United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) NATIONAL PROFILE FOR THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

This report summarizes the progress achieved and the highlights in the priority areas in the field of economic statistics and national accounts, in accordance to discussions and recommendations by the Technical Advisory group on Economic Statistics during its meeting in 2016. ESCWA worked with the national statistical offices of the member states and its partners to implement and advance many of the issues identified in the priorities listed below and in Annex 1. The report also proposed areas in economic statistics that were mot part of the work program of ESCWA or the priorities of TAGES and are considered important for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development implementation such as transport statistics and for recent development in economic structure of countries such as digital economy and geospatial data.