18-November-2022
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In 2020, three international organisations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the OECD and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) launched a capacity-building project in Africa to develop the production of national statistics for the Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) tables that underlie TiVA indicators. The aim of the project was to address under-coverage of African economies in the TiVA database.
7-November-2022
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Real household income continues to fall in the second quarter
20-May-2022
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Measures of trade in value-added (TiVA) have transformed our ability to understand the scale and complexity of global value chains. However, to a large extent, the accuracy of these estimates is determined by the granularity of information used to construct them.
14-March-2022
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Air transport can move people and goods quickly over large distances and, by facilitating international trade and tourism, it contributes to economic growth and job creation. On the other hand, the aviation industry makes a significant contribution to global CO2 emissions. In 2019, just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CO2 emissions from air transport accounted for 3% of global energy-related CO2 emissions.
8-March-2022
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Statistics Working Paper N. 114 2022/4 - This paper describes a new OECD database providing near-real-time and global information on aviation-related CO2 emissions, with allocations across countries following either the territory or the residence principle. This database provides a public good for both statistical measurement and environmental policy analysis.
2-March-2022
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In 2020, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined in most OECD countries as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Declining GDP tends to be accompanied by a fall in tax revenue because most tax liabilities are based either directly or indirectly on production in the economy, i.e. taxes on profits, wages or sales of goods and services...
21-February-2022
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Statistics Working Paper N. 113 2022/3 - This joint paper by the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the OECD explains the methodological options available to statistical compilers and explores differences in methodologies used by countries to measure non-market output, analysing their implications for international comparisons of GDP growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
24-August-2021
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Statistics Working Paper N. 109 2021/2 - In addition to the core set of accounts, the 2008 SNA also introduces satellite accounts, which are linked to, but distinct from, the central framework of national accounts. This paper aims to clarify the key steps for the compilation of thematic satellite accounts, using the example of a satellite account for transport.
17-June-2021
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Statistics Working Paper N. 108 2021/1 - Economic inequality has been a matter of concern for policy makers and citizens. Evidence-based policies around important topics such as inequality need to rely on systematic, robust data and indicators. For that reason, the OECD and Eurostat have developed methodology and engaged in several rounds of data collection to measure disparities in line with national accounts (DNA).
11-December-2020
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Statistics Working Paper N. 107 2020/5 - This paper analyses results on social insurance pension liabilities and entitlements across OECD countries, on the basis of a new data collection. In addition to information on employment-related schemes (covered in the central framework of the national accounts), this new data collection also includes information related to social security pension schemes.