Apologies for cross posting but I thought this might interest C+C
people. David Byrne
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Date: 23 October 2000 14:26
Subject: MEETING ON ECONOMIC STATISTICS - THIS WEDNESDAY
>Royal Statistical Society meeting
>
>Organised jointly with RSS Official Statistics Section, OECD and the
User
>Groups for Financial statistics, national accounts and business
statistics.
>
>"Efforts to Measure the Hard-to-Measure"
>
>Wednesday 25th October, 3-5pm, at 12 Errol Street, London EC2
>
>Summary: - it is those economic phenomena that are changing the most
that
>are of most interest to policy makers, businessmen and the public at
large.
>But it is these changes, because they frequently represent new
activities or
>fast, dynamic growth that are also the most difficult to track with
>statistics. The OECD is in a unique position to observe how its 29
Member
>countries try to come to grips with these changes. This Seminar will
focus
>on three areas that are plagued by measurement problems: services,
>productivity and information and communication technologies.
>
>3.00-3.20 International trade agreements and a new framework for
measuring
>international trade in services - Bill Cave
>
>The GATS, the globalisation of services trade and rapid technological
>developments have spurred the development of a new Manual on Statistics
of
>International Trade in Services, which provides a framework for
measuring
>this trade. This talk describes this work and the prospects for further
>improvements in data on this trade.
>
>3.20-3.40 Measurement and international comparison of output and
>productivity - Paul Schreyer
>
>Productivity is a key ingredient of economic growth. Yet, its
measurement is
>difficult - not least due to structural and technological developments
that
>are themselves underlying drivers of growth, for example the use of
>information technology. This talk describes the issues arising in
measuring
>and comparing productivity and output.
>
>3.40-4.00 Statistics on information and communication technologies and
>applications like e-commerce - Andrew Wyckoff
>
>While ICTs and applications like e-commerce are thought to be the
economic
>drivers of the future, most of what we know about them statistically is
>limited and to a large degree originates from private sources. This
talk
>describes the recent work by public statistical agencies, the problems
and
>successes and what the OECD is doing to help.
>
>4.00-onwards Discussants
>Martin Weale, Director, NIESR
>Mike Dicks, Chief Economist, Lehman Bothers
>Nick Oulton, Bank of England
>Robin Lynch, ONS
>followed by discussion and questions, ending at 5.00.
>
>Any queries: Simon Briscoe, (Chair, 020 7873 4126) or Ray Thomas (01908
679
>081)
>
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