International Comparison Program Regional Coordinator Workshop Washington, DC May 17-21, 2004

Workshop Objectives Global and Regional Status Actions taken since January 2004 Jointly agree on work plan and time table — finish specs, Data Collection — Ring, etc. Determine training requirements Tool Pack Sampling and price collection

Actions Since Jan 2004 New Handbook Chapters

New Chapters ICP Manual- web Introduction & Governance (1 &2) GDP and Main Expenditure Aggr.(3) Price Concepts and Quality (4) Product List, Specifications (5) Sampling and Price Collection (6) Editing and Validation (7) Government Services (8) Capital Formation (9) Basic Heading Parities (10)

Actions Since Jan 2004 New Handbook Chapters Software SPD process Tool Pak documented, testing, training Two issues of ICP Newsletter Electronic Discussion Groups Fund Raising Effort

Funding Issues Global Program<$2.0m deficit vs. +6m last November requirements--$no deficit Major affect — support to countries Fund raising — World Bank Regional Coordinating Organizations

Actions Since Jan 2004 TAG and Executive Board Meetings

Executive Board Actions Target Comparison is Total GDP July-Oct Begin Price collection Housing, Health, Education, Gov ’ t, and Capital Formation, Mid 2005 TAG Assess Indices-common ref. Pr Approved Full Multilateral Ring Ring Collection-one time-3 rd qtr 05

Ring Comparison Africa--Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, S. Africa Asia — Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka (Philippines) CIS — Russia, Kazakhstan Eurostat/OECD — UK, Japan, Estonia, Slovenia (Australia) W. Asia — Oman, Jordan LAC — Brazil, Chile

Ring Comparison Africa--Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, S. Africa Asia — Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore,Sri Lanka CIS — Russia, Kazakhstan Eurostat/OECD — UK, Japan, Estonia, Slovenia W. Asia — Oman, Jordan LAC — Brazil, Chile Data Collection July 2005

Ring General Requirements Regional Product Specs in English Review/finalization using SPD software Data validation etc in Tool Pack

Executive Board Directions Supplement Chapter 6-Sampling Drafted Ensure Chapter 7 sets editing rules On web for discussion Thoroughly Test Tool Pack Underway-some completed Prepare Advocacy Materials Underway

Technical Advisory Group Full Ring Timing and recommended countries Guidance on Housing Health Education Gov ’ t Capital Formation

Technical Advisory Group Full Ring Timing and recommended countries Guidance on Housing Health Education Gov ’ t Capital Formation Date Collection—July 2005 Consultants preparing Specifications

Housing—Work Underway Chapter for ICP Manual Market rent vs user cost Worksheet to obtain information Structure of dwelling markets Availability of price and dwelling stocks Basis for stratification of dwellings Rental services Nat ’ l Accounts

Construction Basket of Construction components SPD based methodology Consultants develop SPDs other regions

Capital Equipment Questionnaire to countries Exchange rate plus mark-ups Countries importing equipment Traditional Approach Global Office coordinate specifications

Health Global Office Coordinate SPDs WHO Standard list of 200 medical products Common medical procedures Medical occupations most representative and comparable

Government Compensation of Employees Global office develop worksheets Govt expenditures, capital consumption, salaries Obtain indicators of gov ’ t output on health, education. Use Reference PPPs for market purchases

Poverty May 25 Poverty Advisory Group meeting

Tool Pack—Testing/Training Test Criteria — 300 situations Asian list loaded Practice Exercises 23 countries completed User and installation documentation prepared Countries/regional coordinators testing

Tool Pack Testing/ Training Multilingual Software — Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish May 21 Price Admin Module — national averages — export to regions, quaranta tables next Field testing Canada, India, AfDB, Uganda, Kuwait.

Issue—Specification review Guidelines Overview of best practices Preliminary specs to global office Final specs to Global office Load into tool pack z

Issues Time table for price collection Reference period Housing, Government, FCF — coordination with Ring collection Ring- specs-communication, funding, technical support Tool Pack, training, installation

The Reality The ICP process is being re-engineered SPDs Software Ring An investment in the future Building systems as program is being implemented — learning as we go

Workshop rules of the day Open discussion encouraged Work plan and time table decisions are a joint agreement Deliverables are a joint agreement Fine to disagree as long as agree at the end of the session