Study on short-term economic indicators for the Arab region
By: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Publisher: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Beirut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Economic indicators; Economic conditions
Description: "The purpose of this publication is to outline international statistical guidelines and standards for use by national statistical agencies in the Arab region for the production and dissemination of a proposed core set of priority short-term economic indicators of appropriate quality and timeliness, together with their related metadata. Guidelines contain recommendations on key methodological issues that impact various dimensions of the quality of those indicators, including their periodicity, timeliness, accessibility, accuracy and coherence. The report also offers guidelines on the provision of methodological information (metadata) by national agencies. The overall aim of this publication is to help national agencies develop the capacity to compile priority short-term and other economic indicators in accordance with existing international statistical standards and recommended practice." --p. vii.
Notes: "E/ESCWA/SD/2013/10."

"13-0334."

"May 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.