SEMINAR WORKSHOP DOCUMENTS

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Session I: Framework for the Generation of Statistics on International Trade
in Services (SITS) 
Session Chair: Romulo A. Virola, NSCB

  • Part I
    by Karen Mc Guigan
102 KB  
  • Part II
    by Karen Mc Guigan
115 KB  

Session 2 - Modes of Supply
Session Chair: Mr. Ho Bing Chuen, Singapore

  • WTO, GATS and Modes of Supply
    by Joscelyn Magdeleine
105 KB  

Session III: Economies' Presentation on Practical Applications
and Approaches on SITS

Session Chair: Mr. William Cave, OECD

  • Measurement of the Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) in the Philippine System of National Accounts (PSNA)
    by Estrella V.Domingo
351 KB  
  • How to go beyond BPM in SITS
    by Shin-Tsyr Jing
92 KB  
  • Practical Applications and Approaches on SITS - Transportation in Australia
    by Karen McGuigan
267 KB  

Session IV: Trade in Services Statistics: An introduction to the Manual
on Statistics of International Trade in Services and Current Revision Process

Session Chair: Ms. Karen Mc Guigan, ABS

  • The Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services and Current Revision Process
    by Joscelyn Magdeleine
315 KB  
  • Measuring Trade in Services (supplementary material)
  279 KB

Session V: Foreign Affiliate's Trade in Services (FATS)
Session Chair: Mr. Herzie Mohamed Nordin, Malaysia 

  • Why Foreign Affiliates Statistics and what can we do with them?
    by William Cave and Andreas Fuchs
1,323 KB  

Session VI: Presentation by APEC Economies
Session Chair: Mr. Joscelyn Magdeleine, WTO

  • International Trade in Services Data Collection in Thailand: Education and Medical Services
    by Vilai Pinijkulviwat
107 KB  
  • The United States Experience in Collecting FATS
    by Anne Flatness
3 MB  

Session VII: Integrated Presentations by APEC Economies
Session Chair: Ms. Elsa Lee Ling-yee, Hongkong, China

  • The Measurement of International Trade in Service in Vietnam
    by Nguyen Thi Thanh Xuan - SBV and
    Vu Thi Thanh Huyen
273 KB  
  • Measuring International Trade in Services
    by Daisy M. Cabral
511 KB  
  • Assessment of International Trade in Services Statistics in PNG
    by Joseph Aka
132 KB  

Session VIII: Panel Discussions on APEC Recommendations
Session Chair: Mr. Rolando Paniagua Taboada, Mexico

  • Assessment form
    by Iluminada Sicat
  46 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Hongkong, China
  22 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Indonesia
  20 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Malaysia
  23 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Mexico
  32 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Peru
  19 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Philippines
  24 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Singapore
  22 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Chinese, Taipei
  26 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Thailand
  20 KB
  • Assessment Matrix - Viet Nam
  20 KB

Session IX: Group Workshop and Presentation of Group Outputs

  • Group 1 Presentation
138 KB  
  • Group 2 Presentation
107 KB