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International Comparison Program 2011. Reports from Regional Coordinators & TAG Meetings. Michel Mouyelo-Katoula Global Manager International Comparison Program. Executive Board Meeting October 14, 2009 Washington DC. Outline. Dates of meetings. 2. September 2009. October 2009.
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International Comparison Program2011 Reports from Regional Coordinators & TAG Meetings • Michel Mouyelo-Katoula • Global Manager • International Comparison Program Executive Board Meeting October 14, 2009 Washington DC
Outline Dates of meetings 2 September 2009 October 2009 • Objectives of Meetings • Main Outcomes of Regional Coordinators meeting • Main Outcomes of TAG meeting Regional Coordinators Meeting 28 29 30 Technical Advisory Group Meeting 1 2
Objectives of Meetings Regional Coordinators • Enhance collaboration between regions and GO • Set objectives of the 2011 round • Agree methodological aspects • Identify the main work areas • Reach understanding on data transmission and sharing • Agree on time schedules T.A.G. • Review the achievements of the ICP 2005 Round • Discuss the methodological implications of the objectives of the ICP 2011
Regional Coordinators Meeting:Main Outcomes • Objectives of ICP 2011 • Lessons Learned from the ICP 2005 • Process for building product lists for the main survey • Education services • Health services • Housing • Gross capital formation • National Accounts • Data Management and Processing Resources • ICP Data Quality Framework • ICP Calendar of Activities • Memoranda of Understanding Agreement reached on:
Technical Advisory Group:Main Outcomes The TAG welcomed G.O’s initiatives of: • Health • Poverty PPPs • National Accounts • Global linking and aggregation • Process for building the core and regional product lists • Education • Rents for owner-occupied dwellings • Research topics • Delineating a National Accounts Framework for ICP work • Defining guidelines for the implementation of ICP related National Accounts activities Discussions covered:
Technical Advisory Group:Research Areas The TAG proposed 11 research topics • The treatment of owner-occupied housing • The treatment of financial services • The measurement of government outputs • Problems associated with the review of survey frameworks • The treatment of exports and imports • The adjustment of household consumption data for net purchases abroad • The representativity problem • Aggregation issues • Pricing construction • Poverty issues • Backcasting.