01739cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009029 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451864014 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Krueger, Russell. Some Principles for Development of Statistics for a Gulf Cooperation Council Currency Union / Russell Krueger, Ettore Kovarich. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (23 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 Looking ahead to the creation of a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Currency Union in 2010, the paper covers some implications for the statistical programs of the GCC countries. Despite uncertainty over the structure of the proposed union, the paper envisions several types of mutually reinforcing statistics-convergence criteria, statistics on the core policy variables and instruments, additional macroeconomic data, specialized statistics related to the economic and institutional conditions within the union, and public information. Major changes to national statistical programs are needed that should begin soon. Mode of access: Internet Kovarich, Ettore. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/141 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/141/001.2006.issue-141-en.xml IMF e-Library