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- RETA 6482 – Second Regional Data Review Workshop
Bangkok, Thailand, 31 August-4 September 2009
The second data review workshop was conducted to: 1) discuss and examine the First and Second Quarter data for Household; the prices and information collected in July for construction; and the 2008 compensation data; 2) present and discuss sources of price variations and suggest courses of actions to improve quality for all three components; 3) review the methodology for PPP computation for machinery & equipment; 4) present the final household product list; and, 5) discuss the requirements for Gross Domestic Expenditures weights. There was also a session devoted to the review of the country-product-dummy and basic PPP concepts; and lectures on diagnostic tools and the parameters and approaches used for PPP validation and compilation. The session was followed by hands-on exercises where participants were tasked to perform data validation and editing of their first and second quarter household data to address urgent data issues specially those related to wrong data entry or units of measure.
- RETA 6483 – First Data Review Workshop
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 13-17 July 2009
The workshop was convened to discuss the preliminary results; list of data sources; compilation methodology; and the proposed solution to issues and problems encountered by countries in compiling the preliminary Gross Output and Intermediate Consumption Matrices. Twenty-nine participants from 15 participating DMCs attended the workshop and each country presented their experiences in compiling the GO and IC matrices. The supply and use framework and its final demand components and imports were also discussed to provide guidance to countries in estimating the final demand vectors/matrices for the supply and use table (SUT) compilation.
- ADB Presentations
- Country Presentation
- Workshop Report
- Training/Workshop and Technical Discussion on PPP Methodology and Compilation of Sub-national PPP
Philippines and Thailand
14 April 2009 and 21-22 May 2009
To further enhance the statistical capacity of our partner National Implementing Agencies, the ADB ICP Team with technical support from the World Bank conducted Training/Workshops on PPP Methodology and Compilation of Sub-National PPP with price statisticians of Bureau of Trade and Economic Indices (BTEI) of Thailand and the National Statistics office (NSO) of the Philippines. The activity is also in line with implementation of RETA 6482 - Improving Price Collection and Updating PPP Estimates for Selected DMCs with particular focus on the use of CPI data for rating up the capital city prices to national price levels. The training/workshops particularly aimed to develop expertise among BTEI and NSO staff on the PPP methodology and how they can be adopted in the development of their own Subnational PPPs which is useful for policy-making and will provide better cross-states analysis of economic or poverty level.
The Training/Workshop involved hands-on training on PPP concepts and methodologies where participants were given exercises on PPP estimation; intra-country and sub-national price validation; and in comparing prices at the sub national level using the principles, approaches, methodologies and frameworks of the ICP. On of the outputs of the Workshop are separate studies on the preliminary time series analysis of the price levels across states/regions in the Kingdom of Thailand and in the Philippines, respectively, using the PPP Approach. Presentation of the preliminary results and findings of the studies focused on Data Requirement; Estimation methodology; Major Results and Findings of the Study; Some Issues and Limitations; and some recommendation.
- RETA 6482 – Workshop on Capital City to National Price Adjustment
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 14-15 May
A workshop to discuss the methodology for adjusting capital city to national PPPs using CPI and 2005 ICP data was conducted for eleven geographically-diverse participating countries. The workshop also demonstrated the differences in the PPP estimates derived using CPI and 2005 ICP data.
- RETA 6482 – Regional Data Review Workshop
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 11-14 May
A workshop to review intra and inter-country price data for household goods and services for the 2009 first quarter price surveys was convened for the twenty participating DMCs. The workshop was conducted to improve data quality; discuss and address sources of price variations for household products; and finalize the product list and Structured Product Descriptions of substitute products. The methodology for pricing and PPP computation for the non-household sectors was also explained.
- RETA 6483 – Adopting the Supply and Use Framework Towards1993 System of National Accounts Compliance in Selected DMCs
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-13 February
This workshop which formally launched RETA 6483 was attended by national accountants from twenty participating DMCs. The meeting assessed the current status of the participating countries on their 1993 SNA implementation; identified challenges on supply and use table compilation, including data gaps, and; identified ways and means to address these data gaps. Project deliverables and timelines were agreed upon.
ADB Presentations and Technical Materials
Inception Workshop Proceedings
RETA 6483 Framework of Partnership [PDF: 64 kb]
- RETA 6482 – Improving Price Collection and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Updating for Selected DMCs Regional Inception Workshop
Bangkok, Thailand, 19-22 January
This workshop formally launched the 2009 PPP Update of ICP in Asia and the Pacific, an ADB research initiative. It was attended by price statisticians from twenty participating DMCs, and the resource person from the World Bank. The meeting introduced participants to the PPP updating methodology, possibility of doing subnational/intra-regional PPPs, and; agreed on project deliverables and timelines. As in the 2005 ICP, participating DMCs expressed their support and commitment for the project.
ADB Presentations and Technical Materials
Inception Workshop Proceedings
RETA 6482 Framework of Partnership [PDF: 79 kb]
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