毛里求斯：公共部门债务统计任务数据质量评估技术援助报告（2025年9月4日至12日）

MAURITIUSReport on Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt StatisticsMission DECEMBER2025 Prepared BySteffi Schuster(mission chief)andDavid Bailey Authoring Department:Statistics Department DISCLAIMER “The contents of this document constitute technical advice provided by the staff of the InternationalMonetary Fund to the authorities of Mauritius (the "CD recipient") in response to their request for technicalassistance. This document (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by the IMF to theIMF Executive Director for Mauritius, to other IMF Executive Directors and members of their staff, as wellas to other agencies or instrumentalities of the CD recipient, and upon their request, to World Bank staff,and other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest, unless the CD recipient PARTNERS Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 2 Background .......................................................................................................................................... 3Summary Findings and Recommendations......................................................................................... 4Priority Recommendations................................................................................................................... 6 A.Prerequisites of Quality.......................................................................................................................... 11B.Assurances of Integrity .......................................................................................................................... 14C.Methodological Soundness.................................................................................................................... 15D.Accuracy and Reliability......................................................................................................................... 18 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................ 24Appendix I. Officials met during the Mission ............................................................................................... 24Appendix II. Users’ Survey Results............................................................................................................. 26Appendix III. Standardized Debt tables for Reporting PSDS...................................................................... 28Appendix IV. Authorities Response to Assessment Report........................................................................ 29 Acronyms and Abbreviations Overall Assessment Background 1.This report provides an assessment of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics of Mauritius.The assessment has been conducted against theIMF’s Data Quality AssessmentFramework (DQAF) for Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) 2024.The DQAF lays out internationally 2.The mission was undertaken under the auspices of a two-year project to strengthen thequality of public sector debt statistics in select African countries.The project is funded by theGovernment of Japan through the Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA). The 3.This report is based on information provided prior to and during a mission fromSeptember 4 to 12, 2025, as well as publicly available information.The agencies compiling the 4.Mauritius’ public debt is estimated to be 86 percent of GDP at the end of the 2024/25 fiscalyear (end of June 2025), having risen significantly over the last five years.According to the PSDSreports of the MOF, the consolidated gross public debt was 64 percent of GDP at the end of 5.Mauritius subscribes to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) andsubmits quarterly debt data to the Joint IMF-World Bank Quarterly Public Sector Debt statisticsdatabase (QPSD).The quarterly debt data are disseminated in a regular and timely fashion through boththe National Summary Data Page (NSDP) of the SDDS, and via the QPSD. In addition, the MOF publisha range of detailed quarterly public sector debt tables on their website. Information which is also shared 6.Against this background, the main objectives of the mission were to identify:(a) keystrengths and areas for improvement in PSDS compilation and dissemination processes through theapplication of the IMF’s DQAF; and (b) priority actions to help Mauritius enhance public debt datatransparency. Discussions with various stakeholders, as well as review of data received and published,indicate that Mauritius’ public debt statistics are broadly accurate and timely, but improvements are IMF’s DQAF ratings. Summary Findings and Recommendations 7.Prerequisites of quality:This category in the DQAF assesses the conditions that have animpact on data quality within the main agencies in c