1. Enrico Giovannini OECD Chief Statistician March 2006
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The 2006 OECD Factbook
Enrico Giovannini
OECD Chief Statistician
March 2006

2. Risks coming from uniformed decisions
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Risks coming from uniformed decisions
Citizens: “people often use ideology as a short-cut heuristic for deciding what position to take, when properly informing oneself is difficult“ (Blinder and Krueger, 2004)
Businesses: New economy “bubble” started with public statements based on wrong facts about the importance of Internet and e-commerce: “Internet traffic is doubling every 100 days (2000); “E-commerce: a digital tsunami (1997)
Policy makers: “I saw some statistics which show the bad performances of our schooling system. I do not know if they are true or not and I do not care. However, I decided to address this important issue”
Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

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Demand for quality statistical information about the performance of countries
A lot of information is available
Very uneven quality
Users are not fully able to distinguish between good and bad quality information
Need to go beyond the measurement of economic performances (GDP)
Participation of the civil society in defining society’s goals
Three main approaches:
Integrated economic/environmental and social accounts
Composite Indicators
Key Indicators
Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

4. The OECD Factbook (1)
The Factbook presents, in an integrated way, a carefully selected range of more than 150 indicators covering 10 broad thematic areas:
Population and migration,
Macroeconomic trends,
Prices,
Labour market,
Science and technology,
Environment,
Education,
Public policies,
Quality of life.
Special chapter (energy in 2005, economic globalisation in 2006)
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Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

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The OECD Factbook (2)
Tables and graphs illustrating in a user-friendly manner long-term trends and the relative ranking of countries
Definitions of the indicators and comments on their comparability, thus enabling users to evaluate the relevance and value of specific data
Portal to other OECD statistical and analytic publications useful for further research and understanding
Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

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Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

7. Country Statistical Profiles
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Country Statistical Profiles
Factbook data are also used to prepare individual Country Statistical Profiles, available in the new “country pages” of the OECD Web site.
The Factbook provides tables and charts organised by topic; Country Statistical Profiles present the same information by country.
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Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

8. The OECD Factbook: A great success
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The OECD Factbook: A great success
Paper version available in:
English, French, German, Japanese
Soon also in Spanish and Portuguese
The online version of the Factbook is available for free
Visits and hits
25,000 monthly downloads of Factbook tables
30,000 monthly visits to Country Statistical profiles
The most visited “special” OECD site
3,500 paper copies sold
Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

9. The 2006 OECD Factbook: new features
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The 2006 OECD Factbook: new features
More tables, improved chapters (especially Quality of Life)
Data for Brazil, China, India, Russian Federation, South Africa
Longer time series in the on-line version
More metadata (footnotes) in the on-line version
Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

10. And now, let’s look at some tables
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And now, let’s look at some tables
Statistics represent an essential input into the analytical work of the Organisation.
Data are collected, mainly from Member governments, and are converted, as much as possible, onto an internationally comparable basis. Statistics are then made available for internal use and most of them are then published in both printed and electronic form for use by the general public.
In collaboration with statisticians from member countries and other international organisations, the OECD develops data systems to respond to policy concerns in areas such as national accounts, environment, and service industries.

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