Measuring the Non-Observed Economy
Subtitle: A Handbook
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: International Labour Office; International Monetary Fund; International Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States; OECD Publishing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Geneva 22; Washington DC; Moscow; Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789264175358
Subjects: Economics
Description: This essential Handbook makes underground, hidden, grey economies intelligible and consistently quantifiable. An invaluable tool for statistics producers and users and researchers, the book explains how the non-observed economy can be measured and comments on the reliability of and differences between various methods. The purpose of this Handbook is to identify and promote best practice consistent with international standards like the 1993 System of National Accounts.
Table of contents: title: Foreword and Acknowledgments; title: Abbreviations and Acronyms; title: Chapter 1. Introduction; title: Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework; title: Chapter 3. Notions of the Non-Observed Economy; title: Chapter 4. Assessment of National Accounts; title: Chapter 5. National Accounts Methods to Achieve Exhaustiveness; title: Chapter 6. Assessment and Improvement of Data Collection Programme; title: Chapter 7. Implementation Strategy; title: Chapter 8. Underground Production; title: Chapter 9. Illegal Production; title: Chapter 10. Informal Sector Production; title: Chapter 11. Household Production for Own Final Use; title: Chapter 12. Macro-Model Methods; title: Annex 1. References; title: Annex 2. Glossary; title: Annex 3. Data Requirements and Sources; title: Annex 4. Analytical Frameworks for the Non-Observed Economy; title: Annex 5. IMF Data Quality Assessment - Generic Framework