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The implementation programme for the
2008 SNA and supporting statistics
UNSD-Regional Commissions Coordination Meeting
on Integrated Economic Statistics and
Environmental Accounts
19 February 2011, New York, USA
UNSD
Outline of presentation
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Introduction
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Objectives
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Elements of the implementation programme
INTRODUCTION
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The Implementation Programme for the
2008 SNA and supporting statistics
represents a global statistical initiative.
UNSC in Feb 2010 supported the
implementation programme and encouraged
countries to develop their own programmes
of implementation
Objective of the Global Statistical Initiative
To assist countries in developing the
statistical and institutional capacity to:
(a) Make the conceptual change over from
the 1993 SNA to the 2008 SNA
(b) Improve the scope, detail and quality
of the national accounts and
supporting economic statistics.
Principles of the global initiative
The efficiency and sustainability of the
initiative rest on the agreed principles of the
implementation strategy:
(a) strategic planning
(b) coordination, monitoring and
reporting
(c) improving statistical systems
Elements to operationalise the initiative
(a) Use of National Strategies for the Development of
Statistics (NSDS) as the strategic planning framework
(b) The programme information structure built around
the statistical production process, scope and
compliance for the national accounts and supporting
economic statistics
(c) The modalities of statistical capacity building
through training and technical cooperation, publication
of manuals and handbooks, research and advocacy
(d) The stages of implementation leading to the change
over to the 2008 SNA.
Implementation stages
 Three stages
Review
Adaptation
Application
 Each country will determine the duration of the
various stages. However, it is expected that from
2014 onwards, many Member States will change
over to the 2008 SNA
 Common criteria of achievement for each stage of
implementation reflected in 6 milestone, minimum
data sets, compliance questionnaire and quality
assessment.
Stage I - Review
 Review
of strategic framework and
detailing of national and regional
implementation programmes
◦ Determine:
 Where you are
 Where you want to go
 How to get there
Stage I - Review
 Where
you are
 diagnosis of current situation together with national
and international stakeholders – UNSD developed a
diagnostic tool (DT)
 Where
you want to go
 strategic vision for national accounts and supporting
statistics shared among stakeholders
 How
to get there
 implementation plan based on agreed priorities with a
minimum set of core indicators
Coordination and monitoring mechanisms in
tracking the progress UNSD website:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/imp.asp
RC to provide links
Stage II - Adaption
 Stage II. Adaptation of classification
frameworks, business registers and
frames, surveys, administrative data
sources and information technology
infrastructure;
Stage III - Application
 Stage III. Application of adapted
frameworks and source data, backcasting
and changeover to 2008 SNA.
Discussion
 How do the present regional programmes
reflect roadmap to achieve the goals of
Stage 1, 2 and 3?
 How might we assist countries to draft
their implementation programmes and
realise quick wins on accessibility of
existing data?
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Similar to the scope and compliance measures
developed by the ISWGNA for monitoring
implementation of the 1993 SNA, with some updates.
Reminder: Measures for monitoring the
implementation the 1993 SNA:
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Six milestones
Required data sets
Conceptual compliance questionnaire
Data-quality assessment of national accounts
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Set of six milestones to assess the scope of compiled
accounts (adopted at the twenty-ninth session of the
Commission)
Purpose:
◦ To provide guidance to countries expanding the scope
of NA coverage in line with the 1993 SNA.
◦ To serve as monitoring instrument for the level of NA
development at different points in time.
◦ To identify groups of countries (by type or by region)
that would need particular attention from the
international community.
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Limitations of milestone measures:
◦ Countries interpreted them as the required order in
which additions to their NAs had to be made.
◦ Because some countries require different degrees of
implementation, the milestones can misrepresent
the implementation levels (e.g.: complete
implementation for countries with a narrow range
of activities represents a smaller subset of the SNA).
◦ The milestones make no reference to conceptual or
quality issues of data.
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Developed due to the limitations of the milestone
approach (approved at the thirty-second session of
the Commission).
Three data sets describing:
◦ (a) Minimum set of accounts that need to be compiled
(MRDS) - Essentially a groups together the accounts
recommended in milestones 1 and 2.
◦ (b) Recommended set of accounts – In addition to annual
accounts, includes several quarterly accounts because of
their importance in assessing developments of an
economy.
◦ (c) Desired set of accounts – useful data to be compiled
if possible
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Adjustments to the 1993 SNA required data
sets:
◦ MRDS broadened to include the compilation of:
 Quarterly accounts for nominal and volume measures
of GDP by industry or expenditure.
 Quarterly accounts for the integrated accounts up to
net lending for the total economy and the rest of the
world.
 Annual accounts up to net lending for the institutional
sectors (corporate, government, households and nonprofit institutions serving households).
◦ Recommended set of accounts broadened to
include:
 Annual accounts up to net lending for the institutional
sectors (corporate, government, households and nonprofit institutions serving households).
 Annual compilation of sectoral financial accounts and
sectoral balance sheets and other changes in assets.
◦ Desirable set of accounts broadened to include:
 Quarterly compilation of sectoral financial accounts
and sectoral balance sheets and other changes in
assets.
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Compliance questionnaire adjusted to reflect
2008 SNA concepts.
Same objective: to determine the extent of
implementation of important concepts in the
1993 SNA affecting the level of GDP, gross
capital formation and gross national income.
ISWGNA will later assess the need to expand
the compliance questionnaire to include other
2008 SNA concepts.
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Developed by the IMF to assess the quality of NA and other
macroeconomic statistics.
Follows a cascading structure that begins with a set of
prerequisites and five dimensions of quality:
◦ Integrity, Methodological soundness, Accuracy and reliability,
Serviceability, Accessibility.
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Used by the IMF to prepare the data module of Reports on the
Observance of Standards and Codes (Data ROSCs) of its
Member States.
Can be used for self-assessment by national statistical
offices.
The framework is undergoing review to incorporate recent
changes in statistical methodologies
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Actively pursued, in cooperation with countries and the regional
commissions, the implementation of the 2008 SNA and
supporting statistics.
Activities focus on:
◦ The modalities of statistical capacity building.
◦ On clarifying the implementation of new guidelines for issues such
as research, emission permits, globalisation and FISIM.
◦ Development of handbooks (i.e. Essential SNA, 2008 SNA – Concepts
in brief, and 2008 SNA – Implementation in Brief).
◦ Addressing SNA implementation in countries with different levels of
statistical development through:
 Technical assistance and training workshops.
 Seminars on regional implementation strategies.
Thank You