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Handbook on Non-Profit Institutions in the System of National Accounts
Series: F, No. 91
Sales number: 03.XVII.9
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $15
Responding to the growing worldwide interest in the character and role of non-profit or civil society organizations, this publication provides guidelines for the development of a satellite account that presents detailed economic data on non-profit institutions within the framework of the System of National Accounts. The Handbook clarifies the definition of non-profit institutions and identifies a methodology for breaking out and aggregating the full range of non-profit institutions, both those currently reported in the SNA sector Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households and those assigned to other sectors. The proposed methodology also captures the contribution of volunteer labour utilized by non-profit institutions and suggests extensions to existing classification systems to differentiate more fully the various types of non-profit institutions. |
National Accounts: A Practical Introduction
Series: F, No. 85
Sales number: E.04.XVII.4
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $25
National Accounts: A Practical Introduction provides an introduction to some basic concepts and structures of the System of National Accounts (SNA) to economists and policy makers who are not familiar with national accounts, as well as other newcomers to the field of national accounting. The text may serve as a guide to reading the SNA itself. In that sense, the text is written in as simple a style as possible, and therefore the detailed elaboration of concepts in both theory and practice is avoided. Simple exercises are included, whenever possible, to make concepts and structures clearer to readers. The handbook also provides an example of the complete system in Excel so that readers can trace the linkages in the system by looking at the formulas there. A compilation spreadsheet that can be used for compiling national accounts is also developed as part of the development of the handbook. It has been tested and used in many developing countries. Those supplements are posted on the web page of the United Nations Statistics Division as part of the series Handbook of National Accounting. |
Handbook of National Accounting: Use of Macro Accounts in Policy Analysis
Series: F, No. 81
Sales number: 02.XVII.5
Languages: [Arabic]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $30
This Handbook is one in a series of national accounting handbooks. It was prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division and deals with policy analysis uses of 1993 SNA economic, social and environmental (satellite) accounts. It examines how scope, detail and consistency of benchmark, annual and quarterly macro accounts data can best serve indicator analysis of past and modeling of future trends and how compilation methods may affect such analyses. The handbook is based on papers presented and discussions in a 1998 Statistics Division expert group meeting of national accountants, and specialists on monetary, fiscal and balance of payments issues, environmental, poverty and other social concerns, input-output and other modelers and econometricians. |
Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework
Series: F, No. 80
Sales number: 01.XVII.9
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $15
These recommendations are based on a common conceptual framework for the design of the tourism satellite account. They cover the form of a basic system of concepts, definitions, classifications, tables and aggregates linked to the standard tables of the System of National Accounts 1993. The purpose of the tourism satellite account is to analyse in detail all the aspects of demand for goods and services that might be associated with tourism within the economy; to observe the supply of such products and describe how this supply interacts with other economic activities; and to permit greater international comparability in tourism statistics. An annex presents a provisional list of tourism-specific products as a reference for countries that wish to develop their own list. The publication was prepared by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat, the World Tourism Organization, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat). |
Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting -- An Operational Manual
Series: F, No. 78
Sales number: 00.XVII.17
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $30
United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Environment Programme have jointly published Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting - An Operational Manual. The handbook provides, on the basis of country experiences, hands on guidance on the implementation of the more practical modules of the System of integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA). It is accompanied by a user-friendly software consisting of a sequence of worksheets. The manual is the result of collaboration with the "Nairobi Group", a group of experts from developed and developing countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations. |
Handbook of National Accounting -- A Systems Approach to National Accounts Compilation
Series: F, No. 77
Sales number: 99.XVII.10
Languages: +[Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; +[Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $20
This technical report is part of a series of national accounts handbooks in support of the implementation of the 1993 System of National Accounts (SNA). Its purpose is to facilitate a dialogue between users and producers on: (1) What is the national accounts system/framework that is appropriate for a country. (2) What mechanisms of basic data collection, estimation techniques, data processing etc. have to be set up to yield the desired result in the most effective manner. |
Handbook of National Accounting -- Links Between Business Accounting and National Accounting
Series: F, No. 76
Sales number: 00.XVII.13
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $30
The handbook covers the conceptual and practical aspects of linking business accounts to national accounts through countries' experiences. It discusses business accounts standards and their diversity among countries, and the necessary adjustments to be made to make the information from business accounts compatible with the economic concepts in the System of National Accounts 1993 of the United Nations. |
Handbook of National Accounting -- Input-Output Table Compilation and Analysis
Series: F, No. 74
Sales number: 99.XVII.9
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $30
The Handbook contains three parts: analytical and statistical foundations of the input-output model, compilation of SNA supply and use tables and some applications of input-output tables and model. The main focus is to cover the conceptual and statistical integration of the supply and use tables within the 1993 System of National Accounts. Included are valuation in the I/O table, converting supply and use tables into a symmetric I/O table, compilation of production accounts of industries, treatment of imports, compilation of final demand, commodity method and table balancing, updating input-output tables, and production accounts in constant prices, impact analysis, analytical approach to the calculation of the "green" GDP. |
Handbook of National Accounting -- Use of the System of National Accounts in Economies in Transition
Series: F, No. 66
Sales number: 96.XVII.11
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $20
This handbook provides guidance for national accountants on the application of international standards on national accounts in "transition economies" and other countries introducing market mechanisms. It reviews how shifts in production from public to private and from non-market to market production affect GDP and component measures of production and final demand, changes in the social benefits system, privatization of enterprises and dwellings and the emerging financial system, and how to adapt data sources to these changes. Conceptual and data links between SNA and the Material Product System (MPS) are presented in the annex. |
World Comparisons of Real Gross Domestic Product and Purchasing Power, 1985, Phase V of the
International Comparison Programme
Series: F, No. 64
Sales number: 94.XVII.7
Languages: [English] , Corr.1 [English]; [French]
Price: $19.95
This publication reports the global results of phase V of the International Comparison Programme (ICP) for the benchmark year 1985. Section I of the report summarizes the 1985 results; section II provides concise notes on ICP methodology; section III provides brief references to each of the regional studies on which the global exercise was based; and section IV presents the detailed results of the global comparison and describes the global framework of ICP, its organisational procedures, linking of regional results and uses and limitations of the ICP results. Comparable data on real GDP, purchasing power parities, relative price and volume indices for 53 expenditure categories are available for 56 participating countries. |
Handbook of National Accounting --
Integrated Environment and Economic Accounting
Series: F, No. 61
Sales number: 93.XVII.12
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $45
This handbook on integrated environmental and economic accounting responds to the request in Agenda 21 of the Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro that methods of integrated economic accounting for the environment be published and widely circulated. The handbook presents concepts, methods and classifications which incorporate environmental concerns including natural resource depletion, environmental quality degradation and environmental protection into national accounts by means of a system of integrated environmental and economic accounting (SEEA). The main objective of integrated accounting is to support integrated social, economic and environmental policy by means of environmentally adjusted indicators of national wealth, net domestic product, consumption and capital formation. The handbook will be used, in particular, to assist countries in implementing national programmes or case studies of environmental accounting. |
Manual on Population Census Data Processing Using Microcomputers
Series: F, No. 53
Sales number: 90.XVII.19
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; [French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $25
This publication is one in a series of handbooks and manuals planned in the context of the 1990 round of population and housing censuses. It deals with computer technology and the issues involved in processing of census data. National census offices and statistical organizations will find it useful in selecting appropriate methods and techniques to meet their specific needs
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Handbook of National Accounting -- Public Sector Accounts
Series: F, No. 50
Sales number: 88.XVII.5
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This volume describes the accounts and tables relating to the public sector -- both general government administration and public enterprises -- which countries may find it useful to compile. Government administration and public enterprises play an important role in modern economies and their actions are reflected in most parts of the national accounts. ------ Out of print. |
World Comparison of Purchasing Powers and Real Product for 1980Part II: Detailed Results for 60 Countries
Series: F, No. 42
Sales number: 86.XVII.10
Languages: *[English]; *[French]
This publication contains two parts of the report on phase IV of the International Comparison Project (ICP) for 1980. Part one summarizes the data on 60 countries and provides gross domestic product (GDP) in national currency, resident population, per capita GDP in international dollars, purchasing power parities, exchange rate and price level for each country. Part two describes the organization and methodology underlying phase IV and includes more detailed tables. These include the results of phase IV for GDP, for its three major components (consumption, government and capital formation) and for 58 condensed categories. Available in English (French version published by EUROSTAT (Luxembourg)).
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Concepts and Methods for Integrating Social and Economic Statistics on Health, Education and Housing
Series: F, No. 40
Sales number: 86.XVII.23
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This report takes stock of the development of systematic linkages between social and economic statistics using the system of national accounts and balances in the fields of health, education and housing. Its objectives are threefold: to consider the usefulness in the social fields of relevant internationally recommended concepts and classifications from economic statistics; to illustrate the application in the social fields of currently accepted economic concepts and classifications, with examples including theoretical and applied work on the concept "total consumption of the population"; and to suggest ways of overcoming conceptual and practical problems. It is one of a series of reports on integration and improvement of social, demographic and related statistics and indicators.
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Handbook of National Accounting--Accounting for Production: Sources and Methods
Series: F, No. 39
Sales number: 86.XVII.11
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
An overview of national accounts methodology from the production standpoint is presented in this publication and the basic sources of the necessary data are reviewed. The book deals with gross domestic product by kind of activity and with cost components of gross domestic product. It is part of a series of handbooks of national accounting on sources and methods for compiling the statistics needed for the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA).
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Feasibility of Welfare-Oriented Measures to Supplement the National Accounts and Balances--A Technical Report
Series: F, No. 22
Sales number: 77.XVII.12
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication had its origins in the growing interest in measuring the levels of living or well-being of populations and in the widespread consensus that monetary measures of output and income fail to capture important dimensions of welfare. It provides a survey of the problems arising and the work done to date in devising welfare measures to supplement the national accounts and balances. Included are chapters on aspects of the household economy, intermediate and final expenditures of general government, measures of environmental conditions and pollution, measurement of assets and approaches to international comparisons.------ Out of print. |
Comparisons of the System of National Accounts and the System of Balances of the National Economy, Part II: Conversion of Aggregates of SNA to MPS and vice versa for Selected Countries
Series: F, No. 20, Part II
Sales number: 77.XVII.15
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This companion volume to SNA-MPS conceptual relationships (Series F, No. 20, Part I) provides illustrative numerical calculations demonstrating the feasibility of applying the conceptual framework and the conversion tables in particular. The calculations were made by the United Nations Statistical Office in close co-operation with the central statistical offices of the 10 participating countries. Included is a detailed description of the methodology used for each of the 10 countries, the sources of the data used and tables showing the actual estimates.------ Out of print. |
Comparisons of the System of National Accounts and the System of Balances of the National Economy, Part I: Conceptual Relationships
Series: F, No. 20, Part I
Sales number: 77.XVII.6
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication is part of a two part study of the relationships between the System of National Accounts (SNA), used in countries with market economies and the System of Balances of the National Economy (MPS), used in countries with centrally planned economies. Part one delineates the adjustments and steps required to convert the aggregates of SNA relating to the supply and disposition of goods and services and the incomes originating in production into the corresponding aggregates of MPS and vice versa. The scope of the conceptual framework and the amount of detail needed depend on the particular parts of the systems and on the aggregates and their subdivisions for which intersystem comparisons are considered meaningful. A series of tables shows the adjustments that need to be made for intersystem comparison and provide a basis for international reporting of data in terms of MPS concepts by countries using SNA and vice versa.------ Out of print. |
System of National Accounts 1993
Series: F, No. 2/Rev.4
Sales number: 94.XVII.4
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; [French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $85
Revision: Rev.4
This fundamental report presents the new 1993 version of the System of National Accounts in a completely revised and reorganized presentation. It sets out the basic methodological principles underlying the System for the systematic and integrated recording of the flows and stocks of an economy in order to provide an accurate overall view of the economy. Explained and illustrated in detail are all the internationally agreed concepts, definitions, conventions, classifications and accounting rules used in the SNA accounts and tables. |
System of National Accounts, 2008
Series: F, No. 2/Rev. 5
Sales number: 08.XVII.29
Languages: +[Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; +[French]; [Russian]; +[Spanish]
Price: $150
Revision: Rev.5
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This flagship publication, System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) is the comprehensive statistical framework for economic statistics that provides a consistent and flexible set of macroeconomic accounts for policymaking, analysis and research. It has been produced and is released under the auspices of the United Nations, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.
It represents an update, mandated by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2003, of the System of National Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA), which was produced under the joint responsibility of the same five organizations. Like earlier editions, the 2008 SNA reflects the evolving needs of its users, new developments in the economic environment and advances in methodological research. The 2008 SNA is the international statistical standards for national accounting and provide the methodological basis for improving the international comparability of national accounts data.
When adopting the 2008 SNA as the updated new standard of national accounting, the United Nations Statistical Commission encouraged all countries to compile and report their national accounts on the basis of the 2008 SNA as soon as possible. For this purpose, it is scheduled that the 2008 SNA will be made available in the other official languages of the United Nations by 2011.[more...] |
Updates and Amendments to the System of National Accounts 1993
Series: F, No. 2, Rev. 4/Add.1
Sales number: E.04.XVII.8
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $20
Revision: Rev.4
This joint publication of the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) and the World Bank complements the recommendations of the System of National Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA), and reflects changes and improvements that have been introduced to the system of national accounts since its last revision in 1993. Along with the 1993 SNA, Updates and Amendments supports the implementation of international standards of national accounting and provides the methodological basis for improving the international comparability of national accounts data. The publication contains the text of the 1993 SNA that has been updated as a result of the adoption of new international standards for the statistical measurement of financial derivatives. It also includes four functional classifications that were fully elaborated and updated after the 1993 SNA was published. It also provides for the first time a glossary of terms and definitions.
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System of National Accounts 1993, CD-ROM
Series: F, No. 2, Rev. 4
Sales number: 96.XVII.3
Languages: [English] only
Price: $120
Revision: Rev.4
SNA-CD is a complete electronic version of the System of National Accounts 1993 book publication with a wealth of new electronic functions. These include an easy-to-browse, user-friendly interface, collapsible multi-level table of contents, back of the book index with embeded jumps to referenced paragraphs, pop-up definitions, full-text searches and spreadsheets. It works under a Windows environment and can be installed on a LAN. |
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water
Series: F, No. 100
Sales number: 11.XVII.12
Languages: +[Arabic]; +[Chinese]; [English]; +[French]; +[Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $52
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The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water, commonly referred to as SEEA-Water, is a conceptual framework for the organization of physical and economic information in support of water policy design and evaluation. The SEEA-Water is a subsystem of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), which provides the internationally agreed framework for measuring the interactions between the economy and the environment coherent with the concepts, definitions and classifications of the System of National Accounts.
After a rigorous global consultation process, the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) adopted the SEEA-Water. Along with its adoption, the UNSC also encouraged its implementation by the Member States.
The UNSC is a functional Commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations that brings together the Chief Statisticians from the Member States. As such, the UNSC is the highest decision making body for international statistical activities, especially in setting statistical methodological standards and their implementation at the national and international level. |
International Recommendations for Water Statistics
Series: M, No. 91
Sales number: 10.XVII.15
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; [English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $49
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The International Recommendations for Water Statistics (IRWS) was developed to assist countries establish and strengthen information systems for water, which in turn support the design and evaluation of better water policies. In particular, these recommendations: (a) support the collection, compilation and dissemination of internationally comparable water statistics in countries; (b) support the implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts for Water (SEEA-Water); and (c) provide the necessary information for deriving coherent and consistent indicators, enabling comparisons over time and between countries from an agreed list of data items.
The IRWS consolidates the experiences and practices of countries and international organizations in the field of water statistics, and was developed in close collaboration and consultations with many countries and international experts. Following this process, the IRWS was adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) at its forty-first session in February 2010.
The UNSC is a functional Commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations that brings together the Chief statisticians from the Member States. As such it is the highest decision making body for international statistical activities, especially the setting of statistical standards, the development of concepts and methods and their implementation at the national and international level. |
International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics 2008
Series: M, No. 90
Sales number: 08.XVII.8
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $70
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The International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics 2008 (IRIS 2008) provides a comprehensive methodological framework for collection and reporting of industrial statistics in all countries, irrespective of level of development of their statistical systems. Part I of the publication comprise international recommendations on industrial statistics relating to statistical units, characteristics of statistical units, data items and their definitions and the data items for international reporting. Part II of the publication contains guidance for implementation of the international recommendations and relate to performance indicators, data sources and data compilation methods, data-collection strategy, data quality and metadata, and dissemination of industrial statistics. IRIS 2008 are consistent with System of National Accounts 2008 and also harmonized with recommendation in other fields of economic statistics such as distributive trade, construction, and other related domains of structural and short-term statistics.
It is intended primarily for the producers of industrial statistics; particularly the staff of national statistical offices involved in the collection and compilation of industrial statistics, but may be also useful to researchers and other users interested in better understanding the nature of industrial statistics. |
International Recommendations for Distributive Trade Statistics 2008
Series: M, No. 89
Sales number: 08.XVII.26
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $35
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The International Recommendations for Distributive Trade Statistics 2008 (IRDTS 2008) provides the comprehensive methodological framework for collection and compilation of distributive trade statistics in all countries, irrespective of level of development of their statistical systems. The recommendations refer to the concepts, definitions, classifications, data sources, data compilation methods, approaches to data quality assessment, metadata and dissemination policies applicable in distributive trade statistics. Some specific topics identified as requiring additional guidance such as the treatment of informal sector units, compilation of indices of distributive trade, seasonal adjustment, etc. are also covered.
IRDTS 2008 is consistent with recommendation issued in other fields of economic statistics such as industrial statistics, construction statistics and other related domains of structural and short-term statistics, compilations of index numbers and performance indicators and moreover, has been harmonized with the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).
The primary audience of this publication is the staff of national statistical offices involved in compilation of these statistics. IRDTS 2008 may also be of relevance to data users interested in better understanding the nature of distributive trade data. |
Classifications of Expenditure According to Purpose: Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG); Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP); Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (COPNI); Classification of the Outlays of Producers According to Purpose (COPP)
Series: M, No. 84
Sales number: 00.XVII.6
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $20
Classifications of Expenditure According to Purpose: Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG); Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP); Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (COPNI); Classification of the Outlays of Producers According to Purpose (COPP)
This publication presents four international economic classifications of expenditure according to purpose, COFOG, COICOP, COPNI and COPP, primarily designed to classify transactions undertaken by government, households, non-profit institutions and producers. COFOG is a revised and expanded version of an earlier United Nations document entitled Classification of the Functions of Government (Statistical Papers, Series M. No.70). COICOP, COPNI and COPP were recommended in the 1993 System of National Accounts as international classifications for data compilation and analytical uses, and are presented for the first time in this publication in full detail. These classifications may be used to classify data on purposes of expenditures for the compilation and analysis of statistics on national accounts, consumer price indexes, household and expenditure surveys, government finances, non-profit institutions and producers. For more information, see www.un.org/Depts/unsd/class/class1.htm. |
National Accounts Statistics: Compendium of Income Distribution Statistics
Series: M, No. 79
Sales number: 85.XVII.6
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Spanish]
Price: $45
This report provides comprehensive statistics on income distribution and the household sector statistics for 57 countries. It includes survey information and country tables presenting income distribution data tabulations based on surveys. The information has been obtained through correspondence with national statistical authorities and from published materials. The purposes of the report are to serve as a guide to available sources of income distribution statistics; to offer suggestions to countries planning to undertake new or repeated studies in this field; to serve as a source of information for future international recommendations on the conduct of income distribution studies; and to provide a basis for future studies on methods of improving the quality of statistics on income distribution. |
Central Product Classification (CPC) Version 1.1
Series: M, No. 77/Ver.1.1
Sales number: E.03.XVII.3
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $110
The Central Product Classification (CPC) constitutes a complete product classification covering goods and services. It serves as an international standard for assembling and tabulating all kinds of data requiring product detail, including industrial production, national accounts, service industries, domestic and foreign commodity trade, international trade in services, balance of payments, consumption and price statistics. Statistics based on CPC Version 1.1 are useful in studying transactions in goods and services in detail and as a basis for developing lists of goods and services for specific purposes, such as price statistics surveys. It has broad acceptance as an international standard and facilitates the maintenance of constant categories of products. |
Strategies for Price and Quantity Measurement in External Trade
Series: M, No. 69
Sales number: 82.XVII.3
Languages: [English]; [French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication is part of a continuing effort by the Statistics Division to develop comprehensive recommendations for national work on price and quantity statistics. It stems from the discussion of price and quantity comparisons in System of National Accounts and Guidelines on Principles of a System of Price and Quantity Statistics. It examines alternative strategies for the measurement of price and quantity in external trade and considers sources of data; approaches to measurement; major problems of pricing; the problem of aggregation; some tentative solutions; and strategies for compiling index numbers. An annex on coverage and structure of index numbers in external trade is included, as is a list of references.------ Out of print. |
Guidelines on Statistics of Tangible Assets
Series: M, No. 68
Sales number: 80.XVII.2
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication has chapters on the uses of statistics of tangible assets, the scope and measurement of the statistics, the relation of the statistics to flow accounts and to balance sheets, statistical units and their classification, classifications of tangible assets, valuation of tangible assets, reconciliation items, tabulation of the statistics and sources and methods of gathering and compiling the statistics. The annex contains various tables for statistics of tangible assets.------ Out of print. |
Manual on Producers' Price Indices for Industrial Goods
Series: M, No. 66
Sales number: 79.XVII.11
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This is the second in a series of manuals, on various practical aspects of collecting and compiling price and quantity statistics within the overall framework of the Guidelines on Principles of a System of Price and Quantity Statistics (UN-30). The first of these - The Manual on National Accounts at Constant Prices (Sales No. E.79.XVII.5) was published in 1979. The present manual deals with statistics of producers' prices of mining and manufacturing output. It includes chapters on the purpose and scope of the manual; index formulae and unit-value bias; survey design; selection and specification of items; selection of reporting units; price observations; weighting and tabulation; changes in commodity specifications; new goods; and order prices versus delivery prices. An annex contains sample questionnaire forms for price collection. A bibliography is included.
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Manual on National Accounts at Constant Prices
Series: M, No. 64
Sales number: 79.XVII.5
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This manual brings together work on the development of national accounts, and price and quantity statistics. A System of National Accounts 1993 discusses how SNA can be used as a basis for quantity and price comparisons. The manual reviews in more detail the various conceptual problems involved and gives practical guidance on the compilation of a set of consistent and balanced accounts at constant prices. The Guidelines on Principles of a System of Price and Quantity Statistics outline an interrelated framework for the collection and compilation of elementary and aggregate index numbers of prices and quantities. The recommendations contained in the manual elaborate on that part of the overall framework that relates to the data required for national accounts. The publication reviews: coverage of the accounts at constant prices; valuation; choice of index number; quantity, quality and volume; services; choice between price deflation and quantity extrapolation; value added at constant prices; trade and transport margins; commodity taxes and import duties; and estimation of product at constant prices: problem industries. A list of references is included.------ Out of print. |
Provisional Guidelines on Statistics of the Distribution of Income, Consumption and Accumulation of Households
Series: M, No. 61
Sales number: 77.XVII.1
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication presents guidelines that may be useful for countries at different stages of statistical development. It takes account of the particular problems of developing countries by noting modifications that those countries may find it convenient to make, by setting out priorities and by indicating where developing countries may find the recommendations either less useful or beyond their statistical capabilities. The publication consists of chapters on the purposes, character and scope of income distribution and related statistics; the structure of the distribution statistics in relation to the national accounts and balances; the definition and classification of the statistical units; the definition and classification of incomes; the definition and classification of consumption; the definition and classification of investment and its financing; and tables on distribution statistics. Annex I contains about 30 tables on distribution statistics, and annex II discusses the sources and methods of estimating the data on the distribution of income, consumption and accumulation of the household sector.------ Out of print. |
Provisional International Guidelines on the National and Sectoral Balance-Sheet and Reconciliation Accounts of the System of National Accounts
Series: M, No. 60
Sales number: 77.XVII.10
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication contains detailed guidelines within the framework of SNA on balance-sheet and reconciliation accounts of institutional units only. It does not deal with statistics of the stocks of tangible assets that establishment-type units use in producing goods and services. Chapter I discusses the uses of balance-sheet and reconciliation accounts of institutional sectors; Chapter II deals with the relationship of the proposed guidelines to the transactions accounts of the SNA; chapter III defines national wealth and explains the concept of the independent net worth of corporations. The definition of the statistical units recommended for the balance-sheet accounts and their classification into institutional sectors are discussed in chapter IV. Chapter V proposes schemes of classification for assets and liabilities. The conceptual and practical problems of valuation of assets and liabilities and the entries in the reconciliation accounts, which concern the differences between the capital finance transactions during a period of account and the changes in the balance-sheet figures between the beginning and the end of the period, are discussed in chapters VI and VII. The standard accounts and supporting tables on balance sheets and reconciliations which should be added to the transactions accounts of SNA are shown in chapter VIII. Chapter IX contains a brief discussion of the statistical sources and practical problems of compiling balance-sheet and reconciliation data.------ Out of print. |
Classification by Broad Economic Categories
Defined in terms of the SITC, Revision 3 and the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (2002)
Series: M, No. 53/Rev.4
Sales number: 03.XVII.8
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian] ; [Spanish]
Price: $17.95
Revision: Rev.4
The original Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) was produced in 1961 to provide a means for international trade statistics to be analyzed by broad economic categories such as food, industrial supplies, capital equipment, consumer durables and consumer non-durables. The original BEC was linked to the Standard International Trade Classification. Two revisions of BEC were produced to coincide with revisions of SITC, and a third revision made technical corrections. The current publication provides links between BEC and the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (2002 edition) as well as to the basic classes of goods in the System of National Accounts (consumption goods, intermediate goods, capital goods). Each of the 3,121 SITC headings is correlated to one of the nineteen BEC basic headings, as are 5,222 of the 5,224 HS02 subheadings (two HS02 subheadings fall outside the scope of SITC, Rev.3 and are therefore not correlated to BEC). |
International Recommendations for Construction Statistics
Series: M, No. 47/Rev.1
Sales number: 97.XVII.11
Languages: *[Arabic] , Corr.1 [Arabic],; *[Chinese] , Corr.2 [Chinese]; [English]; [French],; *[Russian] , Corr. 4 [Russian],; *[Spanish] , Corr. 4 [Spanish]
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Revision: Rev.1
This new revision of International Recommendations for Construction Statistics reflects basic statistical approaches adopted in the latest revisions of major international recommendations for economic statistics and statistical standards, including System of National Accounts, 1993 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.XVII.4), International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3 (United Nations publication, Sales No. 90.XVII.11) and Provisional Central Product Classification (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.91.XVII.7). |
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC),
Revision 4
Series: M, No. 04/Rev.4
Sales number: 08.XVII.25
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $70
Revision: Rev.4
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The International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) is the international reference classification of productive activities. Its main purpose is to provide a set of activity categories that can be utilized for the collection and reporting of statistics according to such activities. Since the adoption of the original version of ISIC in 1948, ISIC has provided guidance to countries in developing national activity classifications and has become an important tool for comparing statistical data on economic activities at the international level. Wide use has been made of ISIC, both nationally and internationally, in classifying data according to kind of economic activity in the fields of economic and social statistics, such as for statistics on national accounts, demography of enterprises, employment and others.
This fourth revision of ISIC (ISIC, Rev.4) is the outcome of a review process that spanned several years and involved contributions from many classifications experts and users around the world. This process resulted in an ISIC structure that is more detailed than the previous version, responding to the need to identify many new industries separately. The relevance of the Classification has been enhanced with the introduction of new high-level categories to better reflect current economic phenomena. |
National Accounts Statistics, Part 2, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Tables (electronic files)
Series: not used, No. unnumbered
Sales number: Contact Statistics Division
Languages: [English] only
Price: $600
The database contains annual time series for more than 200 countries worldwide, for the period 1970 to 2000, in the following tables: GDP at current prices in national currency; GDP at constant prices in national currency; GDP at current prices in U.S. dollars; GDP at constant prices in U.S. dollars; per-capita GDP in U.S. dollars; GDP implicit price deflator; annual growth rates of real GDP. The tables are presented by world, geographical region and by grouping based on economic categories i.e., developed, developing and transition economies. The regional classification showing country-by-country information comprised by Africa (Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa and Western Africa); Americas (Caribbean, Central America, South America and North America); Asia (Eastern Asia, South-central Asia, South-eastern Asia and Western Asia); Europe (Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Western Europe) and Oceania (Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) on a country basis. Price for one table $100. Each additional $75. All seven tables $600. Diskette, shipping and handling charge is $6.00. The prices quoted are for data purchases for internal/research usage only. If data are intended for re-dissemination to third party, the cost is five times the basic price. For government agencies international agencies a discount of 40% applies and for non-profit institutions, universities and students a discount of 20% applies. |
National Accounts Statistics, Part 1, Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, 1970-1997 (electronic files)
Series: not used, No. 1970-1997
Sales number: Special order
Languages: [English] only
Price: $600
This database contains detailed time series of national accounts statistics according to the 1968 United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA68), comparable to the data published in the annual publication of National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. The data are provided as ACCESS or ASCII files on CD-ROM. Documentation is provided for decoding the records. Coverage is not homogeneous among countries and tables but generally improves over time. Pricing for subsets of the database and years earlier than 1970 can be provided on request. More recent data up to 2001 is available by special request and extraction from the new SNA database based on the 1993 SNA questionnaire. It contains data compiled according to the 1993 SNA or 1968 SNA methodology (in case of the still large but decreasing number of countries which use 1968 SNA). For the main aggregates, the new 1993 SNA database contains recalculated data starting as early as 1950, which have been compiled through conversion of data from the historical database. The price for any such data is calculated based on the number of records. The minimum charge is $50. For further information, please contact E-mail: sna@un.org; Subject: National Accounts Official Data , Fax: 212-963-1374; Mail: United Nations Statistics Division, Room DC2-1510, 2 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Shipping and handling charge for a CD is $6. The prices quoted are for data purchases for internal/research usage only. If data are intended for re-dissemination to third parties, the cost is five times the price quoted. For government agencies and international agencies a discount of 40% applies and for non-profit institutions, universities and students a discount of 20% applies. |
Statistical Yearbook, Fifty-fifth issue
Series: S, No. 31
Sales number: B.12.XVII.1.H
Languages: [English]/[French]
Price: $155
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The Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 55th edition contains data available to the Statistics Division as of 31 December 2011 and presents them in 60 tables on topics such as: agriculture, forestry and fishing; communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; gender; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; population; prices; and science and technology. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with most tables covering the period up to 2009 or 2010. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications.[more...] |
Statistical Yearbook, Fifty-fourth issue
Series: S, No. 30
Sales number: E/F.10.XVII.1.H
Languages: [English]/[French]
Price: $155
The Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 54th edition contains data available to the Statistics Division as of 31 December 2010 and presents them in 70 tables on topics such as: agriculture, forestry and fishing; communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; gender; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; population; prices; science and technology; and transport. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with most tables covering the period up to 2008 or 2009. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications.[more...] |
Statistical Yearbook, Forty-eighth issue, CD-ROM
Series: S, No. 24/CD
Sales number: E.04.XVII.13
Languages: [English]
Price: $199
(or $269.00 for both CD-ROM and print publication) The United Nations Statistical Yearbook CD-ROM presents all the information included in the print version of the forty-eighth issue of the Statistical Yearbook plus all of the series' historical data for over 200 countries and areas of the world. A variety of subjects including population, education, literacy, health, nutrition and childbearing, culture and communication, national accounts, industrial production, finance, labour force, wages and prices, agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing, transport, energy, environment, science and technology, intellectual property, international merchandise trade, international tourism, balance of payments, and development assistance are covered. In general, the data presented are those which were available as of mid-December of 2003, and whenever possible, cover the period from 1980 to 2001 or 2002. The Statistical Yearbook CD-ROM provides a user-friendly, browser-based interface to access the data and metadata in a variety of formats, including PDF, HTML, spreadsheet and CSV. |
World Statistics Pocketbook 2011
Series: V, No. 36
Sales number: E.12.XVII.4
Languages: [English]
Price: $20
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The World Statistics Pocketbook 2011 is the thirty-first in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over 50 indicators have been collected from more than 20 international statistical sources and are presented in one-page profiles for 216 countries or areas of the world. This issue covers various years from 2000 to 2011. For the economic indicators, in general, three years - 2000, 2005 and 2010 - are shown; for the indicators in the social and environmental categories, data for one year are presented. The topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, industrial production, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.[more...] |
World Statistics Pocketbook 2010
Series: V, No. 35
Sales number: E.11.XVII.4
Languages: [English]
Price: $17
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The World Statistics Pocketbook 2010 is the thirtieth in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over 50 indicators have been collected from more than 20 international statistical sources and are presented in one-page profiles for 216 countries or areas of the world. This issue covers various years from 2000 to 2010. For the economic indicators, in general, three years - 2000, 2005 and 2009 - are shown; for the indicators in the social and environmental categories, data for one year are presented. The topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, industrial production, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.[more...] |
National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2010
Series: X, No. 47
Sales number: E.12.XVII.6
Languages: [English]
Price: $80
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The National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2010 is the forty-first issue of this publication which comprises in the form of analytical tables a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas, covering 1970-2010. It also contains a section on the estimation methods used for compiling data. It is prepared by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations in cooperation with national statistical offices. Tables include analysis of data on gross domestic product (GDP) by different structural components. They are classified into: 1) analysis of the level of total and per capita GDP; 2) analysis of the percentage shares of GDP by type of expenditure and gross value added by kind of economic activity; 3) analysis of economic development expressed in term of real growth of GDP and its components by type of expenditure and gross value added by kind of economic activity, and 4) analysis of price development reflected by implicit price deflators of GDP. |
National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, 2010, Part I, Part II, Part III, IV and Part V
Series: X, No. 46
Sales number: E.12.XVII.5 H
Languages: [English]
Price: $350
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The publication contains detailed official national accounts estimates for 198 countries or areas of the World for the years 1999 to 2010. It is a valuable source of information on the state and structure of economies worldwide. The estimates for each country or area are presented in separate chapters with uniform table headings and classifications as recommended in the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA). Each country chapter also contains a write-up on the methodology and data sources which are used to compile the estimates. A summary of the SNA conceptual framework, classifications, definitions, is also included in the publication.
The publication contains statistics on gross domestic product by expenditure at current and constant prices and the relations among product, income, saving and net lending; value added by kind of activity at current and constant prices, and output, gross value added and fixed assets by industry; classification of consumption expenditure of general government, households, and non-profit institutions serving households according to purpose; production account through the financial account for the institutional sectors; and cross classification of gross value added by industry and institutional sector.
The time-series data can also be downloaded from http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx?d=SNA. |
National Accounts Statistics, Special Issue: Trends in International Distribution of Gross World Product
Series: X, No. 18
Sales number: 92.XVII.7
Languages: [English] only
This publication analyses trends in international distribution of gross world product during the last two decades. It focuses on how trends differ when applying conversion rates other than exchange rates. It deals with questions such as which countries or areas and which regions improved their economic performance relatively the most and the least and whether inequality in GDP distribution among countries and regions increased or decreased between 1970 and 1989. Detailed country tables are included. |
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