Seminar Beyond GDP: statistical challenges of measuring development
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Date
24 Aug 2022, 14:30 - 17:30Event type
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Chile
In the context of the twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, the seminar “Beyond GDP: statistical challenges of measuring development” was held on 24 August 2022.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has historically been the benchmark indicator for measuring economic progress. However, in the current scenario, it is insufficient to capture critical dimensions such as environmental sustainability, social inequality, and institutional strength.
In line with the United Nations Secretary-General's report "Our Common Agenda," there is an imperative need to develop complementary metrics that allow for a comprehensive view of well-being and sustainable development.
Purpose of the Seminar
The main objective of this meeting is to create a high-level dialogue with authorities from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and related institutions to address:
- Regulatory Updates: Analyzing improvements in GDP measurement and updating the System of National Accounts (SNA).
- Complementary Metrics: Defining robust indicators that reflect progress in the economic, social, and environmental pillars.
- Monitoring the 2030 Agenda: Strengthening the production of official data that responds to international development commitments.
INFORME / REPORT
| 14 Feb. 2023 |
Informe del seminario Más allá del PIB: desafíos estadísticos para la medición del desarrollo Report of the seminar Beyond GDP: statistical challenges of measuring development |
Schedule
24 August 2022
Moderator: Graciela Márquez, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) of Mexico
Anu Peltola, Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD)
Valuing What Counts: A UN Systemwide Contribution on progress beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Stefan Schweinfest, División de Estadística de las Naciones Unidas / United Nations Statistics Division
Towards the 2025 SNA (System of National Accounts)
Greg Peterson, Statistics Canada and Co-Chair of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians
Findings of the “Beyond GDP” consultations of the Network of Economic Statisticians and the evolving Canadian Data Ecosystem
Facundo Alvaredo, World Inequality Lab, de Paris School of Economics (PSE), e Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (IIEP), UBA & CONICET Argentina
Una agenda para la conciliación de datos distributivos y cuentas nacionales / An agenda for the reconciliation of distributional and national accounts data
Lucía Scuro, División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL/Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC & Iliana Vaca Trigo, UNSD
Ir más allá del PIB desde la perspectiva de género: bienestar, cuidados y tiempo
Arturo Flores, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México
Beyond GDP: the contribution of environmental indicators
Rolando Ocampo, División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL / Statistics Division of ECLAC
Progress of the Statistics Division of ECLAC in terms of indicators complementary to GDP
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