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Handbook of National Accounting: Use of Macro Accounts in Policy Analysis
Series: F, No. 81
Sales number: 02.XVII.5
Languages: [Arabic]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $30
This Handbook is one in a series of national accounting handbooks. It was prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division and deals with policy analysis uses of 1993 SNA economic, social and environmental (satellite) accounts. It examines how scope, detail and consistency of benchmark, annual and quarterly macro accounts data can best serve indicator analysis of past and modeling of future trends and how compilation methods may affect such analyses. The handbook is based on papers presented and discussions in a 1998 Statistics Division expert group meeting of national accountants, and specialists on monetary, fiscal and balance of payments issues, environmental, poverty and other social concerns, input-output and other modelers and econometricians. |
Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting -- An Operational Manual
Series: F, No. 78
Sales number: 00.XVII.17
Languages: [Arabic]; [Chinese]; [English]; [French]; [Russian]; [Spanish]
Price: $30
United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Environment Programme have jointly published Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting - An Operational Manual. The handbook provides, on the basis of country experiences, hands on guidance on the implementation of the more practical modules of the System of integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA). It is accompanied by a user-friendly software consisting of a sequence of worksheets. The manual is the result of collaboration with the "Nairobi Group", a group of experts from developed and developing countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations. |
Glossary of Environment Statistics
Series: F, No. 67
Sales number: 96.XVII.12
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; [English]; [French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $25
This quick reference tool has been prepared by the Statistics Division to define key terms used in the fields of environmental statistics, indicators of sustainable development and integrated environmental and economic accounting. It presents concepts and definitions for these rapidly developing new areas of applied statistics, covering 1,200 terms referring to environmental elements of air/climate, land, soil, water and ecosystems and related socioeconomic concerns such as natural resource use, waste management, public health, human settlements and the effects of natural disasters. The glossary should appeal to environmental statisticians and to data users such as environmental managers and policy analysts looking for operational concepts and definitions. |
Handbook of National Accounting --
Integrated Environment and Economic Accounting
Series: F, No. 61
Sales number: 93.XVII.12
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $45
This handbook on integrated environmental and economic accounting responds to the request in Agenda 21 of the Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro that methods of integrated economic accounting for the environment be published and widely circulated. The handbook presents concepts, methods and classifications which incorporate environmental concerns including natural resource depletion, environmental quality degradation and environmental protection into national accounts by means of a system of integrated environmental and economic accounting (SEEA). The main objective of integrated accounting is to support integrated social, economic and environmental policy by means of environmentally adjusted indicators of national wealth, net domestic product, consumption and capital formation. The handbook will be used, in particular, to assist countries in implementing national programmes or case studies of environmental accounting. |
Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics--Statistics of the Natural Environment
Series: F, No. 57
Sales number: 91.XVII.18
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $22
This report proposes concepts, definitions and classifications for statistical variables that describe the state and trends of the natural environment and its relationships with human and socio-economic activities. It is based on the structure and principles of A Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (Series M, No. 78). The report presents a menu of statistical variables that can be selected in the development of national and international programmes of environment statistics and indicators. A companion report, Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics: Human Settlements - A Technical Report, published in 1988, deals with the environmental aspects of human settlements statistics. |
Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics: Human Settlements Statistics?A Technical Report
Series: F, No. 51
Sales number: 88.XVII.14
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
Price: $8.5
This report proposes concepts, definitions and classifications for statistical variables that describe environmental and related socio-economic aspects of human settlements. Based on the structure and principles of the framework for the development of environment statistics, the report facilitates the identification of appropriate statistical series. It also helps to determine relevant classifications and data sources. |
Studies in the Integration of Social Statistics--A Technical Report
Series: F, No. 24
Sales number: 79.XVII.4
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication consists of four papers: "System of social and demographic statistics (SSDS): potential uses and usefulness"; "Strategy for further work on the framework for the integration of social and demographic statistics"; "Issues and terms of reference for further work"; and "National practices and plans in reporting statistics of levels of living". These papers were originally prepared between 1974 and 1978 for discussion of the progress and issues in this evolving field. They provide an overall perspective on recent national and international work on the integration of social, demographic and related economic and environmental statistics and suggest promising avenues for further work. The report provides a record of international work in this field since the publication in 1974 of Towards a System of Social and Demographic Statistics (Series F, No. 18).------ Out of print. |
Feasibility of Welfare-Oriented Measures to Supplement the National Accounts and Balances--A Technical Report
Series: F, No. 22
Sales number: 77.XVII.12
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication had its origins in the growing interest in measuring the levels of living or well-being of populations and in the widespread consensus that monetary measures of output and income fail to capture important dimensions of welfare. It provides a survey of the problems arising and the work done to date in devising welfare measures to supplement the national accounts and balances. Included are chapters on aspects of the household economy, intermediate and final expenditures of general government, measures of environmental conditions and pollution, measurement of assets and approaches to international comparisons.------ Out of print. |
System of National Accounts 1993, CD-ROM
Series: F, No. 2, Rev. 4
Sales number: 96.XVII.3
Languages: [English] only
Price: $120
Revision: Rev.4
SNA-CD is a complete electronic version of the System of National Accounts 1993 book publication with a wealth of new electronic functions. These include an easy-to-browse, user-friendly interface, collapsible multi-level table of contents, back of the book index with embeded jumps to referenced paragraphs, pop-up definitions, full-text searches and spreadsheets. It works under a Windows environment and can be installed on a LAN. |
Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics
Series: M, No. 78
Sales number: 84.XVII.12
Languages: *[Arabic]; *[Chinese]; *[English]; *[French]; *[Russian]; *[Spanish]
This publication provides a framework for environment statistics whose major objective is to assist in the development, coordination and organization of these statistics. The framework may be used in particular for reviewing environmental problems and identifying variables for statistical descriptions. Other possible uses are assessing data requirements, sources and availability and structuring environmental databases. |
Provisional Guidelines on Standard International Age Classifications
Series: M, No. 74
Sales number: 82.XVII.5
Languages: *[English]; *[French]; *[Spanish]
This publication sets out provisional guidelines on standard international age classification, as approved by the Statistical Commission at its twenty-first session, in 1981. The guidelines were developed on the basis of existing national practices and international recommendations concerning age classification and the comments made by the members of the Statistical Commission at its twenty-first session. Chapter I explains the purpose of standard international age classifications. Chapter II sets forth recommended standard international age classifications for the following: population; family formation, families and households; learning and educational services; earning activities and the inactive; distribution of income, consumption and accumulation; social security and welfare services; health, health services and nutrition; housing and its environment; public order and safety; time use; leisure and culture; and social stratification and mobility.------ Out of print. |
Statistical Yearbook, Fifty-first issue
Series: S, No. 27
Sales number: E/F.07.XVII.1
Languages: [English]/[French]
Price: $150
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The United Nations Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics for over 200 countries and areas of the world, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 51st issue contains data available to the Statistics Division as of March 2007 and presents them in 69 tables on topics such as: agriculture; balance of payments; communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; industrial production; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; nutrition; population; prices; research and development; transport; and wages. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with the ten-year tables covering 1995 to 2004 or 1996 to 2005. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications. more... |
Statistical Yearbook, Fiftieth issue
Series: S, No. 26
Sales number: E/F.06.XVII.1
Languages: [English]/[French]
Price: $150
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The United Nations Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas of the world, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 50th issue contains data available to the Statistics Division as of March 2006 and presents them in 76 tables on topics such as: agriculture; balance of payments; culture and communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; nutrition; industrial production; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; population; prices; research and development; transport; and wages. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with the ten-year tables covering 1994 to 2003 or 1995 to 2004. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications. Publication also available for sale in PDF format |
Statistical Yearbook, Forty-eighth issue, CD-ROM
Series: S, No. 24/CD
Sales number: E.04.XVII.13
Languages: [English]
Price: $199
(or $269.00 for both CD-ROM and print publication) The United Nations Statistical Yearbook CD-ROM presents all the information included in the print version of the forty-eighth issue of the Statistical Yearbook plus all of the series' historical data for over 200 countries and areas of the world. A variety of subjects including population, education, literacy, health, nutrition and childbearing, culture and communication, national accounts, industrial production, finance, labour force, wages and prices, agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing, transport, energy, environment, science and technology, intellectual property, international merchandise trade, international tourism, balance of payments, and development assistance are covered. In general, the data presented are those which were available as of mid-December of 2003, and whenever possible, cover the period from 1980 to 2001 or 2002. The Statistical Yearbook CD-ROM provides a user-friendly, browser-based interface to access the data and metadata in a variety of formats, including PDF, HTML, spreadsheet and CSV. |
World Statistics Pocketbook 2008
Series: V, No. 33
Sales number: 09.XVII.3
Languages: [English]
Price: $17
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The United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook 2008 is an authoritative and comprehensive compilation of 55 key statistical indicators in convenient country profile format. This edition presents available data for 216 countries and areas, from over 20 international statistical sources, generally for the years 2000, 2005 and 2007. The topics covered include: balance of payments, communication, education and culture, environment, health, industrial production, international trade, labour force, largest urban agglomeration, national accounts, population, refugees, surface area, United Nations membership, etc. The notes on the sources and definitions of the indicators are provided to help users perform further research on the statistics.[more...] |
World Statistics Pocketbook 2007
Series: V, No. 32
Sales number: 08.XVII.5
Languages: [English]
Price: $15
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The United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook is an authoritative and comprehensive compilation of key statistical indicators in convenient country profile format. The 2007 edition presents available data for 215 countries and areas for 55 indicators, generally for the years 2000 and 2006, in the areas of population, economic activity, agriculture, industry, energy, international trade, transport, communications, gender, education and environment, based on over 20 international statistical sources. The notes on the sources and definitions of the indicators are provided to help users perform further research on the statistics. |
This on-line publication listing is regularly updated and includes all Statistical Division publications in current use.
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