Introduction of Handbook on Integrating Business

Transcript:Introduction of Handbook on Integrating Business:
Introduction of Handbook on Integrating Business and Trade Statistics Jiayue Zeng United Nations Statistics Division 1 2 Traditionally, business and trade statistics have been compiled and used separately. However, integrating business and trade data may provide useful information for policymaking, by considering the characteristics of enterprises involved in the trade of goods and services such as their economic sector, intra-firm trade, the size of the companies, interconnections of countries, the employment they generate, as well as the kind of goods and services traded, which are data of vital importance to know the impact of issues such as globalization and international trade on the national income, economic growth, and the impacts in society. The United Nations Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UNCEBTS) has identified the need to develop a Handbook to provide guidance on integrating business and trade statistics. And that was welcomed in the 54th meeting of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC). 3 BACKGROUND Goal of the Handbook: To provide a conceptual and methodological framework for integrating business and trade statistics, including national best practices, and to provide guidance for building and strengthening capacities on Micro Data Linking to compile these statistics in an internationally comparable manner. Moreover, it discusses some leading-edge topics such as gender and other social information, digital economy, and subnational statistics, as well as proposing new indicators based on mainstreaming business and trade. Target audience of the Handbook: Mainly compilers and national accountants from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) or other statistical agencies in charge of producing business and trade statistics, with the aim to build and/or strengthen capacities for producing business and trade statistics. Policymakers and other stakeholders may also be interested in how these two domains are integrated. 4 BACKGROUND BACKGROUND The Handbook is scheduled to be completed and submitted to the 2025 UNSC for endorsement. Ms. Ana Cristina Neves and Mr. Gerardo Durand (of INE Portugal and INEGI Mexico respectively) are the chief editors of the Handbook. The roles of the team will be as follows: Chief editors: Will be responsible for organizing the activities, the meetings, and integrating the inputs from the contributors and circulating the integrated document to the reviewers; Integrate the inputs and feedback received from reviewers. Also, they will be in liaise with the secretariat (UNSD) and the TT-ITS to coordinate and present the Handbook progress. Contributors: Will be responsible for drafting the assigned chapter/section of