Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014

xxii Preface

Th e work was supervised by Mr. Robert Heath (Deputy Director), Ms. Claudia Dziobek (Chief, Government Finance

Division), and Mr. Robert Dippelsman (former Deputy Chief, Government Finance Division), all from the Statistics

Department. Ms. Sagé De Clerck (Senior Economist, Government Finance Division, Statistics Department) was the

primary draft er and also coordinated and edited contributions to the Manual. Many staff in the Government Finance

Division contributed to the project, in particular, Mmes. Majdeline El-Rayess, Viera Karolova, Phebby Kufa, and Kara

Rideout, and Messrs. Miguel Alves, Alberto Jiménez de Lucio, Gary Jones, Mike Seiferling, Philip Stokoe, Deon Tanzer,

and Tobias (Murto) Wickens. Contributions were also made by former staff members and experts in GFS including

Mmes. Brigitte Batschi, Paola De Rita, Irina Dubinina, and Betty Gruber, and Messrs. Ismael Ahamdanech-Zarco, Jo-

hann Bjorgvinsson, Paul Cotterell, Jean-Pierre Dupuis, Cor Gorter, Carlos Gutierrez, Héctor Hernández, Ciaran Judge,

Leonard Haakman, Brooks Robinson, and Vincent Marie. Mmes. Katy Hurston and Sheridan Parsonson supported the

preparation of discussion papers and prepared draft s for publication. Current and former staff from other divisions of

the Statistics Department also contributed to the project, including the Balance of Payments Division (Ms. Rita Mesias

and Mr. Marcelo Dinenzon); Financial Institutions Division (Messrs. Jose Cartas, Th omas Elkjaer, and Richard Wal-

ton); and Real Sector Division (Messrs. Manik Shrestha and Daniel Smith).

Current and former staff from other departments of the IMF also contributed to the Manual. In particular, col-

laboration between the IMF’s Statistics and Fiscal Aff airs Departments is acknowledged. Contributors from the Fiscal

Aff airs Department included Mmes. Adrienne Cheasty, Chita Marzan, Delphine Moretti, Isabel Rial, and Christine

Richmond, and Messrs. Sanjeev Gupta, Richard Hughes, Tim Irwin, Kris Kaufman, Abdul Khan, Geremia Palomba,

and Shamsuddin Tareq. Contributors from the Finance Department included Mmes. Sheila Basset, Elena Budras, Mary

Hoare, and Jane Mburu, and Messrs. Preet Bhullar, Claudio De Luca, Carlos Janada, and Barry Yuen. A contribution

was also received from the Research Department (Mr. Manmohan Singh).

Government Finance Statistics Advisory Committee

Th e GFSM 2014 greatly benefi ted from meetings of the Government Finance Statistics Advisory Committee that were

convened in February 2011 and May 2012. Th e GFSM 2014 benefi ted from the discussions, written contributions, and

comments of members of the committee and the organizations they represented.

Country Members

Australia Michael Davies, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Brazil Felipe Bardella, Ministry of Finance

Fabiana Magalhães Almeida Rodopoulos, Ministry of Finance

Canada Kara Rideout, Statistics Canada

Chile Héctor Hernández, Ministry of Finance

Côte d’Ivoire Nicolas Kacou, Ministry of Finance

Denmark Søren Brodersen, Statistics Denmark

Georgia Pridon Aslanikashvili, Ministry of Finance

Ghana Nelly Mireku, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

Japan Hidehiko Futamura, Cabinet Offi ce

Kosuke Suzuki, Cabinet Offi ce

Philippines Teresa Habitan, Department of Finance

Qatar Rifaat Basanti, Ministry of Economy and Finance

South Africa Michael Adams, South African Reserve Bank

Switzerland André Schwaller

United Kingdom Philip Stokoe, Offi ce for National Statistics

United States Pamela Kelly, Bureau of Economic Analysis