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PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT STATISTICS: GUIDE FOR COMPILERS AND USERS<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Compilati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
disseminati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
public sector<br />
debt statistics<br />
Main types of<br />
data sources<br />
Source data<br />
systems <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>/or<br />
compilers<br />
Figure 6.1. Main C<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>s in the Process of Collecting, Compiling,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Disseminating Public Sector Debt Statistics<br />
Decentralized<br />
debt compiling<br />
agency<br />
Debt office Balance sheets<br />
Accounting<br />
system(s)<br />
bank, the ministry of finance, an independent debt management<br />
office, or a nati<strong>on</strong>al statistical agency. 1<br />
6.7 In whatever way the statistics are to be col lected<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> compiled—<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> invariably a range of meth ods<br />
1 A nati<strong>on</strong>al statistical agency may be a user of the debt data, in the<br />
sense that the data are communicated by the ministry of finance <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>/<br />
or the central bank to the nati<strong>on</strong>al statistical agency for publicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Financial<br />
management<br />
systems<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Disseminati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> of<br />
public sector<br />
debt statistics<br />
Central<br />
compiling<br />
agency<br />
Decentralized<br />
debt compiling<br />
agency<br />
Surveys <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>/or<br />
questi<strong>on</strong>naires<br />
Debt<br />
management,<br />
recording, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
reporting<br />
systems<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Data</str<strong>on</strong>g> reporting requirements<br />
Decentralized<br />
debt compiling<br />
agency<br />
Other sources<br />
Other systems<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> approaches will be adopted—the process will be<br />
resource intensive. Thus, where there is more than <strong>on</strong>e<br />
agency involved in the compilati<strong>on</strong> of public sec tor debt<br />
statistics, there should be a coordinated <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> cooperative<br />
effort, avoiding duplicati<strong>on</strong> of effort <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ensuring as<br />
far as possible c<strong>on</strong>sistency of approach across related<br />
data series. With computerized tech niques, different<br />
units can be c<strong>on</strong>nected through com puter networks