“Managing Modern National Statistical Systems in Democratic Societies” Tacis High Level-Seminar Vienna, August 31 – September 2, 2005 Session 3: In the Heart of the Quality Challenge: Establishing and Improving Partnership Relations Doc. TACIS-2005-3.2 Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Peter Havlik
EU and CIS Statistics: Views From User and Provider Perspectives High Level TACIS Seminar, Vienna, September 1st, 2005 by Peter Havlik The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
EU-CIS Statistics: Views From User and Provider Perspectives About wiiw (www.wiiw.ac.at) wiiw as a provider of data on transition economies wiiw as a user of data on transition economies Key data sources used Co-operation prospects and challenges
wiiw has 30 years of experience with empirical research on economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe
INDEUNIS: one of current research projects (EU 6th FP) coordinated by wiiw
wiiw Databases available online (wiiw, WSR, Thomson Financial, Ltd), on CD ROM or in hard copy (printed)
Foreign direct investment stocks, 2004
EU(25) trade with Ukraine, 2004, in % 02.12.2018 EU(25) trade with Ukraine, 2004, in % Basic metals Oil, Mining Fuels, chemicals Textiles A closer look at the performance of individual branches reveals two groups of industries. There is also a new pattern of winners and losers.
Key data sources used (online and printed) National statistics (CBR, ROSSTAT, Statistics Austria) International institutions (IMF, The World Bank, WTO, OECD, Eurostat, UN ECE, UNIDO, CISSTAT) Research institutes (wiiw, WSR Vienna, CEPII Paris, GGDC Groningen, Planecon Washington D.C.) Data available online and in hard copy Sometimes free (NSO, Eurostat, Central Banks)
Key data challenges (CIS focused) Reliability and comparability (switch to Eurostat methodology useful – example of NMS) Costs (e.g. CISSTAT subscription USD 3552 per year) Gradual shift to free data ? (like NSO, Eurostat) User friendliness (formats, downloads, updates, revisions, methodology) Reliable data: key for research and economic policy
Selected usefull links http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/ (Eurostat) http://www.oecd.org/statsportal/ (OECD) http://ifs.apdi.net/imf/about.asp (IMF) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ (UN) http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/database (UN ECE) http://www.unido.org/doc/3353 (UNIDO) http://www.worldbank.org/ (The World Bank)