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OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) Paris 25-27 June 2007

Agenda item: 13 DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED NATIONS GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE STATISTICS (BOTH STRUCTURAL AND SHORT-TERM). OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) Paris 25-27 June 2007. AIMS OF THIS SESSION.

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OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) Paris 25-27 June 2007

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  1. Agenda item: 13DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED NATIONS GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISTRIBUTIVE TRADE STATISTICS (BOTH STRUCTURAL AND SHORT-TERM) OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) Paris 25-27 June 2007

  2. AIMS OF THIS SESSION • Focus will be on OECD assistance to UNSD on the revision of existing international standards on distributive trade statistics (EPH) • Start off with an overview of recent UN work on the development of international statistical guidelines • Implications for future co-operation between STESWP and UNSD and other UN agencies • Brief outline of modular approach to developing international standards

  3. WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL GUIDELINES? • There are many types of international statistical publications • Often confusion with what is meant by terms: international statistical standard, international recommendations, guidelines, handbook or manual • UNSD prepared a taxonomy – Presented at Work session convened by Friends of the Chair (FROCH) Group on Integrated economic statistics in Bern on 6-8 June 2007

  4. WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL GUIDELINES?

  5. WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL GUIDELINES? From a UN perspective the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) has the authority to approve global standards and recommendations prepared by advisory committees, city groups, expert groups, etc.

  6. WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL GUIDELINES? e.g. SNA BPM e.g. International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics International Recommendations for Distributive Trade Statistics e.g. Manual of Statistics on International Trade in Services National Accounts – A Practical Introduction

  7. WHAT ARE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL GUIDELINES? • An unstructured list of international standards was prepared by UNSD for the Work session convened by FROCH Group on Integrated economic statistics in June 2007 • A more comprehensive list is available at UNSD’s Methodological Publications in Statistics website - Created at the request of the UNSC in 1999 [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/progwork/pwabout.asp]

  8. RECENT UN WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES • International recommendations on distributive trade statistics • SNA update / revision • International recommendations for industrial statistics

  9. IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN STESWP AND UN AGENCIES • Since the inception of STESWP there has been close co-operation / co-ordination of further improvement of co-operation with Eurostat • Not so close with UN agencies – UNSD becoming more active in the revision of international standards / recommendations at a global level • OECD has been invited to participate in various UN expert groups working on specific standards • Provides opportunity for STESWP to members to provide comment, etc., into the evolution of these standards • However, need to ensure that it does not duplicate national inputs

  10. MODULAR APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, RECOMMENDATIONS, MANUALS / HANDBOOKS / GUIDELINES • There are often considerable overlaps between components of international statistical standards and recommendations – concepts; definitions; and classifications • Modular approach should be extended to some of the Manuals / Handbooks / Guidelines as advocated in the OECD Presentation Handbook • Approach strongly supported by the Work session convened by FROCH Group on Integrated economic statistics in June 2007

  11. MODULAR APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, RECOMMENDATIONS, MANUALS / HANDBOOKS / GUIDELINES • On issues such as: • Presentation of growth rates • Seasonal adjustment • Revisions • Presentation of metadata • Presentation of sapling & non-sampling errors • There are often considerable overlaps between components of international statistical standards and recommendations – concepts; definitions; and classifications • Modular approach should be extended to some of the Manuals / Handbooks / Guidelines as advocated in the OECD Presentation Handbook • Approach strongly supported by the Work session convened by FROCH Group on Integrated economic statistics in June 2007 • Standards / guidelines for: • the services sector • turnover

  12. Thank you for your attention !

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