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Criminal justice statistics assist in policy research and analysis within criminal justice systems. They are also essential for understanding and trying to shape social development. This manual sets...

This handbook is about national statistical offices. It deals with the fundamentals of national systems of official statistics, covering areas such as general principles, data collection and...

Traditionally policy analysts use statistics in order to monitor developments and make decisions. This handbook emphasizes the role of macro accounting as an instrument rather than a data set. The...

The Handbook aims to raise awareness of the importance of short-term statistics in meeting the information needs for explaining and monitoring rapid changes in economic and financial conditions. It...

This Handbook presents data on births, deaths and populations collected using several complementary methods. This data is useful to government officials, policymakers and statistical planners as well...

The Energy Statistics Compilers Manual (ESCM) is a publication that complements in a practical manner the International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES), which provides a comprehensive...

The publication is intended to serve as a reference document on management aspects of conducting a population and housing census. The handbook provides guidelines, mainly, for population and housing...

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Energy (SEEA-Energy) is a multi-purpose, conceptual framework for organizing energy-related statistical information. It supports analysis of the...

This handbook recommends statistical standards and guidelines for the development of data on non-profit institutions (NPIs) within the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA). The framework...

This publication serves as a handbook that includes the main sample survey design issues that can conveniently be referred to by practicing national statisticians, researchers and analysts involved in...

This handbook provides guidance and assistance for countries to help them strategically design and carry out evidence-based and measurable communication for development activities in support of a...

The present publication presents the “state of the art” on several important aspects of conducting household surveys in developing and transition countries, including sample design, survey...

The methodological material presented in this publication complements the recommendations of the System of National Accounts 1993, and reflects the changes and improvements that have been introduced...

This report describes national practices in compilation of external trade index numbers for 76 countries and one customs union. The report covers such topics as index numbers series produced, source...

This publication presents an overview of different approaches to the design of time-use surveys. In addition, it reviews methods and practices in collecting, processing and disseminating time-use...

This publication provides national statistical agencies with guidance on collecting, processing, analysing and disseminating individual-level data on asset ownership (including dwellings, land and...

The Satellite Account on Nonprofit and Related institutions and Volunteer work (NPI) brings various efforts together to offer comprehensive methodological guidance for creating a coherent satellite...

This Handbook reflects current practices in census management and provides concrete examples of census processes used in developed and developing countries. It presents an extensive coverage of...

This handbook contains basic metadata on the agreed list of quantitative indicators for monitoring progress towards the eight goals and 18 targets derived from the United Nations Millennium...

This comprehensive manual is the result of an intensive and unprecedented collaboration of five organizations - the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic...