3.1. Chapter 3 describes the need for and purpose of institutional arrangements in the context of the implementation of the statistical framework recommended in MSITS 2010 for measuring the international supply of services. It elaborates on the characteristics of effective institutional arrangements, as well as on good practices for setting up such arrangements under different country circumstances. The chapter contains the following sections: a summary of good practices (section A); the need for and purposes of institutional arrangements (section B); the characteristics of effective institutional arrangements (section C); and country practices (section D).
In this chapter: