Official Statistics in Times of Crisis.pptVIP

Official Statistics in Times of Crisis Walter Radermacher Eurostat Role and objectives of official statistics Sufficient advanced warning: lessons to be learnt Monitoring of the impacts on economy, society and environment Monitoring of political responses and their impacts Foresee and mitigate a possible crisis and support the treatment of damages by means of high quality statistical information and excellent communication Complex reality: theory, data, policy Behind the crisis: Globalised information society: A conflict between over-information and under-capacities = misuse of informa