Another important consideration is a pricing policy. Some argue that putting a price on a statistical product makes people value it more such questions should also be part of the planning process. Giving society something back for its help in compiling official statistics is extremely important. Every day, countries face the challenge of ensuring the widest possible dissemination of statistics at lowest possible cost. Information technologies now provide new opportunities for meeting this goal.
Electronic publishing costs less than traditional methods and takes much less time.
On line dissemination of information allows many more people to be informed, while the mass media play an important dissemination role among the general population. Obviously, libraries are an easy way to give people access to statistics. Every week a list of new publications is sent on line to libraries, which then order their requirements. Connecting libraries in a network allows inter-library loans. This can disseminate statistics throughout the country at very low cost and overcome the division between those living in large cities and those in remote areas.