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Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific

Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific. Zeynep Orhun Girard Regional Seminar on Developing a Programme for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in the ECO member countries Ankara, Turkey September 2013. What ESCAP does on economic statistics

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Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific

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  1. Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific Zeynep Orhun GirardRegional Seminar on Developing a Programme for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in the ECO member countriesAnkara, TurkeySeptember 2013

  2. What ESCAP does on economic statistics • Background to the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics (RPES) in A-P • Links to the work of development partners • Implementation of RPES & next steps This presentation covers

  3. Economic Statistics at ESCAP • Capacity Building • Framework: • Regional Programme for Economic Statistics (RPES) • Core Set of Economic Statistics • Related projects • Advisory services Outputs: • Advocacy • Coordination • Infrastructure • Skills (SIAP) • Data Work • Economic indicators in DB • >400 indicators • Covering 8 topics • Statistical Yearbook • Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report

  4. Why? To improve soundness of economic analysis & related decision making What? Increased capacity of NSSs to produce & disseminate the Core Set of Economic Statistics (in line with international standards) When? By 2020 How? Governed by the Steering Group for RPES (countries & development partners), secretariat by ESCAP SD. Regional Programme for Economic Statistics

  5. Prices and costs • Demand and output • Income & wealth • Money & banking • Government • Labour market • Natural resources and environment What is the Core Set of Economic Statistics?

  6. The roll-out of the RPES is at the national level supported by regional and sub-regional activities as possible: • Advocacy (governments and development partners) • Coordination (benchmarking and planning) • Statistical Infrastructure (methods and processes) • Skills (human resources) How are RPES outputs organized?

  7. 2009 2010 2011 2012 • CST 1 discusses • Overview of Statistics Development • Towards an Action Plan for the Development of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific • *TAG established • CST 2 endorses • Proposed RPES • (SD with guidance from TAG and in consultation with countries & development partners) • Proposed Core Set (TAG) • *TAG  SGRPES • Assessments • Bhutan • Bangladesh • Lao PDR • (SD) • CST 3 endorses • Implementation Plan for RPES • (SD with guidance from SGRPES) How did RPES come about?

  8. 2013-14 2015-17 2018-20 Phase 3: Consolidating national and regional efforts to achieve the programme outcome • Phase 1 • Capacity Screening • Plans for economic statistics Phase 2 Accelerating regional and country level implementation Phased Implementation of RPES

  9. Raises the profile of economic statistics development in A-P • Provides a common reference of the minimum set of economic indicators • Provides a platform of coordination for development partners in A-P (NOT solely an ESCAP programme) Value added of RPES

  10. Assistance in planning or enhancing existing plans for economic statistics development • Rallying support/resources for the implementation of national priorities • Facilitating partnerships with resource countries and development partners • Capacity enhancement geared towards improving statistical infrastructure and human resources for producing and disseminating the Core Set What does RPES offer to countries?

  11. A shared vision for capacity building at the regional level and implement it in countries based on national priorities • Alignment of capacity building for economic statistics • Identification and pooling of resources (including development partners and resource countries) What does RPES offer to development partners?

  12. Cooperation with Development Partners ADB, ILO and SPC on the Steering Group Links to the 2008 SNA, Global Strategy for Agricultural Statistics, ICP Different development partners for different areas of the Core Set, e.g. FAO on natural resources At subregional levels, e.g. in the Pacific ESCAP, IMF and SPC programming in coordinated way

  13. Governments are fully engaged in the Programme • Fundraising efforts ongoing • Advocacy (member countries and development partners), e.g. communicating results of capacity screening • Next date: Steering Group meeting planned for 29-31 October in Bangkok Current Status of Implementation

  14. Project funded by the Russian Federation within the framework of RPES and with a focus on 2008 SNA (2013-14, 240K) Desired results: • Advocacy for developing capacity to produce/disseminate the Core Set • Capacity building to produce/disseminate the Core Set Supplemented by other resources and collaborationwith development partners. Example: Project for CIS countries

  15. Thank you! http://www.unescap.org/stat/econ • Proposed regional programme for the improvement of economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific (2010) at http://www.unescap.org/stat/cst/2/CST2-5E.pdf • Proposed core set of economic statistics for Asia and the Pacific (2010) http://www.unescap.org/stat/cst/2/CST2-4E.pdf • Implementation plan for the Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (2012) at http://www.unescap.org/stat/cst/3/CST3-CRP1E.pdf

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