The the main purpose of the workshop is to take stock of progress in areas identified in 2015, as recommended by participants, such as Balance of Payments services statistics, Foreign Affiliates Statistics (FATS), Foreign Direct Investment statistics (FDI) and build on what is achieved. In addition, the workshop will address the aspects and methods of compiling statistics for specific services sectors such as travel and technical, financial services and assist in developing capacity of the Arab countries in these sectors.
Meeting Details
Meeting Documents
- Balance of payments compilation guide
- Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM)
- World Trade in Services: Evidence from A New Dataset – IMF working paper
- Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010
- Review of the Maritime Transport 2017
- Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (Arabic)
Organizations Presentations
Day 1
- On-line course on trade in services statistics
- On-line course on trade in services statistics – grades
- Data collection and compilation difficulties – case of Morocco
- Data sources for international trade in services statistics in the Arab countries: Updating and integration
- Overview of Trade in Services statistics availability for Arab countries - Where are the data gaps?
- Results of the Pre-course questionnaires
- Interactive Recap session on Concepts and Definitions in Statistics of International Trade in Services
- Regional Workshop on the Compilation of Trade in Services Statistics, WTO, AMF,UNSD and UN ESCWA, 25-28 January 2015
Day 2
- Compilation Guide for Tourism Satellite Accounts 2008
- Computer services
- Data collection mechanism for services – Iraq
- Data collection mechanism for services – Iraq (Arabic)
- Trade in services – Lebanon
- Manufacturing services - Maintenance and repair
- Transport services
- Travel compilation
Day 3
- Construction services (Arabic)
- Construction compilation
- Direct Investment Compilation as complementary information ‐FATS
- FATS, WHAT AND WHY, CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY, COMPILATION
- Direct investment and foreign affiliate trade statistics (Arabic)
- International trade in services (Arabic)
Athens, Greece
