Researchers advocating reform of the world’s main measure of growth have an opportunity to participate in the process that sets the rules. There is currently an opportunity to do so through the international process for revising the methodology that determines what is measured by GDP. GDP can be measured in several ways, and on the basis of the evidence.
, and on the basis of the evidence. There is currently an opportunity to do so through the international process for revising the methodology that determines what is measured by GDP.GDP can be measured in several ways. Under one common definition, GDP is calculated by adding together consumer spending, what governments and businesses spend and invest, and exports minus imports.
This revision to what is called the System of National Accounts will differ from past revisions, partly because researchers are more involved. However, their engagement is still a fraction of that seen in many other UN processes. For example, scientists played a central part in the inception, implementation and monitoring of the SDGs, in the Paris climate agreement and in the UN’s rules and guidelines on environmental accounting.
UN-mediated agreements are open processes in which researchers and other observers can engage. They can, for example, comment on documents — the UN Statistics Division, based in New York City, which is administering the SNA revision talks, is
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