Institutional arrangements for managing integrated economic statistics

Appropriate institutional arrangements are essential for developing and managing an integrated system of economic statistics. The integration of economic statistics depends upon the legal, organizational and planning framework, the coordination and governance arrangements, and human and financial resources, all of which differ widely across countries. There is no ?right? institutional setting for integrating economic statistics, in the sense that the goal can be achieved in both centralized and decentralized statistical systems. A range of institutional approaches and arrangements need to be put into place to support the integration of economic statistics, and the approach taken will depend on the way the official statistics system is organized and will take into account the existing legal framework.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development