The scientific-practical journal “Statistical News” was entered into the Register of Periodical Publications of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 7 October 2015 under number 4004 and was registered with the International Centre for the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) under ISSN 2413-6557. In addition, by the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 31 March 2017 (Protocol № 06-R), the journal was included in the section of economic sciences of the “List of periodic scientific publications recommended for the publication of main results of dissertations in the Republic of Azerbaijan.” Articles submitted to the scientific-practical journal “Statistical News” are published in accordance with the rules established by the Supreme Attestation Commission.
The scientific-practical journal “Statistical News” publishes articles that have not been submitted to other publications, giving priority to research on the theoretical and methodological foundations of statistical science, the statistical analysis of economic, social, ecological, and demographic processes, as well as studies related to the economy and the social sphere.
The 2nd edition of the journal “Statistical news” covers the sections under the title of “National accounts statistics”, “Methodological Issues”, “Statistical Analysis of implementation of the state programs”, “Industry Statistics”, “Agricultural Statistics”, “Application of International Standards in Labour Statistics”, “Regulations”. The section “National Accounts Statistics” provides articles titled “The impact of structural changes of national economy on the dynamics and structure of the Gross Domestic Product”, “Human capital foundation of innovative development”, “Socio-economic impact of the devaluation of the manat”; the section “Methodological issues” reflects articles titled “Purchasing power parities of currencies”, “Issues of updating the weights applied for calculation of industrial production indices”, “Theoretical and methodical approaches to the management of economic analysis of personnel expenses”, “The estimation of poverty based on the multivariate statistical analysis”; the section “Statistical analysis of implementation of the state programs” - article titled “Specifications of the state programming in the Azerbaijan”; the section “Industry statistics” -article titled “The priorities of industrial policy of Azerbaijan”; the section “Agricultural Statistics” - article titled “Statistical evaluation of the role of agriculture in the economy of Azerbaijan”; the section “Application of International Standards in Labour Statistics” - article titled “Issues of application of new international standards on labour statistics at the national level”, the section “Regulations” - article titled “The main directions in regulatory and legal framework for improvement of leasing in Azerbaijan”. The journal provides also information about “The 47th Session of UN Statistical Commission”, “64th plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians and Task Force on statistical and institutional capacity building in the context of Sustainable Development Goals” and the participation of the State Statistical Committee in these international events.
In the first publication of 2016, the articles are collected in four sections. The articles“Sample survey used in statistical researches”, “Methodological framework of statistical estimation of crop and livestock productivity figures”, “Problems of using of descriptive statistics in statistical researches” have been published in the section “Methodology and MethodsofAnalysis”, the articles “Statistical analysis of current situation of tourism services market in Azerbaijan and development perspectives”, “Calculation methodology of some indicators of gender statistics”, “Econometric analysis of production and consumption of main foodstuff in the country” have been published in the section “Economic-statistical researches”, the article “Challenges of quality assurance and official statistics’ fundamental principles in national statistics” has been published in the section “Standards and norms”, the articles “Financial assurance of sustainable development of agrarian sector”, “Some issues of estimation of outputs of financial intermediation services indirectly measured in the SNA” have been published in the section “National accounts statistics”. Moreover, information on the conference held on the presentation of the Twinning project entitled “Support to the State Statistical Committee in harmonisation of the National Statistics System of the Republic of Azerbaijan in line with European standards”, the conference related visit of the staff of the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic and forthcoming international events has been highlighted. Thejournal also reflects a “List of international events devoted to statistics in 2016”.
Journal analyzes the main directions of development of official statistics, forthcoming challenges related with improvement of social and economic statistical areas that arisen from various state programs and concepts. Moreover, it presents demographic situation in the world and in Azerbaijan, the correct planning of the number and structure of family members, the role of statistical methods and statistical data in the preparation of quality demographic forecasts and the importance of modern information systems in the management of social sphere. Journal reflects the importance of international events for tourism development in Azerbaijan, the tourism spending in Azerbaijan, further dynamic development of culture and tourism in Azerbaijan, the successful policy and development dynamics in Azerbaijan in this area. Trade operations carried out by the residents and non-residents of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the volume of export and import transactions in foreign trade turnover, as well as the importance of the role of financial sector in the country's economy and its increasing significance in carrying out economic reforms are emphasized here. The main directions of the development of the financial sector of Azerbaijan are investigated in the context of the key economic indicators. The essence, methodology and mechanisms of relevant reports prepared by leading global rating agencies on the countries’ economic development indicators, the established boundaries of the economy non-observed in official statistics, in line with international standards, and the importance of official statistics in political studies, propaganda and counter-propaganda have also been analyzed.
