GDP comparison basing on purchasing

power paritiesin the CIS countries

Participating countries

AzerbaijanArmeniaBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgizstan

MoldovaRussian FederationTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraine

Regional Coordinators

CIS Stat. committeeRosstatICP Regional Office - Bureau of Economic Analysis

Legal base

Council of the Heads of statistical offices of the CIS countries in December 2003 confirms participation of CIS countries in comparisonMOU’s has been approved by Governments and signedGlobal MOU has been signed

Base year

CIS countries plan to participate in 2004 round as stated in initial plan of Global roundGlobal round is postponed to 2005CIS decision:

Both years: 2004 and 2005

Main features of CIS comparison

GDP comparison 1993 SNAMultilateral baseEKS aggregationFixity principle for CIS countriesUsing asterisk method

What is done?

1 multilateral meeting in 2003Subject: ICP methodology2 multilateral meetings in 2004 Subject: Consumer and investment item list1 bilateral meeting between coordinators and participating country

What is done?(continued)

Creation of item lists (1330 consumer and 200 equipment items)Special work with constructionCreation of the web siteTranslation of documentsMonitoring price observation in countriesResearch in construction

Problems

Communication problems caused by absence of electricity, non compatible software Voluntary changes of reporting formsInstitutional changes in some countriesNo checking pricesNo marking asterisks for representative itemsFinancing

Achievements

Timely receiving questionnairesGood coverage of item lists