Which areas and data sets are the focuses for statistical harmonisation?
The focus of harmonisation is on the production and dissemination of statistics on the major sectors of the economy, these are the real sector (i.e. the national account or measurement of the GDP and the consumer price indices), government sector (central government accounts), money and banking sector (uniformity in the balance sheets of the central bank and deposit money banks) and the external sector (the balance of payments). 36. What progress has been made in implementing this framework? On the GDDS membership, The Gambia is a full member and all countries have tendered in applications for membership to the IMF. Both the ECOWAS Secretariat and WAMI are collaborating to ensure data harmonisation. ECOWAS has in place the ECOSTAT project funded by the European Commission, which aims at harmonisation of consumer prices, the national accounts and government fiscal operations through the national statistics offices and AFRISTAT. The West African Monetary Institute is working on the harmo
