Handbooks and Manuals on National Accounting
Manuals have been prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division and other organizations to assist countries in compiling national accounts and related statistics. To obtain the publications that are not posted on the Web, readers should contact the offices responsible for each agency's publications.
Commission of the European Communities/Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations and World Bank
System of National Accounts 1993 (United Nations publication, Sales No. print version, E.94.XVII.4, CD-ROM version, English only, E.96.XVII.3). To purchase the printed book in English, French, Russian Spanish, Arabic or Chinese, or the CD-ROM version (available only in English), click here. For the Internet version and updates to the printed book (English only)click here.
Commission of the European Communities/Eurostat, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations and World Tourism Organization
Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework, Series F, No.80 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.9). To purchase the printed book (currently available in English, Chinese, French and Spanish; other languages are in preparation), click here (English).
United Nations Statistics Division
National Accounts: A Practical Introduction, Series F, No. 85, (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.04.XVII.4). To purchase a copy in English (other languages in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Use of Macro Accounts in Policy Analysis, Series F, No. 81 (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.02.XVII.5). To purchase a copy in English (other languages in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, An Operational Manual, Series F, No. 78 (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.00.XVII.17). To purchase a copy in English (other languages in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: A Systems Approach to National Accounts Compilation, Series F, No. 77 (E.99.XVII.10). To purchase a copy in English, Spanish, Arabic or Chinese (Russian and Spanish in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Links between Business Accounting and National Accounting, Series F, No. 76 (E.00.XVII.13). To purchase a copy in English (other languages in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Handbook of Input-Output Table Compilation and Analysis, Series F, No. 74 (E.99.XVII.9). To purchase a copy in English, French, Spanish, Russian or Chinese (Arabic is in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Household Accounting Experience in Concepts and Compilation, Vol. 1, Household Sector Accounts, Vol. 2, Household Satellite Extensions, Series F, No. 75 (E.00.XVII.16). To purchase a copy in English (other languages in preparation), click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Use of the System of National Accounts in Economies in Transition, Series F, No. 66 (E.96.XVII.11). To purchase a copy in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or Chinese, click here.
Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, Series F, No. 61 (E.93.XVII.12). To purchase a copy in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or Chinese, click here.
Manual on National Accounts at Constant Prices, Series M, No. 64. Out of print.
Handbook on Non-Profit Institutions in the System of National Accounts, Series F, No.91, click here.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Guide-book to statistics on the hidden economy (GE.92-31366).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
A system of economic accounts for food and agriculture (FAO, Rome, 1996).
International Monetary Fund
Balance of Payments Compilation Guide (Washington, D.C., 1995).
Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth Edition, 1993 (Washington D.C., 1993). Financial Derivatives: A Supplement to the Fifth Edition of the Balance of Payments Manual (Washington, D.C., 2000).
Balance of Payments: Selected Publications www.imf.org/external/np/sta/bop/biblio.htm
Government Finance Statistics Manual (Washington, D.C., 2001). www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfs/manual/index.htm
Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual (Washington, D.C., 2000).www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/mfs/manual/index.htm
Quarterly National Accounts Manual — Concepts, Data Sources, and Compilation (2001)www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/qna/2000/Textbook/index.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Measuring the Non-Observed Economy - A Handbook (2002), English, French, Russian. http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-notheme-15-no-5-20034-0,00.html
Inflation Accounting: A Manual on National Accounting Under Conditions of High Inflation (Paris, 1996). Out of print.www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-432-15-no-15-22499-0,00.html
Measuring Capital: A Manual on the Measurement of Capital Stocks, Consumption of Fixed Capital and Capital Services (Paris).www.oecd.org/pdf/M00009000/M00009324.pdf
Quarterly National Accounts: Sources and Methods used by OECD Member Countries (Paris, 1996). www.oecd.org/std/qnam.htm
Services: Measuring Real Annual Value Added (Paris). www.oecd.org/std/servm.htm
European Union/Eurostat
Handbook on price and volume measures in national accounts (PDF), catalogue no. KS-41-01-543-EN-N
European system of accounts ESA 1995 (Luxembourg), catalogue no. CA-15-96-001-EN-C-EN.
Handbook on quarterly national accounts (Luxembourg), catalogue no. CA-22-99-781-EN-C-EN.
Regional accounts methods -- Gross value-added and gross fixed capital formation by activity (Luxembourg), catalogue no. CA-87-95-943-EN-C-EN.
Regional accounts methods -- Household accounts (Luxembourg), catalogue no. CA-95-96-756-EN-C-EN.
Regional accounts methods -- Tables of general government (Luxembourg), catalogue no. KS-27-00-508-EN-C-EN.
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