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OECD WORKING PARTY ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Paris, 14 to 16 October 2008

This presentation by David Roberts from OECD's Statistics Directorate outlines the objectives and steps involved in reviewing candidate countries' national accounts for accession into OECD's reporting and information systems.

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OECD WORKING PARTY ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Paris, 14 to 16 October 2008

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  1. OECD WORKING PARTY ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTSParis, 14 to 16 October 2008 ITEM 4: ACCESSION PROCESS REVIEW OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS David Roberts, Statistics Directorate

  2. STATISTICAL REVIEW • Examine the legal and institutional framework for statistics in candidate countries and their conformity with the principles applied in OECD countries • Assess the quality of the data in candidate countries and their comparability with data available in OECD countries • Ensure that candidate countries can be integrated into the OECD’s reporting and information systems upon accession

  3. NA REVIEW: OBJECTIVES • Assess the quality of the annual and quarterly national accounts estimates of candidate countries • Inclusion of candidate countries in the annual and quarterly national account databases • Limit the response burden on candidate countries

  4. QUALITY OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS ESTIMATES • Coverage: Meeting ECO and STD requirements • Compliance with SNA 93 (or ESA 95) • Exhaustiveness: Inclusion of the “non-observed economy ” • Quality of price and volume measures

  5. INCLUSION IN DATABASE • Completion of OECD’s annual and quarterly national accounts questionnaires • Integration into OECD collections of annual and quarterly data

  6. STEPS IN 2009 • January/February: Draft reports on national accounts reviews • March/April: Country visits as required to discuss draft reports • May/June: Finalise national accounts reviews, incorporation into first draft of assessment report

  7. STEPS IN 2009 (contd.) • July/August: Review of draft assessment reports with countries • September: Prepare final drafts of assessment reports • October: Discussion of the assessment reports by CSTAT • November: Finalise the assessment reports

  8. Thank you for listening Any questions?

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