28th Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group
28th Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group

Session 6: New data sources: Opportunity and challenges

Session Leader: Annabelle Mourougane, OECD

The objective of this session is to discuss the opportunity and challenges associated with the use of new data sources and new techniques for improving the timeliness, coverage and quality of SBRs. New data sources should be interpreted in a broad sense, covering but not limited to satellite images, smart meters, Google Trend search data, surveys from private providers (e.g. Meta, Amazon) and social media data and web-scraping data. Experience using machine-learning algorithms and/ or natural language processing will also be appreciated.

Issues to be discussed include

  1. What are the main challenges in using alternative data sources in official statistics?
  2. How best can these sources complement the use of existing data and enrich SBRs?
  3. What are the requirements for alternative data sources to be fully incorporated in the SBR production process?

Papers showcasing attempts to incorporate alternative data sources into SBR data production would be greatly appreciated.

An abstract of your paper should be submitted to the session leader (Annabelle.MOUROUGANE@oecd.org) and to the organizers (WiesbadenGroup2023@cbs.nl) by June 1, 2023.

 

Presenter Country Abstract Paper Presentation
"Experimental Use of New Data Sources for Prompt Identification of Changes in Firms’ Status" - Peh Li Lin, Seng Li Cheng and Cui Hui Min  Business Statistics Division, Singapore Department of Statistics Singapore Abstract Paper Presentation
"New data Sources: Opportunity and Challenges" - Vikashni Lata, Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics  Fiji Bureau of Statistics Fiji Abstract Paper Presentation
"Efforts for Further Development and Enhancement of Statistical Business Register in Japan- Improvement of Update Frequency" - Kurematsu Ryosuke, Tanabe Tatsuya - Statistical Business Register Management Division, Statistics Bureau in Japan Japan Abstract Paper Presentation
"Establishment “Face” Recognition Using Artificial Intelligence" - Jodi Jhouranda Siregar, Muhammad Yunus Hendrawan, Yovi Maulana Nugraha, Irma Damayanti  BPS-Statistics Indonesia Indonesia Abstract    
"Using AI for legal form detection" -Global Legal Entity Identification Foundation (GLEIF) GLEIF Abstract Paper Presentation
"First approach to gender and trade statistics in Mexico: The Profile of Export Manufacturing Enterprises by sex" - Gerardo Durand Alcántara & Lazaro Trujillo Hernández - National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) Mexico Abstract Paper Presentation
"Linking Additional Data Sources to the Business Register" - Jessica Wellwood - U.S. Census Bureau US Abstract Paper Presentation