01979cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003970 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451862980 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Al-Mansouri, Abdulrahman. Providing official Statistics for the Common Market and Monetary Union in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries : A Case for "Gulfstat" / Abdulrahman Al-Mansouri, Claudia Dziobek. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-have laid out a path to a common market by 2007 and monetary union by 2010, based on economic convergence. To monitor convergence and support economic and monetary policy, comparable economic data for member countries and data for the region as a whole will be essential. What is the most efficient way to produce these data? The authors survey the statistical institutions in the GCC countries and present the case for creating "Gulfstat"-a regional statistical agency to operate within a "Gulf States System of Statistics." Valuable lessons can be learned from regional statistical organization in Africa and the European Union-Afristat and Eurostat. Mode of access: Internet Dziobek, Claudia. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/038 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/038/001.2006.issue-038-en.xml IMF e-Library