Virtual Statistical System

Development Data Group

The World Bank

• On-line resources for NSO’s and other data producing agencies

• Information about statistical organizations and operations

• Links to valuable information sites & documents

• Checklists for the improvement of statistical organizations

• Information exchange for practitioners and users

• eLearning courses. 2

VSS is a portal providing …

Main Components of the VSS

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• Activities• Themes• Comments

• Discussion groups• Wiki information exchange

• Animated presentations• Power point presentations

Accessing VSS Knowledge Base: Activities and Themes

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Building blocks for statistical systems

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How Statistical Operations Work

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Discussions organized by region

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E-learning modules

…covering 10 main topics…• Management of Statistical Systems and Organizations• Labor Statistics and Survey Design• Justice, Crime and Security Statistics• Geographical Information Systems (GIS)• Agricultural Statistics• Project Management• Business Statistics• Quality Assurance for Census• Government Finance Statistics

• National Accounts

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Introductory (10 lessons)• Supply of G&S and the GDP

• The ICP

• SNA Production Boundary

• Intermediate Consumption

• Final Consumption Expenditure

• Capital Formation and Trade Balance

• Informal, Non-observed, Hidden Activities

• SU tables and Commodity Flow

• Estimating GDP

• Estimation Methods

Advanced (10 lessons)• Volumes• Institutional Sectors• Balancing Items• Household Accounts• Government Accounts• GFS vs SNA• ROW accounts• BOP vs SNA • QNA and Seasonal Adjustment• Satellite Accounts

The National Accounts Module is divided into two parts

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The World Bank, in partnership with other organizations, is looking into ways of integrating the VSS and its training materials into the curricula of training centers, as a way of providing a common approach to training and e-learning globally.

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The VSS home page:

https://www.virtualstatisticalsystem.org

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