Transcript International comparison of the GDP and purchasing

Current situation on
conducting international
comparison of the GDP and
purchasing power parities of
the
CIS countries for 2004
Participating countries
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgizstan
Moldova
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Coordinators
CIS Statcommittee
Goskomstat of Russia
Technical assistance and financial support
OECD
World bank
Coordination of work
Five or six meetings is scheduled in
2003 – 2006
Bilateral meetings between coordinators
and participating countries are planned
E-mail
Phone
Main features of CIS comparison
SNA 1993
Multilateral base
EKS aggregation
Fixity principle for CIS countries
Main features (continued)
The classification breaks GDP down into
six main aggregates. These are
subsequently broken into 31 categories,
73 groups, 143 classes and 179 basic
headings
Classification similar to classification of
the OECD comparison.
Using asterisk method
Main features (continued)
Input price approach for non-market
services
Quantitative approach for rent
treatment
Developed method for construction
Product selection of 2004 CIS comparison
Item list based on countries’ proposals
Established by Goskomstat of Russia
Updated item list from the previous
comparison
Product selection of 2004 CIS comparison
(continued)
Item list for consumer items has been
discussed in April 2004
All consumer items divided into 8 files
Criterion used for leaving item in item
list
Product selection of 2004 CIS comparison
(continued)
• Truly representativity of item in country
• At least two countries could price item
and at least one country mark as *
* As result of work see table
Before
Food 1
Clothing 2
Services 3
Furniture 4
Durable goods 5
Other products 6
Cars 7
Medicins 8
Total
458
305
219
255
545
223
50
238
2293
After
338
173
178
146
161
147
40
159
1342
Construction comparison in CIS and
Mongolia
 Defined construction materials priced by the national
statistical services
priced materials from all the participating countries
has been sent by Goskomstat of Russia to employed
experts outside statistical service for checking and
calculation construction projects.
Construction experts priced 100 construction
projects. Participating countries marked as asterisk *
representative items and deleted projects which were
not constructed at all.
Price observation
Immediate start
Finalized version of item list after
meeting has been sent to countries
Preparation more photo's and additional
materials for countries for selected
items
Legal base
Council of the Heads of the statistical
offices of the CIS countries in December
2003 confirm participation of CIS
countries in comparison
MOU’s has been approved by
Governments and signed
Global MOU has been signed
The end