Working Group on the impact of Globalisation on National Accounts (WGGNA)

Working Group on the impact of Globalisation on National

Accounts (WGGNA)

Introduction by

Peter van de Ven

Statistics Netherlands

Agenda item 6

Agenda of the 1st meeting

• 14.30-15.50 Introduction• 16.15-17.30 Goods for processing

• 09.30-10.45 Goods for processing and SUT• 11.15-12.30 Merchanting• 14.30-16.00 MNEs and allocation of income• 16.30-17.30 Closing session

Terms of Reference (TOR)

• Objective: To review the main distortions in the compilation of NA and related source statistics, as caused by globalisation• Outcome: Report with recommendations and best practices

– Identify areas most affected– Proposals to improve surveying, processing and

integration of data

– Proposals to arrive at international consistency– Proposals to improve international guidelines– Proposals to create medium for exchange of

best practices

Terms of Reference (TOR), cont.

• Timetable:

– Autumn 2007: 1st meeting of LG

– April 2008: 1st meeting of WGGNA

– June 2008: Progress report to CES

– End 2008 – Beginning 2010: Two meetings of LG and WGGNA

– April 2010: Presentation of the report to NA-meeting

– June 2010: Presentation of the report to CES

Terms of Reference (TOR), cont.

• Membership of the WGGNA: Open for all members of the UNECE, Eurostat and OECD + IMF and UNCTAD

• Membership of the LG: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Netherlands, UK, USA, UNECE, Eurostat, OECD and IMF

List of issues

• Allocation of output and value added to national economies

• Specialisation of supply chains– Transactions in intellectual property– SPEs– Processing– Toll manufacturing– Merchanting – Consignment goods– Commissionaire Trading

List of issues, cont.

• Specialisation of supply chains– Re-exports and centralisation of logistics– Other centralised services

• Other issues– E-commerce– Transit trade– Remittances– Second homes– Labour migration– Common trading and currency blocks

Agenda of the 1st meeting

• 14.30-15.50 Introduction• 16.15-17.30 Goods for processing

• 09.30-10.45 Goods for processing and SUT• 11.15-12.30 Merchanting• 14.30-16.00 MNEs and allocation of income• 16.30-17.30 Closing session