[4] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2010, Supplement No. 24 (E/2010/24), chap. I. B, decision 41/104, para (b). [5] IMF, BPM6 Compilation Guide: Companion Document to the Sixth Edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (Washington, D.C., 2014).[6] System of National Accounts 2008, (2008 SNA) Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 2/Rev.5 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.08.XVII.29). [7] See www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/26-gats_01_e.htm. [8] The regional economic integration agreements take their inspiration from the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) definitions. However, some of these agreements may define the modes in a somewhat different way. The compilers should be aware of this while interpreting data on value of the services supplied under different modes in a regional context. [9] Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (MSITS 2010), Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 86/Rev.1 (United Nations publication, Sales No.E.10.XVII.14), para. 5.32. Available at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradeserv/TFSITS/msits2010/docs/MSITS%202010%20M86%20(E)%20web.pdf. [10] Ibid., para. 5.27. [11] It should be noted that clarification of the conceptual issues implies (a) an explanation of the terms used in the definitions of particular concepts and (b) operationalization of the definitions by relating them to the statistical procedures that might be used to obtain anticipated data. The term "good practice" is to be understood as a set of activities contributing to the implementation of recommendations contained in MSITS 2010 and resulting in the production and dissemination of high quality statistics of international trade in services.[12] See Guidelines on Integrated Economic Statistics, Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 108 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.12.XVII.7).[13] See unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/QualityNQAF/nqaf.aspx. |