(SNA 2008) - System of National Accounts 2008 (New York: a publication of the Commission of the European Communities, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Nations, and the World Bank, 2009). The text can be found on the following UN website: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/sna2008.asp

or

(SNA 1993) - System of National Accounts 1993 (New York: a publication of the Commission of the European Communities, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United Nations, and the World Bank, 1993). The text can be found on the following UN website: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/sna1993/introduction.asp

or

(QNA Manual 2001) - Quarterly National Accounts Manual: Concepts, Data Sources, and Compilation (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2001). The text can be found on the IMF’s website:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/qna/2000/textbook/index.htm.

(ESA 95) - European System of Accounts 1995(Luxembourg: Eurostat, 1996).
http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/nfaccount/info/data/esa95/esa95-new.htm

Update to the System of National Accounts 1993: New Standards for Financial Derivatives (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2001). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/sna/2001/eng/update/updsna.pdf.

Summary of discussions on the National Accounts Discussion Forum can be accessed through the following IMF website: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/na/interest/index.htm.The outcome of the discussions may eventually lead to various modifications of the 1993 System of National Accounts (1993 SNA).

Current International Recommendations on Labor Statistics, as updated (Geneva: International Labor Organization (ILO), 1985).

Hussmanns, R., Mehran, F., Verma V. Surveys of Economically Active Population, Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment: An ILO Manual on Concepts and Methods (Geneva: ILO, 1990).

ILO recommendations can be accessed at the ILO website: http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/recdisp1.htm.

(CPI Manual 2004) - Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice 2004 (ILO, IMF, OECD, Eurostat, United Nations, and the World Bank), available on the following webpage: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/guides/cpi/index.htm.

or

(PPI Manual 2004) - Producer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice 2004 (in collaboration with Eurostat, ILO, OECD, UNECE, and World Bank), available on the following webpage: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/tegppi/index.htm.

or

Classification of Expenditure According to Purpose (New York: United Nations, 1999). United Nations classifications can be accessed through the UN website: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/pubs/gesgrid.asp
 

General government operations (or public sector operations, PSO, as relevant)

External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2003). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/eds/Eng/Guide/index.htm.

Depository corporations survey

 

Central bank survey (CBS)

Interest rates

Financial soundness indicators

See SDDS Guide, p.38 http://dsbb.imf.org/images/pdfs/sdds_legal_text_english.PDF

(FSI) Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2006). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fsi/guide/2006/index.htm

(BPM6) - Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (Washington, D.C: IMF, 2010). The text can be found on the IMF’s website:http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bop/2007/pdf/BPM6.pdf

(BPM5) - Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition (Washington, D.C: IMF, 1993). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bopman/bopman.pdf.

Balance of Payments Compilation Guide (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 1995). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bopcg/1995/bopcg.pdf.

Balance of Payments Textbook (Washington D.C.: IMF, 1996). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/boptex/boptex.pdf.

Financial Derivatives: A Supplement to the Balance of Payments Manual, fifth edition, 1993 (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2000). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fd/2000/index.htm.
 

(IIP 2002) - International Investment Position—(2002). The text can be found at the website: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/iip/iip.htm.

or

(BOP &IIP) Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Compilation Guide (Washington, D.C.: IMF, draft chapters, 2012). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bop/2007/bop6comp.htm

or

(IIP 2011) - Quarterly International Investment Position Statistics: Data Sources and Compilation Techniques (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2011). The text can be found on the IMF’s website: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/iip/2011/030111.htm

International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions, (New York: United Nations, 2010). The text can be found on the United Nations’ website

or

(Trade Statistics Manual 2010) - Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services, 2010, is available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradeserv/TFSITS/manual.htm

or

International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Compilers Manual (New York: United Nations, 2012). The text can be found on the United Nations’ website:
 http://unstats.un.org/unsd/trade/EG-IMTS/EG-IMTS%20web%20announcement.htm 

Population

Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census, Revision 2 (New York: United Nations, 2008).

Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems (New York: United Nations, 1998).

Indicators of Sustainable Development: Framework and Methodologies (New York: United Nations, 2004). It is also available on the following website of the United Nations: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/indisd/english/english.htm

Education

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Statistical Tables (and metadata) website (http://portal.unesco.org/uis/ev.php).

Methodology Used in the 1994 Estimation and Projection of Adult Literacy (Paris: UNESCO, 1995).

Indicators of Sustainable Development: Framework and Methodologies (New York: United Nations, 2001).

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Millennium Development Goals website (http://portal.unesco.org/uis/ev.php).

UNSD, Millennium Indicators Database (http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp).
The World Bank, Millennium Development Goals website (http://www.developmentgoals.org/).

OECD, Health Statistics Publications & Documents website (includes manuals, sources and methods):http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3699,en_2649_37407_1_1_1_1_37407,00.html.

Indicators of Sustainable Development: Framework and Methodologies (New York: United Nations, 2001).

Monitoring Reproductive Health: Selecting a Short List of National and Global Indicators (Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO), 1997). It is also available on the following website: http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/hrp_97_26/index.htm

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) (Geneva: World Health Organization, 2007): http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/

UNAIDS, Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals website (http://www.mdgmonitor.org/).

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), End Decade Databasehttp://www.unicef.org/specialsession/about/end-decade-process.htm)

UNSD, Millennium Indicators Database (http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mdg/default.aspx).

WHO, Millennium Development Goals website (http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/en/)

World Bank, Millennium Development Goals website.

Ravallion, Martin, Poverty Lines in Theory and Practice, Vol. 1. Living Standards Measurement Survey Working Paper (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1998).

Coudouel, J. Hentschel, and Q. Wodon, Well-Being Measurement and Analysis in PRSP Sourcebook (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2001).

Lipton, M., Defining and Measuring Poverty: Conceptual Issues (New York: UNDP, 1996).

Shorr, Irwin J., How to Weigh and Measure Children: Assessing the Nutritional Status of Young Children in Household Surveys, National Household Survey Capability Programme (New York: United Nations, 1986).

UNSD, Millennium Indicators Database (http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp).

World Bank, Millennium Development Goals website.

World Bank, Data on Poverty website (http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/data/index.htm).