Economics
IMF Joins World Bank in Querying Tanzania's New Statistics Law
- World Bank has said law revisions buck global standards
- New law criminalizes questioning the accuracy of state data
A motorcycle and pedestrians pass along a dirt road in the district of Nyangoto.
Photographer: Trevor Snapp/Bloomberg
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The International Monetary Fund raised questions over Tanzania’s amendments to the national statistics law, just weeks after the World Bank expressed concerns over the revisions.
In September, Tanzania’s lawmakers passed amendments that criminalize publication of figures that haven’t been approved by the statistician-general, changes that the World Bank said were “out of line with international standards.” The alterations also impose fines or a minimum three-year jail term on anyone found guilty of questioning official figures.