(ii) Enhancing the comparability of data at the regional and global levels

Such consistency in concepts and methods will enhance comparability of data across different programme elements, more efficient use of resources, integration of multiple surveys and better quality of survey and administrative data.

Review of the Comparability and the Relevance of Existing Indicators on Corporate Social Responsibility

The aim should be to ensure comparability of estimates for those activities between sections.

These policy demands require conceptual coherence and statistical comparability across goods and services producing activities.

Indicators should meet some basic requirements such as validity, objectivity, sensitivity, comparability, accuracy and disaggregation.

B. Usefulness of Guidelines, as reflected in communications (particularly with respect to comparability, completeness and transparency)

Within this component, the programme needs to develop assessment tools to monitor implementation, data quality and comparability.

The four principal qualitative characteristics are understandability, relevance, reliability (accuracy, neutrality and completeness) and comparability over time.

This action would be best taken at the international level, in order to achieve comparability of information world wide.

The objectives of the 2007 revision of the Central Product Classification were formulated in terms of relevance, comparability and continuity.

It is therefore particularly important to ensure methodological consistency and financial comparability between the initial calculation and the midterm recalculation.

The diversity of surveys conducted in developing countries affects the comparability between countries and makes it difficult to draw conclusions.

For full comparability, UNICEF would then need to include the portion of Cash Assistance to Governments used to procure goods.

The international comparability of databases maintained by international organizations is hampered because different revisions versions and levels of classification are applied.

However, the pursuit of current figures should not have a negative impact on the equally important considerations of comprehensiveness and comparability.

This will be instrumental in the harmonization of national practices and will result in improved international economic statistics with enhanced comparability.

(a) Policies of international organizations on adjusting nationally supplied data to improve international comparability and making estimates for non reported data

(a) The operation of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA) (resolution 46 191 of 20 December 1991, sect. IV)

Moreover, there are concerns regarding comparability of the national data and the need to harmonize relevant methodologies is becoming more and more apparent.

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As a consequence, it was determined that changes should be made only where the benefits in terms of relevance or comparability outweighed the costs.

For the purposes of transparency and comparability, budgeted expenditure for the liaison offices will be presented with the Commissioner General's Office in Chapter 7.

At the same time, the lack of comparability and transparency of financial statements inhibits the free movement of capital in an efficient market system.

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19 For example, the Paris Club agreement for the Dominican Republic in April 2004 was made contingent on the implementation of the comparability of treatment.

It should encourage flexibility, which is the ability to evolve over time in order to respond to the needs of the Convention while maintaining comparability

UNCTAD continued its efforts in the area of international harmonization of financial reporting with a view to improving comparability of financial data provided by TNCs.

Standardized use of the concept would result in increased comparability with regard to the importance of different drug types for treatment in different regional settings.

15. The Commission recommends that the reports requested in paragraphs 13 and 14 above should be prepared on the basis of comparability of information contained.

The estimates for 1985 have been updated from those in the World Development Report 1990 to incorporate new data and to ensure comparability across years.

With the Framework Law on Primary and Secondary Education in BiH, a framework has been created for the legitimate procedures of all actors in education, which allows for a better quality, a more harmonized approach, comparability and a closer approach to the practices of European and other countries in the world.

Most importantly, it allowed the Global Office and the regional coordinators to identify areas where each region needed to make adjustments for comparability purposes across regions.

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That achievement in comparability was realized through the discussion and evaluation of new concepts and their respective adoption in the ISIC, but also in the other classifications.

Since geographical distribution of staff is fluid throughout the year, the progress in this area is recorded traditionally as of 30 June, thus allowing comparability of data.

Improving current practice and international comparability are high priorities as reflected by the range of recent and current activity on this theme on services producer price indices.

In order to improve quality and comparability of such estimates it was agreed to standardize the estimation procedure using the new approach developed by the Statistics Division.

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And that tells you that better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.