDDCExternal and Domestic Debt Management Committeee-GDDSIMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination SystemGFSGovernment Finance StatisticsGFSM 2014Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014IFMISIntegrated Financial Management Information SystemMDAsLine Ministries, Departments, and AgenciesMoFEDIPMinistry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment PromotionNSDPNational Summary Data Page (under IMF’s e-GDDS)PDM ActPublic Debt Management Act, September 2015PSDSPublic Sector Debt StatisticsPSDSG 2013Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Users and Compilers 2013QPSDJoint IMF-World Bank Quarterly Public Sector Debt Statistics DatabaseRBZReserve Bank of ZimbabweSOEsState-Owned EnterprisesZiGZimbabwe Gold (currency)ZIMCODDZimbabwe Coalition on Debt and DevelopmentZimStatZimbabwe National Statistics AgencyZPDMOZimbabwe Public Debt Management Office, MoFEDIP IMF| Technical Report – ZimbabweOverall Assessment1.This report provides an assessment of the data quality of the public sector debt statisticsof Zimbabwe.The assessment has been conducted against theIMF’s Data Quality AssessmentFramework (DQAF) for Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) 2024.The DQAF lays out internationallyaccepted practices in statistics, ranging from good governance in data-producing agencies to specificpractices in compiling and disseminating public sector debt statistics (PSDS).2.The mission was undertaken under the auspices of