The Way Forward: Frameworkfor Economic Development in Scotland, describes the overarching structure within which moredetailed policy programmes take place rather than describing detailed measurabletargets.The standard international methodfor comparing productivity across enterprises is to consider Gross Domestic Productper employee (a broadly equivalent measure is gross value added per employee).The Officefor National Statistics' Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) collects data frombusinesses which brings together accounting and employment data in the same survey.This allows us to estimate gross value added per employee, a measure of productivity,and is the most consistent source availableto estimate changes in labour productivity.