Fixed Base Year vs. Chain Linking in National Accounts : Experience of Sub-Saharan African Countries /

There are two approaches for producing volume estimates of GDP, fixed base year and annual chaining. While most advanced economies have adopted the chain-linked approach in the past twenty years, some African countries are hesitant to do so, in part because of the computation and data requirements,...

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Autor principal: Dippelsman, Robert
Altres autors: Josyula, Venkat, Metreau, Eric
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/133
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF