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IMF Country Report No. 20/216
EL SALVADOR
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT—THE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ACCOUNTS STATISTICS MISSION
July 2020
This Technical Assistance report on El Salvador was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on May 2018.
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El Salvador
Report on The Capacity Development National Accounts Statisticsmission (May 14–18, 2018)
JUNE 2019
Prepared by Francisco Sabido
The contents of this report constitute technical advice provided by the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the authorities of El Salvador (the “TA recipient”) in response to their request for technical assistance. This report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof may be disclosed by the IMF to IMF Executive Directors and members of their staff, as well as to other agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, and upon their request, to World Bank staff, and other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest [including members of the CAPTAC-DR Steering Committee], unless the TA recipient specifically objects to such disclosure (see Operational Guidelines for the Dissemination of Technical Assistance Information). Publication or Disclosure of this report (in whole or in part) or summaries thereof to parties outside the IMF other than agencies or instrumentalities of the TA recipient, World Bank staff, other technical assistance providers and donors with legitimate interest [including members of the CAPTAC-DR Steering Committee], shall require the explicit consent of the TA recipient and the IMF’s Statistics Department.
Regional Technical Assistance Center for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic
Contents
Glossary
SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
COMPILATION OF INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE
A. Creation of a Work Plan to Compile the IOT
B. Valuation Table Estimation
C. Construction of the Import Use Table, Valued CIF
D. Inconsistencies Detected
E. Compilation of Input-Output Table
F. Monitoring of the National Accounts System of El Salvador 2005
DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Officials Who Participated in the Mission
TABLE
1. Priority Recommendations
Glossary
| 2008 SNA | System of National Accounts 2008 |
| CAPTAC-DR | Regional Technical Assistance Center for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic |
| CBR | Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance and Freight |
| DIGESTYC | General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses |
| DNA | Department of National Accounts [Spanish abbreviation DCN] |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOT | Input-Output Table |
| NPISH | Non-profit Institutions Serving Households |
| SUT | Supply and Use Table |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
| VAT | Value-Added Tax |
