

Erick Rangel-Gonzalez (Mexico, Central Bank of Mexico), with Mr. Gene Leon (IMF), Estimating Economic Activity in Zimbabwe Using Big Data Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF New Techniques, New Technologies, and New Potential Data SourcesĬhair: Mr. Sanjiv Mahajan, Head of International Strategy and Coordination, Office for National Statistics, UK From Basic to Derived Statisticsĭiscussant: Mr. Francisco Guillen (Mexico, INEGI), Measurement of the Informal Economy. Ilarina, Measuring the Contribution of the Informal Sector to the Philippine Economy: Current Practices and Challenges

Bersales (University of the Philippines School of Statistics), with Ms. Franziska Ohnsorge, Shades of Grey: Measuring the Informal Economy Business Cycles Abebe Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF Session II (continued): Standard Estimation Practices-Determining theĬhair: Mr. Venkata Ramana Murthy Salapaka (India, National Statistical Office), Measuring Informal Economy in India Federico Sallusti (Italian National Institute of Statistics), Detecting Under-Reporting of Value Added and VAT Fraud in National Accounts Nghiêm Thị Vân, Measuring the Non-Observed Economy in Vietnam: A Focus on Informal Economy

François Roubaud (French Research Institute for Sustainable Development, France), with Ms. Sharmini Coorey, Director, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF Standard Estimation Practices-Determining the Level and Growth ofĬhair: Ms. Gabriel Quirós-Romero (IMF), State of Play: Importance, Conceptual Fragmentation, and Weak Data Sources Michael Frosch (International Labour Organization), Revision of the Standards for Statistics on Informality Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Conceptualizing the Informal Sector: Analysis and Application to Francophone Africa Ibrahima Tall (National Agency for Statistics and Demography of Senegal) with Mr. Leandro Medina, Shedding Light on the Shadow Economy: A Global Database Friedrich Schneider (Austria, Johannes Kepler University) with Mr. Louis Marc Ducharme, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, and Director, Statistics Department, IMF Session I: Definition and Scope of the Informal EconomyĬhair: Mr. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Location: IMF Headquarters 2, Conference Halls 1 & 2 Thursday, November 14, 2019
