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“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 Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Peter Havlik
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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)
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EU-CIS Statistics: Views From User and Provider Perspectives
About wiiw ( 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
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wiiw has 30 years of experience with empirical research on economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe
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INDEUNIS: one of current research projects (EU 6th FP) coordinated by wiiw
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wiiw Databases available online (wiiw, WSR, Thomson Financial, Ltd), on CD ROM or in hard copy (printed)
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Foreign direct investment stocks, 2004
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EU(25) trade with Ukraine, 2004, in %
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.
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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)
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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
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Selected usefull links
(Eurostat) (OECD) (IMF) (UN) (UN ECE) (UNIDO) (The World Bank)
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