It is therefore particularly important to ensure methodological consistency and financial comparability between the initial calculation and the midterm recalculation.

The international comparability of databases maintained by international organizations is hampered because different revisions versions and levels of classification are applied.

Moreover, there are concerns regarding comparability of the national data and the need to harmonize relevant methodologies is becoming more and more apparent.

Since geographical distribution of staff is fluid throughout the year, the progress in this area is recorded traditionally as of 30 June, thus allowing comparability of data.

16.14 The subprogramme will continue to improve the comparability of official statistics in the ECE region.

There is little comparability with previous data, and income is used as an indicator of well being, rather than consumption which is, among others, a more reliable measurement of poverty.

The purpose of the compendium is to standardize conference servicing procedures and practices across the duty stations with a view to promoting comparability and strengthening planning and coordination.

The objectives of the 2007 revision of the Central Product Classification were formulated in terms of relevance, comparability and continuity.

The diversity of surveys conducted in developing countries affects the comparability between countries and makes it difficult to draw conclusions.

For full comparability, UNICEF would then need to include the portion of Cash Assistance to Governments used to procure goods.

However, the pursuit of current figures should not have a negative impact on the equally important considerations of comprehensiveness and comparability.

That core set of outputs, designed with the aim of presenting a detailed national profile at the lowest geographical level at a given point in time, is required for planning national policy and distribution of resources research and advocacy monitoring the goals that form the basis of the recommendations of major international conferences and improved national and international comparability.

The workshop was organized to support statistical offices in this work, to take stock of work that is currently underway in OECD countries and to enhance the international comparability of productivity measures.

As a consequence, it was determined that changes should be made only where the benefits in terms of relevance or comparability outweighed the costs.

For the purposes of transparency and comparability, budgeted expenditure for the liaison offices will be presented with the Commissioner General's Office in Chapter 7.

19 For example, the Paris Club agreement for the Dominican Republic in April 2004 was made contingent on the implementation of the comparability of treatment.

Most importantly, it allowed the Global Office and the regional coordinators to identify areas where each region needed to make adjustments for comparability purposes across regions.

That achievement in comparability was realized through the discussion and evaluation of new concepts and their respective adoption in the ISIC, but also in the other classifications.

However, even with these improved database systems, the international comparability of databases will remain limited unless the harmonization of concepts, definitions, classifications and other methodological elements is pursued according to common international standards by the international statistical community.

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They also should ensure the quality and the objectivity of the thorough and comprehensive technical assessments in the reviews and to provide for continuity, comparability and timeliness of the review.

Simultaneously, the need for enhanced comparability provided the impetus towards the convergence of the Australian New Zealand, European and North American industry classifications and other activity classifications used around the world.

Links to other classifications have been considered in the revision process and have led to some changes in the classification and to recommendations for changes to other classifications to improve the comparability of data.

We recognize that some modification may be necessary to ensure international comparability, but if country level data has to be significantly modified, it could indicate a concern about capacity, methodological development and so forth.

Improving current practice and international comparability are high priorities as reflected by the range of recent and current activity on this theme on services producer price indices. They pose both conceptual and practical challenges.

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The programme should strive for simplicity and, to the extent possible, should build on existing programmes to meet present and future needs. It should encourage flexibility, which is the ability to evolve over time in order to respond to the needs of the Convention while maintaining comparability

The objectives of the 2007 revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities were formulated in terms of improving and strengthening its relevance and comparability with other classifications, while considering its continuity.

The experts advised also that a review of the national methodologies on index numbers and constant price data estimation should be conducted and further efforts to harmonize those methodologies were necessary to improve international comparability.

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UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to invite the Office of Internal Oversight Services to liaise with other United Nations audit services so as to harmonize internal audit ratings, in order to allow comparability among organizations.

The Statistical Commission, recognizing the economic importance of distributive trade, acknowledging that the availability and quality of national data on distributive trade needs improvement and expressing concern regarding the international comparability of such data, may wish

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to invite the Office of Internal Oversight Services to liaise with other United Nations audit services so as to harmonize internal audit ratings, in order to allow comparability among organizations.

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Meanwhile, developed countries wanted all countries to provide standardized information on their emissions targets and plans, to ensure transparency and comparability. The key elements were agreed on, but only in the form of guidance, not as requirements.

The Expert Group agreed that this measurement should take several key areas into account, which would focus not only on the strict adaptation of the coding structure, but also on data comparability and use of the classification.

With respect to the first of those items, the chairperson reported that during the intersessional period a review of existing indicators of corporate social responsibility had been undertaken with a special focus on their comparability and relevance.

As a result of the report submitted on this task, Plenary adopted an Administrative Decision that Participants should use Kimberley Process Certificate based data when submitting trade data, thereby improving the comparability of statistics provided by Participants.

To facilitate comparability with the programme of work and budget proposals of other organizations of the United Nations system, the staff costs are shown net of staff assessment under the various expenditure sections of the programme budget.

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The information provided in the CRF is aimed at enhancing the comparability and transparency of inventories by facilitating, inter alia, activity data and implied emission factor (IEF) or carbon stock change factor cross comparisons among Annex I Parties, and easy identification of possible mistakes, misunderstandings and omissions in the inventories.