Manuals on Macroeconomic Statistics: A Stocktaking to Guide Future Work
November 1, 2001
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Summary
Over the last decade, a number of methodological manuals on macroeconomic datasets were produced by the international community. For a number of reasons, these manuals could be viewed as fragmented, disconnected, and branching in various directions. This paper groups by topics and broad classifications a critical mass (some 40) of manuals that have been published since 1993 or that are nearing completion. Viewing the manuals in an integrated framework prompts a reflection with four broad types of issues to be addressed for future work: awareness and accessibility of the manuals; their relevance; the need for further harmonization, and the need for updating procedures.
Subject: Foreign direct investment, International organization, Labor, National accounts, Trade in services
Keywords: definition, merchandise, procedure, procedures in terms, updating procedure, WP
Pages:
22
Volume:
2001
DOI:
Issue:
183
Series:
Working Paper No. 2001/183
Stock No:
WPIEA1832001
ISBN:
9781451859317
ISSN:
1018-5941
