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The article is about the role of the United Nations in statistical standard-setting for official statistics like measuring Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household consumption, water consumption, ecosystem services, population, employment, inflation, etc.
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The article describes how the international statistical community ensures that statistics are trusted and comparable.
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When writing this article, I could draw on my 20-year experience in statistical standard-setting as Director of economic statistics for various macroeconomic accounts, environmental-economic accounts, business and trade statistics, and international classifications.
Ivo Havinga
United Nations Secretariat
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This page is a summary of: Stylized facts of statistical standards of the Statistical Commission of the United Nations, Statistical Journal of the IAOS, June 2022, IOS Press, DOI: 10.3233/sji-220961.
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