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PowerPoint presentation on the major sources for the compilation of national accounts statistics including administrative data sources and surveys. This presentation was delivered at a Regional Workshop on National Accounts convened by the Caribbean... Read More

This presentation examines what is administrative data, its prime characteristics, the benefits and drawbacks to using administrative data and how to determine whether to use administrative data rather than surveys. It was presented at a CARICOM... Read More

The steps outlined in this document are provided as a guideline for NSOs who want to enhance the access, use and management of administrative data in their statistical programs. For each step, a series of tasks is provided for consideration by the... Read More

This Guide provides guidance on (1) the development of a proper strategy for compiling quarterly GFS, highlighting the institutional framework aspects of such strategy, (2) the sources and techniques for compiling those data, and (3) some analytical... Read More

The FDES 2013 covers issues and aspects of the environment that are relevant for analysis, policy and decision making. It is designed to assist all countries in the formulation of environment statistics programmes by: (i) delineating the scope of... Read More

The present publication, Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Disability Statistics, is one of two recent United Nations reports concerned with the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of persons with disabilities.Â... Read More

The present handbook provides guidance on the definitions, rationale, concepts and sources of data for each of the indicators that are being used to monitor the goals and targets. It expands on an earlier exercise to provide the metadata for the... Read More

This document provides guidance for National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to enhance the access, use  and management of administrative data in their statistical programs. The document outlines a number of steps, each with a series of tasks to be... Read More

This presentation provides information on the use of administrative data versus census data for maintaining a statistical business register. It was presented at a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) regional workshop under the Project for the Regional... Read More

The International Investment Position: A Guide to Data Sources has been prepared to assist national compilers in the development of international investment position statistics. The primary audience for this guide is those countries not currently... Read More