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Way forward
Training Workshop on the Compilation of Quarterly National Accounts
for Economic Cooperation Organization Member Countries
8-11 March 2015
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
United Nations Statistics Division
Way forward
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Are there any remaining issues to clarify?
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What are the common needs of ECO member
countries in the area of compilation of QNA?
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What follow-up training and assistance in the
topics presented need to be provided?
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Please email [email protected] if you have questions
after the workshop
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Way forward
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Participants proposed the following topics,
including those related to the implementation
of the 2008 SNA, during the discussion to
assess what follow-up actions and assistance
are needed in future to assist them to improve
the compilation of their QNA
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Accounting for non-observed economy/informal
sector
Proper allocation of work-in-progress in output across
the four quarters
Maximizing the use of existing data sources such as
the labour force survey
Backcasting and details on its techniques
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Seasonal adjustment and the uses of seasonally
adjusted and unadjusted quarterly GDP estimates and
their components
Proper use of price indices such as the consumer
price index and producer price index to obtain the
volume measures for each industry and expenditure
component
Development of data sources for gross fixed capital
formation in intellectual property products such as
research and development, gross fixed capital
formation in weapons systems and acquisitions less
disposals of valuables
Compilation of Supply-Use and Input-Output Tables
in current prices and volume terms
Compilation of sequence of accounts of the 2008 SNA
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Expenditure approach in the 2008 SNA
Tourism Account
Environment Account
Improvement to business registers for conducting
sample surveys
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References
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IMF (2001). Quarterly National Accounts Manual:
Concepts, Data Sources, and Compilation
IMF. Update of the Quarterly National Accounts
Manual (draft)
Eurostat (2013). Handbook on Quarterly National
Accounts
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Thank you
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