United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical DivisionUnited Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical Division
Implementation of the 2008 SNAin the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia,
South East Europe and Mongolia
Group of Experts on National AccountsGeneva, April 2010
Presentation by UNECE
Agenda item 1
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2April 2010
Overview
1. Introduction and background2. Results of the 2010 Survey
• Progress and challenges with the 1993 SNA
• Improvement needs of basic statistics
• National strategies towards 2008 SNA
• Priorities in progress towards the 2008 SNA
• Ongoing technical assistance projects
• Requested assistance
3. Development of an implementation plan
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3April 2010
Introduction and background
• Recommendations of the UNSC• UNSD -> regional implementation plans
• Regional advisory body• Steering Group (SG) on National Accounts
(incl. the Netherlands, Canada, Norway, the Russian Federation and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Eurostat, OECD, CIS-STAT, UNSD and IMF)
• Survey on SNA issues• In Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia,
South East Europe and Mongolia
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4April 2010
Results of the survey -Progress and challenges with 1993 SNA
Availability of GDP and main components
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Bel
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current x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 18 Output constant x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 18
Income x x x x x x x x x x x x x 13 current x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 18 A
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Expenditure constant x x x x x x x x x x x x x 13 current x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 14 Output constant x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 15
Income x x x x x 5 current x x x x x x x x x x x 11
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Expenditure constant x x x x x x x x x x 10
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5April 2010
Results of the survey –Progress and challenges with 1993 SNA
Availability of main accounts and balance sheets
* Only for the years 2000 and 2001.
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Arm
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Aze
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Bel
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Cro
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Kaz
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accounts x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 15
Accumulation accounts
capital x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 14 financial x x x x 4 Other changes in assets x x x 3
Balance sheet x x 2
Oth
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Supply/Use; Input/Output tables x x x x x x x x x x x 11 Regional Accounts x x x x x x x* x x x x 11 Satellite Accounts x x x x 4
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6April 2010
Results of the survey –Progress and challenges with 1993 SNA
• Measurement of financial services • Constant price estimates and deflators • Measuring the non-observed economy• Institutional sectors and accounts• Balance sheets• Quarterly, financial and regional accounts• Supply/use & Input/output tables• The revised economic activity classification
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7April 2010
Results of the survey –Improvement needs of basic statistics
• Statistical framework, units, classifications• Short-term statistics• Statistics on services• Price measurement, deflators• International trade, FATS• Social statistics• Investment statistics• Monetary and financial statistics
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8April 2010
Results of the survey –National strategies towards 2008 SNA
• Most of the countries have national plans for improvement of statistics and national accounts focusing on the 1993 SNA
• Some have started work towards 2008 SNA • Azerbaijan• Kazakhstan• Russian Federation• Ukraine• Croatia • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Guidance for national plans requested
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9April 2010
Results of the survey –Priorities in progress towards 2008 SNA
Non-financial assets• R & D, military expenditures, mineral exploration, land
improvements, cultivated assets, ownership transferNon-observed economy
• Informal sector and illegal activitiesFinancial services
• Pension schemes and employee stock optionsPublic sector
• Central banks and public/private/government The rest of the world
• Multi-territory enterprises, processing, merchanting
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 10April 2010
Results of the survey –Ongoing technical assistance projects
Major players in the region:• Technical Aid to the Commonwealth of
Independent States (TACIS)
• The Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and EU PHARE programmes
• Twinning projects carried out by EU and EFTA countries
• Projects of the World Bank and IMF
• UNECE and CIS-STAT
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 11April 2010
Results of the survey –Requested assistance
• Training workshops for the staff of NSOs (national, regional and international)
• Study visits to more developed statistical offices
• Region-specific manuals and guidelines
• Seminars for other producers of statistics
• On-the-job training
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 12April 2010
Development of an implementation plan
Non-Financial AssetsR&D, military
CHALLENGES
National Accounts
STATISICS
Short-Term Statistics Output value, intermediate consumption
Statistics on ServicesPrices, SBS, STS
Prices &Costs Deflators, Labor
Statistical InfrastructureBusiness register, statistical units, survey design, administrative data, classifications
CORE
BASE
International TradeExport and import, FATS
Social Statistics Health, NGOs
Investment Statistics Capital expenditure
Financial Statistics
FISIM, monetary
Agriculture Statistics
Informal and illegal sector Financial Services
Stock options, pensions
Government, Public SectorPublic-private,central banks
The rest of the worldGlobalisation
Financial Instruments
BASIC
2008 SNA
1993 SNA
NOE FISIM
Institutional sectors
Quarterly accounts
Balance sheets
Supply / Use
Input / Output
Financial accounts
Regionalaccounts
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 13April 2010
Development of an implementation plan
• A draft plan developed by SG and UNECEon the basis of:
• Country survey• 2010 Meeting recommendations• ISWGNA guidance
… covering:• Main stages and timeframe• Technical cooperation activities• Methodological materials
• Approval of the Regional implementation plan by the UNECE countries and in consultation with ISWGNA
• Future reviews
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