The OECD Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook contains guidelines and recommended best practice for the presentation of such data and metadata disseminated by national agencies and international organisations in various media.
The OECD Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook contains guidelines and recommended best practice for the presentation of such data and metadata disseminated by national agencies and international organisations in various media.
This publication provides a summary of the key methodological issues surrounding indicators and statistics on the space sector and the larger space economy.
The OECD Compilation Manual for Index of Services Production contains guidelines and methodologies to measure short-term production activities of the services sector by national agencies and international organisations.
The OECD Glossary contains a comprehensive set of over 6 700 definitions of key terminology, concepts and commonly used acronyms derived from existing international statistical guidelines and recommendations.
A guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. In particular, this handbook is concerned with indicators which compare and rank country performance.
Drawing on OECD statistics in particular, ‘Understanding Economic Statistics: an OECD perspective' shows readers how to use statistics to understand the world economy. It gives an overview of the history, key concepts and the main providers of economic statistics.
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