OECD/UNESCAP/ADB
Workshop on Assessing and Improving Statistical
Quality: Measuring the Non-observed Economy
Bangkok, 11 - 14
May 2004
Last update: 2
July 2004
The Non-Observed Economy (NOE) comprises
all the activities that are often left
out of National Accounts. These activities
fall under five categories, namely: (i)
Underground production (economic underground);
(ii) Illegal production; (iii) Informal
production; (iv) Household Production
for own Final Use; and (v) omissions due
to deficiencies in the data collection
systems (statistical underground).
The workshop was jointly organized by
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and Asian Development
Bank (ADB) and its objective was to establish
a dialogue on current best practices in
measuring the NOE and in the compilation
of exhaustive estimates of GDP.
Report
of the Workshop
Provisional Agenda
Tentative timetable
Opening Statement
List of Participants
The conceptual
framework
PDF
Presentation
What is the Non-Observed Economy
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Frameworks for Ensuring Exhaustiveness and
the relationship with Statistical Quality Frameworks
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An Assessment of Macro-Models
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NOE activities
Underground Production: concepts and measurement
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(206KB)
The Underground Economy and Australia's GDP
(107KB)
Illegal Activity
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Missing Trader Fraud in the UK
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Inclusion of Alcohol and Tobacco Smuggling
in the UK National Accounts
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Inclusion of Illegal Drugs' Transactions in
the UK National Accounts
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Informal Sector: Statistical definition and
measurement issues, UNESCAP
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Household
production for own use
Overview
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(261KB)
Valuation of subsistence
activities, for example firewood collection
and fetching of water
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(186KB)
An alternative valuation
method
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The production
and expenditure approaches
The production approach and industry specific
methods
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The Expenditure approach and the Supply-Use
framework
Assessing
and improving data collection programmes and survey
design principles
Data collection mechanism
Conceptual framework
Business Register and Survey Frames
Survey Design and Principles and Practices
Measuring the NOE: Implementation strategy
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(116KB)
1993 SNA update
Updating the 1993 SNA: Setting the scope
and recent methodological developments
