In January/February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Malawi against the IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The mission was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt in...

The Theory publication and the companion on the practice of compiling consumer price indices (CPIs) is jointly published by the member agencies of the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Price Statistics (IWGPS): the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), the International Labour...

In February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of the Republic of Zimbabwe against the IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The assessment was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public...

This document provides recommendations for the statistical recording of capacity allocation and balancing markets, which are crucial for addressing deviations between supply and demand in electricity markets. It also includes guidance on transactions related to the electricity congestion income...

The Agricultural Sector Resilience Progress Indicator (I.9) is an innovative multidimensional composite indicator that evaluates the status and progress of various factors impacting agricultural resilience in EU27 countries, particularly in response to climate change. I.9 serves as a novel tool...

Die Erhebung der leichten Nutzfahrzeuge, die in diesem Bericht oft als «Lieferwagen» bezeichnet werden, ist eine Erhebung des Bundesamtes für Statistik. Nach 2013 wurde sie im Jahr 2023 erneut als Stichprobenerhebung durchgeführt. Dieser Methodenbericht beschreibt die verwendeten...

How efficiently do scientific results make their way into the wider world? Applying multiple methods to the universe of hypothesis tests reported in three leading health journals between 2016 and 2022 we evidence the important role of statistical significance as a driver of popular attention to...

How efficiently do scientific results make their way into the wider world? Applying multiple methods to the universe of hypothesis tests reported in three leading health journals between 2016 and 2022 we evidence the important role of statistical significance as a driver of popular attention to...

Consumption taxes are a crucial revenue source for EU Member States, yet they also potentially have non-negligible impact on income distribution. The EU’s tax-benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD, has recently been extended to simulate consumption taxes (CT) across all 27 EU countries...

The Evaluation Handbook - 2025 Edition reflects the European Commission's steadfast commitment to promoting a culture of results, accountability, and learning across the EU's external action. As one of the world's leading development and international cooperation actors, the European Commission...