1. International Comparison Program 2011 Round
Process for Building the Core and Regional Lists of Specifications
Nada Hamadeh
Statistics Officer
World Bank
Regional Coordinators Meeting
September 28-30, 2009
Washington DC

2. Objectives Propose a process for building item lists:
Global Core List
Regional Lists
Propose a tentative timeline for building these item lists

3. Building Core Item ListGO RC
Countries
Draft GC List
Builds draft GC List
Reviews draft GC List
Comments
Reviews and identifies products as Rep. / Av./ N. Av.
Revised GC List
Revised GC List
Revises draft GC List
Forwards GC list to Countries
Country answers and RCs comments
Reviews country answers to check robust linking
Reviews country answers
Answers
Final GC List
Includes GC items in the Regional List
Iterative Process, each step could include various iterations
Finalizes GC List

4. Building Regional Item ListRC
Countries
Updates the 2005 regional list
Updated Regional List
Provides input on updated regional list
Revises 2005 regional list based on countries’ inputs
Input
Provides input on sub-regional and core regional lists, if needed
Regional Core and Sub-Regional Lists
Creates Regional Core List, if needed
Creates Sub-Regional Lists, if needed
Finalizes the Regional Core and Sub-Regional Lists
Input
Iterative Process, each step could include various iterations
Includes GC items in the Regional Core List, and therefore the Regional List

5. Tentative Timetable

6. Tentative Timetable

7. Thank You