The Methodological Guide

The Guide to the Regional Public Accounts, provides a comprehensive reconstruction of the methodology underlying the construction of the RPA database.

An abridged English version of the Guide, published in 2007, is available and it can be downloaded.

Download the entire Guide to the Regional Public Accounts (pdf) (pdf, 1.7 Mb)

Guide to the Regional Public Accounts

Cover (pdf, 1.14 Mb)

Contents (pdf, 142 Kb)

Foreword (pdf, 147 Kb)

Chapter 1 – Why the Regional Public Accounts? (pdf, 257 Kb)

Chapter 2 – The reference universes (pdf, 231 Kb)

Chapter 3 – The nature of the data (pdf, 191 Kb)

Chapter 4 – The dimensions of the data (pdf, 246 Kb)

Chapter 5 – Methods and criteria for allocating data on a regional basis and consolidation (pdf, 199 Kb)

Chapter 6 – Uses and definitions of the data for analytical purposes (pdf, 195 Kb)

Chapter 7 – The RPA Information System (pdf, 239 Kb)

Bibliography (pdf, 125 Kb)