The first version of the Manual for the Production of Statistics on the Information Economy (2007) was prepared by a team consisting of UNCTAD staff members Susan Teltscher (team leader), Scarlett Fondeur Gil, Muriel Guigue, and Sonia Boffa, under the overall supervision of Geneviève Feraud. The main author of the Manual was José Luis Cervera Ferri and substantive editing was provided by Sheridan Roberts, both consultants to UNCTAD.

The second edition of the Manual (2009) was prepared by Susan Teltscher and Torbjörn Fredriksson (team leaders), Scarlett Fondeur Gil, Sonia Boffa and Rémi Lang, under the overall supervision of Mongi Hamdi. José Luis Cervera Ferri drafted most of the modifications.

The current edition, entitled Manual for the Production of Statistics on the Digital Economy, reflects the changes that have taken place in the past decade in terms of access and use of ICTs. The revised Manual was prepared by a team comprising Torbjörn Fredriksson, Scarlett Fondeur Gil and Thomas van Giffen, with José Luis Cervera-Ferri and José Vila as lead consultants.

This revision benefited from detailed discussions during the first meeting of the UNCTAD Working Group on Measuring E-commerce and the Digital Economy in December 2019, and from subsequent feedback and inputs received from member States and international organizations.

The overall layout, graphics and desktop publishing were done by Keel Chan. Magali Studer designed the cover and the text was edited by Nancy Biersteker.

Financial support from the Government of Sweden is gratefully acknowledged.