The IFC's contribution to the 55th ISI Session, Sydney, April 2005

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Keynote address G R Stevens	5
Cost, quality and relevance of financial statistics
Cost, quality and relevance of the BIS international financial statistics Paul Van den Bergh	12
The potential impact of Basel II on central bank data requirements in Jamaica Myrtle D Halsall and R Brian Langrin	16
Future challenges in compiling balance of payments and international investment position Jörgen Ovi and Thomas Elkjar	20
Accounting standards and their impact on financial statistics
A comparison of the main features of accounting and statistical standards Paolo Poloni and Patrick Sandars	25
From general ledger towards financial statistics Johan Lammers	30
The impact of the introduction of accrual accounting by Australian government on government finance statistics Peter Harper	34
Monetary and financial statistics: the role of accounting standards Rob Edwards and Randall Merris	38
The impact of accounting standards on financial statistics - comments on invited papers Jean Cordier	42
Comments on the paper related to accounting standards and their impact on financial statistics Satoru Hagino and Michelle Hassine	45
Optimal method for data quality improvements in financial statistics
Data quality control with ARIMA filtering Augustín Maravall	48
The use of sample data to improve the quality of financial statistics Giovanni D'Alessio and Ivan Faiella	53
Assessing the quality of financial statistics Carol S Carson	57
Discussion of G D'Alessio and I Faiella and C Carson Arthur B Kennickell	61
Robust analysis of the term structure of interest rates Elvezio Ronchetti	63
Comments to Ronchetti L F Signorini	65
The use of survey in financial statistics: challenges and opportunities
Surveys for insurance services in the balance of payments Ghislain Poullet	67
Corporate balance sheet statistics as an input for compiling institutional sector accounts Reimund Mink and Juliane Kinsele	69
Strengthening contacts with key data suppliers Brian O'Reilly and Greg Haymes	86
Use of surveys in statistics in the Czech National Bank Petr Vojtisek	88
UK surveys of non-financial corporations: integrated quarterly sector accounts Richard Walton and Robin Lynch	93
Financial risk management instruments usage in large and medium-sized enerprises - business survey in a transition country Ksenija Dumicic, Mirna Dumicic and Roko Cukrov	96
Security-by-security collection system Erich Hille and Guenther Sedlacek	100
Discussion paper: Methods in financial statistics: challenges and opportunities Rudi Acx	103
Statistics on real estate prices: the need for a strategic approach David Fenwick	106
IFC Conference, 2004 Workshop H
International organization in the balance of payments Henk Lub	111

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