Le present document fait etat des enjeux conceptuels et operationnels impliques a la capitalisation des depenses en recherche et developpement dans le Systeme de comptabilite nationale du Canada (SCNC), il montre les estimations statistiques par industrie pour l'annee de reference 2000 et evalue...

The paper outlines key conceptual and operational issues involved in capitalizing R&D expenditures in the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA), shows statistical estimates by industry for reference year 2000, and assesses the impact of capitalization on main CSNA aggregates.

This paper examines the extent to which information technology has contributed to Canada's productivity growth, how Canada's productivity performance compared with that of the United State, and the impact of the recent Canadian productivity revival on prosperity.