Behind The Numbers -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BEHIND THE NUMBER -- SUMMARY OF MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTING THE EXISTING STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK AND INTEGRATING DISPARATE DATA SETS -- A Supplemental Framework -- Comparable Data -- Recommendations --...

Since the IMF launched the data standards initiatives a decade ago, 145 of its 184 member countries have participated. This 80 percent participation rate reaffirms the importance countries place on data transparency in the globalized economy, which the initiatives promote. The wide participation...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Summary -- 2 Globalization of Financial Markets -- 3 Current U.S. Data Systems -- 4 Capital Account Data: Gaps and Needs -- 5 Financial Derivatives: Data Gaps and Needs -- 6 Alternative Data Sources and Collection Methods -- Appendix A Monitoring Capital...

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service's (ERS) Food Availability Data System includes three distinct but related data series on food and nutrient availability for consumption. The data serve as popular proxies for actual consumption at the national level...

Introduction -- Background: USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service -- Dimensions of farm complexity -- Conceptual issues : defining farming, farms, farmers, and agriculture -- The growing complexity of farm business structure : implications for data...

Introduction -- What data users want, need, and use -- Business register -- Harmonization of questionnaires and data collection processes -- Sampling and estimation -- Editing, imputation, disclosure control, and quality standards -- Dissemination -- Toward an integrated annual business survey...