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Manual on statistics of international trade in services.

The Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services is a joint publication of six agencies:- the UN, EC, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, and WTO. It addresses a growing demand from governments, businesses and analysts for more relevant, detailed and internationally comparable statistics on services trade...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United Nations
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Geneva : United Nations Publications, 2002.
Colección:Statistical papers. no. 86.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of acronyms
  • Summary
  • Chapter I. Foundations of the Manual: general introduction and overview
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Set of recommended elements for phased implementation
  • 1. Recommended core elements
  • 2. Other recommended elements
  • C. Shape of the Manual
  • Chapter II. Conceptual framework for the development of statistics on international trade in services
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Need for a statistical framework on international trade in services
  • 1. Globalization and multilateral services trade negotiations
  • 2. The General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • (a) Structure and guiding principles of GATS
  • (b) The four GATS modes of supply
  • (c) Services Sectoral Classification list
  • GNS/W/120
  • C. Statistical systems and classifications related to trade in services
  • 1. International
  • (a) System of National Accounts, 1993
  • (b) Fifth edition of the IMF Balance of Payments Manual
  • (c) Central Product Classification, Version 1.0
  • (d) International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3
  • (e) International Merchandise Trade Statistics
  • (f) International migration frameworks and the Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration
  • (g) Tourism Satellite Accounts: Recommended Methodological Framework
  • 2. Other statistical systems and classifications
  • (a) Joint OECD-Eurostat Trade in Services Classification
  • (b) OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment
  • (c) OECD Manual on Economic Globalisation Indicators
  • D. Approach and framework of the Manual
  • 1. Statistics on trade in services, labour and investment from BPM5
  • (a) Main BPM5 standard services components
  • (b) Labour-related flows of funds
  • (c) Foreign direct investment
  • 2. BPM5 extensions
  • (a) Analysis of balance of payments transactions by origin and destination
  • (b) Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification
  • 3. Foreign affiliates trade in services statistics
  • (a) FATS statistics: concepts and classification
  • (b) FATS statistics and other statistical frameworks
  • 4. Statistical treatment of modes of supply: the simplified approach
  • (a) Simplified statistical criteria
  • (b) Balance of payments statistics by modes of supply
  • (c) FATS statistics and modes of supply
  • (d) Special problems in statistical treatment of mode
  • (e) Conclusion
  • Chapter III. Services Transactions Between Residents and Non-Residents
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Principles of recording
  • 1. Concept and definition of residence
  • 2. Valuation of transactions
  • 3. Other principles relating to the recording of transactions
  • C. EBOPS
  • D. Transactions between related parties
  • E. Statistics by trading partner
  • F. Modes of supply and EBOPS
  • 1. Allocation of modes of supply
  • 2. Priorities for allocation to modes of supply . Repairs on goods
  • H. Definitions of the components of the Extended Balance of Payments Services classification
  • 1. Transportation services
  • 2. Travel
  • 3. Communications services
  • 4. Construction services
  • 5. Insurance services
  • 6. Financial services
  • 7. Computer and information services
  • 8. Royalties and license fees
  • 9. Other business services
  • 10. Personal, cultural and recreational services¨-- 11. Government services, not included elsewhere
  • I. Alternative aggregations of service and non-service transactions
  • J. Data collection
  • K. Summary of recommendations
  • Chapter IV. Foreign affiliates trade in services statistics¨-- A. Introduction
  • B. Universe to be covered
  • 1. Ownership criteria
  • 2. Types of producers
  • C. Time of recording
  • D. Statistical units
  • E. Attribution of FATS variables
  • 1. By country
  • (a) Inward FATS
  • (b) Outward FATS
  • (c) Note on the equal ownership of shares by residents of more than one country
  • 2. By activity and by product
  • (a) By activity
  • (b) By product
  • F. Economic variables for FATS
  • 1. Sales (turnover) and/or output
  • 2. Employment
  • 3. Value added
  • 4. Exports and imports of goods and services
  • 5. Number of enterprises
  • 6. Other variables
  • G. Compilation issues
  • H. Summary of recommendations.