This report started out simply as an attempt to make available for
both internal and external users, key economic indicators
of CARICOM Member States in a single publication.
As the report developed and the problems of compiling a consistent
and reliable data set across all Member States were exposed,
the publication grew into an attempt to bring to the fore
the issues of harmonisation of statistics in the Region.
Harmonisation of statistics demands, or necessitates, that
we have common data with harmonised or equivalent definitions
that can be reliably compared across all Member States.
With the creation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy
(CSME), the achievement of harmonisation of statistics is
a crucial concern at the Regional and National levels.
The monitoring of the performance of the CSME is only possible
if there is a core set of statistics that are comparable and
timely. Hence, the analysis in this report takes the form
of a presentation of the conceptual framework of the data
to assess the current status of the economic statistical system
and to identify the gaps and deficiencies that can militate
against the achievement of this goal of harmonisation of statistics
in the CARICOM Region. In addition, a study of some
of the trends highlighted may lead to the question of data
reliability and accuracy, which may stimulate the need to
re-examine the data at the source.
It is obvious that a lot more work is required, but this publication
makes an initial effort to embark on the task of going deeper
into the methodologies in use in the Region, and producing
a core set of socio-economic, environment and eventually a
set of sustainable development statistics indicators.
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