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LOCATION:New York\, United States of America
SUMMARY:UNSC55 side event on Measuring digital trade
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DESCRIPTION:What is digital trade? And what action can countries take to me
 asure\, monitor\, and respond to the challenges of digital trade?\n\nDigit
 al technologies have made it increasingly feasible for buyers and sellers 
 to place and receive orders globally. They also enable the remote delivery
  of services directly into businesses and homes. Digitalization is changin
 g how products are purchased and delivered. Yet\, it remains largely invis
 ible in macroeconomic statistics.\n\nThis side-event to the 55th session o
 f the United Nations Statistical Commission introduces the newly released 
 IMF-OECD-UNCTAD-WTO Handbook on Measuring Digital Trade and showcases seve
 ral key measurement approaches. Its goal is to help statistical compilers 
 across the world to address policymakers’ demands for better statistics 
 on digital trade\, and to ensure that developing economies are not left be
 hind. Focusing on two key criteria – digital ordering and digital delive
 ry across borders – the Handbook clarifies the definition of digital tra
 de\, reviews best data sources\, and presents advances by countries in the
  measurement of digital trade.\n\nThe Handbook thereby establishes a valua
 ble shared foundation for understanding and measuring digital trade in a w
 ay that is consistent with the broader macroeconomic statistics and intern
 ationally comparable. Furthermore\, it provides a crucial resource for an 
 active programme of technical assistance and statistical capacity-building
 \, through which the four co-authoring partner organizations can support s
 tatistical compilers as they seek to measure\, monitor and respond to the 
 challenges of digital trade.\n\nSide-events are open to all registered del
 egates to the 55th session of the UNSC.\n\n \n\nSpeakers\n\nMr. Bert Kroe
 se\, Chief Statistician\, Data officer\, and Director of Statistics\, IMF.
 \n\nMs. Anu Peltola\, Acting Director of Statistics\, UNCTAD.\n\nDr. Mohd 
 Uzir Mahidin\, Chief Statistician\, Malaysia.\n\nMr. Paul Schreyer\, Chief
  Statistician and Director of Statistics and Data\, OECD.\n\nMr. Vipin Aro
 ra\, Director\, Bureau of Economic Analysis\, United States.\n&lt\;p&gt\;W
 hat is digital trade? And what action can countries take to measure\, moni
 tor\, and respond to the challenges of digital trade?&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;
 p&gt\;Digital technologies have made it increasingly feasible for buyers a
 nd sellers to place and receive orders globally. They also enable the remo
 te delivery of services directly into businesses and homes. Digitalization
  is changing how products are purchased and delivered. Yet\, it remains la
 rgely invisible in macroeconomic statistics.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Thi
 s side-event to the 55th session of the United Nations Statistical Commiss
 ion introduces the newly released IMF-OECD-UNCTAD-WTO Handbook on Measurin
 g Digital Trade and showcases several key measurement approaches. Its goal
  is to help statistical compilers across the world to address policymakers
 ’ demands for better statistics on digital trade\, and to ensure that de
 veloping economies are not left behind. Focusing on two key criteria – d
 igital ordering and digital delivery across borders – the Handbook clari
 fies the definition of digital trade\, reviews best data sources\, and pre
 sents advances by countries in the measurement of digital trade.&lt\;/p&gt
 \;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Handbook thereby establishes a valuable shared founda
 tion for understanding and measuring digital trade in a way that is consis
 tent with the broader macroeconomic statistics and internationally compara
 ble. Furthermore\, it provides a crucial resource for an active programme 
 of technical assistance and statistical capacity-building\, through which 
 the four co-authoring partner organizations can support statistical compil
 ers as they seek to measure\, monitor and respond to the challenges of dig
 ital trade.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Side-events are open to all register
 ed delegates to the 55th session of the UNSC.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&a
 mp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Speakers&lt\;/strong&
 gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Mr. Bert Kroese\, Chief Statistician\, Data
  officer\, and Director of Statistics\, IMF.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Ms.
  Anu Peltola\, Acting Director of Statistics\, UNCTAD.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\
 ;p&gt\;Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin\, Chief Statistician\, Malaysia.&lt\;/p&gt\;\
 n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Mr. Paul Schreyer\, Chief Statistician and Director of Stati
 stics and Data\, OECD.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Mr. Vipin Arora\, Directo
 r\, Bureau of Economic Analysis\, United States.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView mee
 ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/unsc55-side-event-measuring
 -digital-trade
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