EVENTS
Second Meeting of the Heads of Implementing Agencies from Participating Economies on the Presentation of the 2017 ICP Regional Results
10–11 February 2020, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines, attended by 52 participants
The high-level meeting presented the Regional Advisory Board-endorsed 2017 ICP regional results to the heads of the implementing agencies from the participating economies and the 2017 ICP economy-level coordinators.
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Third Meeting of the 2017 ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board
10 February 2020, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines, attended by 30 participants
The meeting sought the Regional Advisory Board’s approval and endorsement of the 2017 ICP regional results, which incorporated the recommendations of the expert group convened in June and August 2019
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Second Regional Technical Workshop to Review Preliminary 2017 Purchasing Power Parities and Preparatory Activities for the 2020 ICP for Asia and the Pacific
3–6 December 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 51 participants
The workshop provided a venue to discuss the preliminary results of the 2017 ICP based on the recommendations of the expert group and the Regional Advisory Board. Preparatory activities for the 2020 ICP cycle, specifically to discuss the updated product lists, proposed sampling designs by economies, regional workplan, and institutional arrangements were also taken up.
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First Regional Technical Workshop to Review Preliminary 2017 Purchasing Power Parities
28–30 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 32 participants
Price statisticians discussed the findings and recommendations of the 2017 ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board and the expert group for estimating 2017 PPPs and real expenditures on GDP and major aggregates, along with preliminary 2017 results, and resolved remaining data issues.
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Second Meeting of the 2017 ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board
26–27 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 25 participants
The meeting reviewed the progress of the 2017 ICP and timelines, methods for estimating 2017 PPPs and real expenditures on GDP and major aggregates, preliminary 2017 results, and plans including the 2020 ICP cycle, in view of the ICP being adopted as a regular work program.
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Second Experts Group Meeting for the 2017 ICP for Asia and the Pacific
21–23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 8 participants
The 3-day Experts Group meeting made the final recommendations on the methodologies to be used to compute the 2017 PPPs for the region. The meeting also reviewed preliminary PPPs, price level indexes (PLIs), and per capita real expenditure shares estimated from available data under various scenarios and compared results with 2011 ICP results to understand changes from 2011 to 2017.
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Videoconference Technical Evaluation and Review of the 2017 ICP Prices Submitted by the Badan Pusat Statistik, Indonesia
2 and 5 August 2019, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines, attended by 14 participants
The ADB ICP team ensured the quality of Indonesia’s price data for PPP estimation through a videoconference by jointly checking items that were not SPD-compliant, the highest prices in the region, and prices with large inflation differences between the CPI and ICP items. The team also examined prices of non-household items and significant changes in the GDP structure for remaining concerns.
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Technical Evaluation and Review Meeting on the 2017 ICP Prices Submitted by the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Thailand
22–24 July 2019, Nonthaburi, Thailand, attended by 28 participants
Through bilateral discussions with the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, the ADB ICP team was able to jointly address issues specific to Thailand on finalizing price data and completing data requirements for government compensation. The meetings also reviewed the required GDP expenditure weights.
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Technical Evaluation and Review Meeting on the 2017 ICP Prices Submitted by the Lao Statistics Bureau, the Lao People's Democratic Republic
17–19 July 2019, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, attended by 17 participants
The in-country sessions with the Lao Statistics Bureau undertook a detailed technical review of the 2017 ICP prices to address remaining concerns and/or issues not resolved through bilateral communications and regional data validation workshops. Other topics covered the extrapolation of household price data to derive calendar year 2017 estimates, GDP expenditure weights estimation, and matters related to ICP implementation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
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First Experts Group Meeting for the 2017 ICP for Asia and the Pacific
10–14 June 2019, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines, attended by 10 participants
The 5-day Experts Group meeting focused on resolving issues on the estimation of household consumption expenditures, machinery and equipment and construction prices, estimates of price levels and per capita real consumption for these major components of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), and housing and consumption of dwelling services. The experts’ group made recommendations to be implemented to ensure robust 2017 PPPs.
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Seventh Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
1–5 April 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 68 participants
The workshop attended by national accountants and price statisticians conducted a technical review and validation of price data of pharmaceutical items; 2011–2017 housing volume indicators and 2017 housing rental survey data; 2017 government compensation; and 2011–2017 GDP expenditure weights for PPP computation.
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Sixth Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
4–14 December 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia, attended by 74 participants
National accountants and national experts for machinery and equipment and construction, together with the price statisticians, undertook the technical review and validation of all data inputs for the 2017 PPP computation, including: (i) prices of household products for April 2017–March 2018; (ii) prices of machinery and equipment and construction items; (iii) housing rental survey data and housing volume indicators; (iv) 2017 government compensation data; and (v) 2011–2017 GDP weights for 155 basic headings. International experts for machinery and equipment, construction, and national accounts provided valuable technical advice.
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Fifth Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
10–13 October 2018, Chiang Mai, Thailand, attended by 51 participants
National accounts experts joined the price statisticians in discussing the national accounts framework and the requirements for splitting GDP expenditures into the 155 basic headings needed for the 2017 PPP computation. Topics also covered the validation of housing rental data and conceptual aspects for data collection of government compensation.
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Fourth Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
23–28 July 2018, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 49 participants
ADB convened the technical discussion to validate data for prices for household items from April 2017 to March 2018—including pharmaceutical items (concepts, definitions, pricing guidelines, and product splitting guidelines and tool—and review the status of the 2017 housing volume feedback forms. National experts for machinery and equipment and construction joined the price statisticians in reviewing and validating the 2017 prices for machinery and equipment and construction items.
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Third Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
3–9 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 36 participants
Price statisticians and the ADB ICP team reviewed household prices collected from April 2017 to the latest data submission and discussed the data requirements and methodology for housing services using the volume approach. Because of the delayed start of the 2017 household price surveys, ADB introduced the methodology for extrapolating prices of household products to full year 2017 national average prices. Participants were also given the opportunity to access the ICP Global Office’s PPP eLearning course.
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Second Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
29–31 January and 1 February 2018, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 34 participants
Price statisticians from the 22 economies and the ADB ICP team reviewed 6-month household price collection from April to September 2017, including electronics and software items, and resolved data issues after the inter-economy data validation. They discussed in detail the housing services surveys, including a presentation on the ADB-developed web-based version for the household module of the 2017 ICP APSS. The price statisticians also provided their feedback on the 2017 Data Access and Archiving Policy. ADB clearly communicated parameters for intra- and inter-economy data validation to the economies.
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Videoconference Training on the 2017 ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite for the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan
7–8 November 2017, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines, attended by 9 participants
ADB conducted another training and test application for the ICP APSS for household consumption price surveys for the 2017 ICP with the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to further improve the system, based on feedback from the training with the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar.
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First Regional Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop
4–7 October 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 48 participants
The workshop reviewed the status of household prices collected from April to July 2017, identified data quality issues on prices collected, and discussed issues on the specifications of household items priced. ADB familiarized participants with the 2017 ICP housing survey using (i) the rental survey form and quantity approach developed by the ICP Global Office and (ii) survey forms, item lists and specifications, and price collection methods for the specialized surveys of construction and machinery and equipment.
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Videoconference Training on the 2017 ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite for the Central Statistical Organization, Myanmar
2 August 2017, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines, attended by 11 participants
ADB developed the International Comparison Program Asia Pacific Software Suite (ICP APSS) for household consumption price surveys for the 2017 ICP. To further improve the system and in preparation for using the software for processing of 2017 household prices, ADB held a training and test application with the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar before the software’s deployment to the implementing agencies from participating economies.
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In-Country Training for the ICP for the Central Statistical Organization, Myanmar
3–7 April 2017, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, attended by 33 participants
ADB trained the Central Statistical Organization price statisticians in ICP concepts and methodologies, which included field training in correctly identifying ICP items based on the structured product descriptions (SPDs).
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Training and Workshop on the 2017 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific
25 and 27–28 February 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, attended by 50 participants
Following the decisions taken in the inception meetings with the Regional Advisory Board and heads of the implementing agencies from the participating economies on 11 January 2017, the workshop deliberated on technical and operational preparations for the 2017 ICP, reviewed the 2017 household list, and undertook a technical review of the household sampling designs submitted by the implementing agencies with technical advice from a sampling expert.
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Inception Meeting of the Heads of Implementing Agencies from Participating Economies
11 January 2017, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, attended by 29 participants
The meeting introduced the heads of the implementing agencies to the objectives, work program, data, and related statistical requirements of the 2017 ICP for Asia and the Pacific. The meeting also discussed the proposed schedule of price collection and Framework of Partnership that defines the roles and responsibilities of ADB and the implementing agencies from the participating economies.
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Organizational Meeting of the ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board
11 January 2017, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, attended by 16 participants
The meeting set the overall direction of the 2017 ICP for Asia and the Pacific as well as the governance framework and research agenda. The meeting was also vital in obtaining the support and commitment from stakeholders, including the ICP Global Office, international organizations, and implementing agencies from the participating economies.
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Approval of ADB Regional Research and Development Technical Assistance
24 November 2016, ADB headquarters, Manila, Philippines
The ADB regional research and development technical assistance was approved by ADB’s President on 24 November 2016 with the aim of computing the 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP)-based gross domestic product (GDP) measures for Asia and the Pacific to allow cross-economy comparisons of economic outputs, free of price and exchange rate distortions.
The 47th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission
8–11 March 2016, United Nations headquarters, New York
The United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) endorsed the International Comparison Program (ICP) global comparison as a permanent element of the global statistical work program and endorsed the conduct of the ICP at more frequent intervals, with 2017 as the next benchmark year. Further, the UNSC identified the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the regional coordinator for the 2017 ICP for Asia and the Pacific, among other regional coordinators
Meeting of the Heads of Implementing Agencies: Presentation of 2021 International Comparison Program Asia Pacific Results (in-person)
25 April 2024
The meeting updated the heads of the implementing agencies on the status of the overall progress of the 2021 International Comparison Program (ICP) cycle at the regional and global levels; presented the regional results of the 2021 ICP cycle that were endorsed by the Regional Advisory Board in its meeting on 24 April 2024; and, plans and progress of the 2024 ICP cycle in the region. The meeting of the heads of the implementing agencies endorsed the 2021 ICP regional results and revised results of the 2017 ICP. The regional results will be published in Q2 2024.
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2021 ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board Meeting (In-person)
24 April 2024
Ms. Elaine S. Tan, ERDI Advisor and EROD-SDI Head, co-chaired the ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board (RAB) meeting in Bangkok, with Ms. Nazaria binti Baharudin, Deputy Chief Statistician of Malaysia. The RAB consists of Cambodia; the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Maldives; India; Thailand; UNESCAP; and the World Bank. The meeting updated the RAB on the regional and global developments since its meeting on 9 October 2023, and reviewed and endorsed the 2021 International Comparison Program (ICP) regional results that were presented to the meeting of the heads of implementing agencies held on 25 April 2024.
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In-Country Training on ICP Concepts and Data Requirements for the National Institute of Statistics Timor-Leste
5–7 December 2023, Dili, Timor-Leste
ADB discussed with the National Institute of Statistics Timor-Leste (INETL) their participation in the 2024 ICP for Asia and the Pacific region. ADB also trained the INETL price statisticians and national accounts staff on ICP concepts and methodologies, which included a field visit in selected outlets/markets to assess availability of ICP items based on the structured product descriptions (SPDs).
Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop on the 2021 Preliminary PPPs (In-person)
20-24 November 2023
The workshop discussed the recommendations of the 2021 ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board (RAB) and the Experts Group for the estimation of the preliminary 2021 purchasing power parities (PPPs); present the new methodology for Housing comparisons endorsed by the RAB and the ICP Technical Advisory Group; present current initiatives on subnational PPPs and CPI-ICP integration; ongoing work on innovative data collection tools such as Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) and web scraping; updating of the 2024 product lists and survey frameworks; and next steps for the 2024 ICP implementation.
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2021 ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Meeting (In-person)
9 October 2023
Ms. Elaine S. Tan, ERDI Advisor and EROD-SDI Head, co-chaired the ICP Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board (RAB) meeting in Kuala Lumpur, with Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician of Malaysia. The RAB consists of Cambodia; the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Maldives; India; Thailand; UNESCAP; and the World Bank. Topics covered pending data concerns, methodology, preliminary results, and recommendations done by the Expert Group for timely completion in line with the global timelines.
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2021 ICP Asia Pacific Expert Group Meeting (In-person)
4-6 October 2023
The Expert Group reviewed data quality, robustness of the PPP computation methodology, preliminary results, and formulated recommendations for addressing issues and concerns identified. These steps will ensure that reliable 2021 PPPs for Asia and the Pacific will be published and used as inputs to the global PPP estimates by the ICP Global Office.
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Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop on Gross Domestic Product Expenditures (In-person)
3-4 July 2023
Workshop topics included: (i) Covid-19 challenges in GDP expenditures compilation and possible solutions; (ii) observation from the intra and inter-economy validations; and (iii) results of the updated National Accounts Country Practices Questionnaire and COVID metadata questionnaire.
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Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop on Housing and Government Compensation (In-person)
29 June to 1 July 2023
The workshop discussed the overview of intra-economy validation of housing rental/volume and government compensation; conducted an inter-economy validation for housing rental/volume, government compensation and addressed issues identified and actions to be taken; housing methodology and productivity adjustment factors; and preliminary PPPs and PLIs for housing and government compensation.
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Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop on Household Consumption Prices (In-person)
29-31 May 2023
The regional workshop discussed inter-economy data validation for the price surveys for household consumption items. Price statisticians from 21 participating economies attended the workshop.
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Technical Evaluation and Review Workshop on Construction and Machinery and Equipment Prices (In-person)
25-27 May 2023
The regional workshop discussed inter-economy price data validation for the 2021 ICP surveys of construction and machinery & equipment. Price statisticians and national experts on the sectors from 21 participating economies attended the workshop. The data validation discussions were led by the respective international experts.
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Technical Review of ICP Price Data Workshop with the Lao Statistics Bureau, the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan; and Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Thailand (In-person)
27-31 March 2023
The workshop undertook a technical review and validation of the price data collected by the Lao Statistics Bureau; Pakistan Bureau of Statistics; and the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Thailand, in preparation for the next regional validation workshops and computation of the 2021 purchasing power parities for the region.
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Technical Review Workshop with the Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippines (In-person)
14-16 February 2023
An in-person workshop was held with the Philippine Statistics Authority, in Tagaytay City, to discuss data concerns based on the validation of prices for household consumption and back casting of prices; conversion of household consumption average prices, housing rental and volume surveys; and government compensation data.
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Technical Review Workshop with the Lao Statistics Bureau, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (In-person)
21-25 November 2022
The first in-person workshop was held with the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB) in Vientiane. The workshop addressed data concerns for household prices, back casting of prices collected in 2022 to 2021; government compensation survey; housing volume survey; and trained LSB staff on conceptual and operational aspects for implementing surveys of construction, machinery and equipment, and housing rental; and compilation of gross domestic product expenditures by 155 basic headings.
Nineteenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Review and Evaluation of Household Consumption Prices
18-20 October 2022
The regional workshop apprised the participating economies on the status of household consumption surveys at the regional level; discussed observations from intra- and inter-economy validation undertaken by ADB; and actions to be taken to resolve data issues.
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Eighteenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Review and Evaluation of Government Compensation Data
29 September 2022
The workshop gave an overview of the data requirements, status of data submission; and discussed key observations from the validation of government compensation data submitted by the economies.
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Seventeenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Review and Evaluation of Housing Volume Data
27 September 2022
The workshop topics included an overview of the Housing Volume approach and its methodology; discussed the status of Housing Volume data compilation methods, data submissions; and validation of available Housing Volume data.
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Training Workshop with the National Statistics Office of Mongolia, Mongolia, on Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) for ICP Price Collection (Virtual)
12 August 2022
The training on the CAPI covered the introduction of the CAPI tool for ICP price collection, steps for installation and utilization of the tool using tablets in preparation for the pretesting of the CAPI-ICP tool held on 15 to 26 August 2022.
Training with the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Fiji, on Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) for ICP Price Collection (Virtual)
8, 11 July 2022
ADB organized training and demonstration for the FBOS to introduce the CAPI tool for ICP price collection, steps for installation and utilization of the tool using tablets in preparation for the pretesting of the CAPI-ICP tool held on 18 to 29 July 2022.
Workshop with the Lao Statistics Bureau, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on National Accounts Framework and Requirements (Virtual)
1 July 2022
The workshop aimed to (i) provide an understanding of the National Accounts (NA) Framework and ICP Expenditure Classification; (ii) share NA compilation practices and experiences and challenges of economies in GDP compilation under COVID-19 constraints; (iii) discuss approaches to GDP splitting to the 155 basic headings; (iv) provide an overview of NA Expenditure data during the COVID-19 pandemic – Inter-Agency Committee Guidance Note; (v) provide an overview of GDP Reporting Excel Templates; and, (vi) review and discuss available GDP expenditures from 2017 to 2021.
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Sixteenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Evaluation and Review of Machinery and Equipment Data
28-30 June 2022
The workshop covered the following topics (i) status of Machinery and Equipment (MEQ) price surveys and data submission; (ii) overview of the intra-economy validation of MEQ item prices and key observations from intra-economy validation; (iii) inter-economy validation of annual average prices for MEQ items; and (iv) discussed data issues of specific MEQ items and actions to be taken to address them.
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Fifteenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Evaluation and Review of Construction Data
24-25 May 2022
The workshop discussed the (i) status of Construction data collection and submission, (ii) provided an overview of the intra-economy validation of Construction item prices, (iii) presented key observations from intra-economy validation of prices, (iv) reviewed inter-economy validation of annual average prices for Construction and addressed issues identified, reviewed relevance indicators and resource mix for construction and (v) presented a walk-through on the calculation of PPPs for construction.
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Fourteenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Evaluation and Review of Housing Volume Data
12 May 2022
The workshop discussed (i) the status of the Housing Volume data compilation in the region, (ii) overview of key observations of the intra- and inter-economy validation of survey on Housing Volume, and (iii) introduction to the ICP Survey Framework and Covid-19 Metadata Questionnaire.
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Thirteenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Technical Evaluation and Review of Housing Rental Prices
10 May 2022
The workshop discussed the (i) status of the Housing Rental data collection in the region and (ii) an overview of key observations of the intra- and inter-economy validation of survey on annual average rents for housing.
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Twelfth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Discussion of National Accounts Framework and Requirements
23-24 March 2022
The workshop was undertaken to (i) expound on the national accounts (NA) framework and ICP expenditure classification; (ii) share country experiences on NA compilation practices and challenges due to COVID-19 constraints; (iii) discuss splitting methods for the gross domestic product (GDP) compilation at 155 basic headings ; (iv) familiarize national implementing agencies with the guidance note on NA expenditure data requirements during COVID-19 pandemic; and, (v) review GDP expenditure submissions available from 2017 to 2021.
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Eleventh Regional Workshop (Virtual): Discussion of Government Compensation Concepts and Data Requirements
10 March 2022
The workshop discussed the government final consumption expenditure component of gross domestic product, and the concepts and product list for government occupations.
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Tenth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Inter-economy Validation of Q1 to Q3 Household Consumption Prices
22-24 February 2022
The main topics of the workshop were the (i) status of household consumption (HHC) price collection surveys; (ii) key observations from intra-economy validation of prices; and (iii) review/validation of revised HHC prices for Q1-Q2, and prices collected in Q3 of 2021.
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Online Workshop with the National Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India
28-29 December 2021
The meeting (i) apprised the National Statistical Office of the MOSPI on the ICP global and regional activities, (ii) familiarized the participants on ICP basic concepts, (iii) discussed how to analyze and interpret the 2017 ICP results, (iv) presented the 2021 data requirements and timeline, (v) presented changes in the product lists, and (vi) discussed the ICP APSS.
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Ninth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Inter-economy Validation of Machinery & Equipment Prices
13-15 December 2021
The workshop reviewed the (i) status of machinery & equipment price data collection including data submission, (ii) provided key observations on intra-economy data validation and (iii) addressed issues identified.
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Eighth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Inter-economy Validation of Construction Prices
24-25 November 2021
The topics discussed in the workshop included the (i) review of the status of construction price data collection including data submission, (ii) discussion of key observations on intra-economy data validation, and (iii) addressed issues identified.
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Seventh Regional Workshop (Virtual): Housing Rental Inter-economy Validation and Discussion of Housing Volume Concepts
16-17 November 2021
Workshop discussions covered the (i) status of housing rental data collection including data submission, (ii) key observations on intra-economy data validation, and (iii) addressed issues identified. Housing volume concepts, data requirements, sources of data and data collection forms were also discussed.
The ICP-CPI mapping and methodology for back-casting and extrapolation of prices to reference year 2021 were also included in the workshop.
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Sixth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Inter-economy Validation and Discussion of Q1 to Q2 Household Consumption Prices
25, 26 and 28 October 2021
The workshop was held to (i) discuss the status of household consumption price collection surveys, and (indicators) review/validate the revised household consumption prices for Q1 and prices collected in Q2 of 2021 through discussion of the observations from inter-economy price validation for priority basic headings.
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Fifth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Inter-economy Validation of Q1 Household Consumption Prices
6-8 July 2021
The workshop reviewed the (i) status of household price collection surveys, (ii) presented an overview of the results of ADB’s intra-economy validation exercise and conceptual framework of the inter-economy validation process, (iii) discussed key results of inter-economy validation of household consumption prices submitted by 12 economies for January to March 2021, and (iv) identified actions to address data-related concerns identified during the workshop.
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Fourth Regional Workshop (Virtual): Discussion on Machinery and Equipment Survey
22-23 and 25 June 2021
The workshop was held in preparation for the conduct of machinery and equipment surveys. Topics included pricing concepts; pricing guidelines; item list; and introduction to ICP APSS module for machinery and equipment.
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ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite Online Training for the National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan
12 May 2021
The ICP APSS training requested by the National Statistics Bureau discussed the (i) installation of the latest ICP APSS due to problems currently faced by NSB staff; and (ii) understanding of ICP APSS flow [Dashboard, Product, Outlets, Mapping, Survey Questionnaire, Data Entry, Data validation, Report, system configuration, and data migration].
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Virtual Workshop with the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, Brunei Darussalam; Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Fiji; and Department of Statistics Malaysia, Malaysia
4-5 May 2021
The workshop discussed the (i) Intra-economy validation of household price data, (ii) approaches for measuring dwelling services, (iii) overview of dwelling services in Asia and the Pacific, (iv) concepts, product list and data requirements for measuring dwelling services including price collection guidelines and rental questionnaire, (v) challenges in the 2017 ICP and improvements (changes) in the 2021 ICP, and (vi) overview of the ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite for housing rental.
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Third Regional Workshop (Virtual): Intra-economy Validation and Approaches to Measuring Dwelling Services
21-22 April 2021
The workshop discussed the (i) Intra-economy validation of household price data, (ii) approaches for measuring dwelling services, (iii) overview of dwelling services in Asia and the Pacific, (iv) concepts, product list and data requirements for measuring dwelling services including price collection guidelines and rental questionnaire, (v) challenges in the 2017 ICP and improvements (changes) in the 2021 ICP, and (vi) overview of the ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite for housing rental.
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Second Online Workshop with the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Fiji
14-15 April 2021
The workshop covered the (i) preparation for construction price surveys, (ii) pricing concepts and pricing guidelines for construction, (iii) item list, and (iv) introduction to the ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite module for construction.
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First Online Workshop with the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Fiji
12-13 April 2021
The workshop discussed the 2017 ICP results with emphasis on the results for Fiji and technical matters related to the conduct of the 2021 ICP.
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Second Regional Workshop (Virtual): Discussion of Construction and Civil Engineering Survey
7-8 April 2021
The workshop discussed the: (i) global and regional updates for the 2021 ICP cycle, (ii) refresher on ICP basic concepts, (iii) overview of construction in Asia and the Pacific and key results for the sector for the 2017 cycle, (iv) 2021 ICP data requirements and price collection guidelines for construction, (v) familiarize participants with the construction survey item list and technical specifications of items, and (vi) construction data validation.
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Online Training with Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan
19 January 2021
The virtual training was held to discuss the (i) ICP Framework and basic concepts, (ii) analysis and interpretation of the 2017 ICP results with emphasis on the results for Pakistan, (iii) 2021 ICP timeline and its data requirements, (iv) “Questionnaire on the status of 2020 ICP household price surveys”, and (v) changes in the 2021 ICP household and non-household product lists.
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First Regional Workshop (Virtual): Preparatory Meeting for the Conduct of 2021 ICP Activities
1-3 December 2020
The workshop was held to (i) present the global and regional status and workplans for the 2021 ICP cycle, (ii) familiarize the participants on ICP basic concepts and discuss how to analyze and interpret the 2017 ICP results, (iii) present changes in the product lists and data requirements for 2021 ICP, (iv) discuss the roles and responsibilities of ICP team members, (v) present and review the survey framework of the participating economies for the 2021 ICP cycle, (vi) to discuss the effects of covid-19 on the CPI and economy experience in 2020, (vii) discuss the ICP governance framework and other administrative matters, and (viii) demonstrate and familiarize the participants on the use of the ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite (Household).
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Online Training with Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Bangladesh; National Bureau of Statistics of China, the People’s Republic of China; and National Statistics Office of Mongolia, Mongolia
19 November 2020
The virtual training was held to discuss the (i) ICP Framework and basic concepts, (ii) analysis and interpretation of the 2017 ICP results with emphasis on the results for Bangladesh, PRC and Mongolia, (iii) 2021 ICP timeline and its data requirements, (iv) “Questionnaire on the status of 2020 ICP household price surveys”, and (v) changes in the 2021 ICP household and non-household product lists.
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Online Training with National Institute of Statistics, Cambodia; Lao Statistics Bureau, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Thailand; and General Statistics Office, Viet Nam
12 November 2020
The virtual training was held to discuss the (i) ICP Framework and basic concepts, (ii) analysis and interpretation of the 2017 ICP results, (iii) 2021 ICP timeline and its data requirements, (iv) “Questionnaire on the status of 2020 ICP household price surveys”, and (v) changes in the 2021 ICP household and non-household product lists.
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Online Meeting and Training with the Maldives Bureau of Statistics, Maldives
4 November 2020
The virtual meeting was held to (i) familiarize the participants on ICP basic concepts and discuss how to analyze and interpret the 2017 ICP results with emphasis on the results for the Maldives, (ii) present the 2021 ICP timeline and its data requirements, (iii) present the changes in the product lists, and (iv) discuss the household assessment questionnaire and the effects of COVID-19 on ICP and CPI activities.
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Virtual Consultation of the Governing Board Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the ICP 2020 Cycle
9-22 April 2020
In its 9-22 April 2020 VIRTUAL CONSULTATION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE ICP 2020 CYCLE APRIL 9-22, 2020, the Governing Board decided to move the benchmark year from 2020 to 2021, with the assumption that: i) normal statistical activities would resume in 2021, and ii) recognized the caveat of a reduced timeliness in the next ICP results and increased gap between benchmark exercises and advised to publish the results of the ICP 2021 cycle with increased timeliness to mitigate this risk.
2020 ICP for Asia and the Pacific Inception Workshop for Heads of National Implementing Agencies
11 February 2020
The 2020 ICP Inception Meeting for NIA heads was held to (i) discuss KSTA 9898's objectives, (ii) global and regional 2020 ICP work programs and governance frameworks, (iii) technical requirements; and, the (iv) Framework of Partnership which defines the roles and responsibilities of the ADB and the national implementing agencies under the KSTA.
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Approval of the Knowledge Support and Technical Assistance 9898: 2020 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific
18 December 2019
The Knowledge Support and Technical Assistance 9898: 2020 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific for the implementation of the 2020 ICP cycle was approved by ADB management on 18 December 2019. The TA aims to produce globally comparable measures of gross domestic product (GDP) and its components (household consumption expenditure, government consumption expenditure, gross fixed capital formation, and imports and exports) based on purchasing power parities (PPPs) for economies across the world.
Regional Technical Workshop to Review 2020 International Comparison Program Asia Pacific Household Product List and Sampling Designs for Household Price Surveys
3-6 December 2019
The meeting discussed preparatory activities for the 2020 ICP cycle. More specifically, the workshop covered: (i) review of the preliminary updated 2020 ICP Asia Pacific household list; (ii) discussion of sampling designs proposed by countries for the 2020 ICP for review of the sampling expert; (iii) discussion on the regional work program and administrative arrangements of the 2020 ICP Asia Pacific; and, (iv) review of the preliminary results of the 2017 PPPs based on latest data submissions, implementation of methodologies recommended during Experts Group Meeting and 8th Inter-agency Coordination Group meeting.
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2020 ICP APSS Videocon Training with the Lao Statistics Bureau, the Lao People's Democratic Republic
25 November 2019
To further improve the system and in preparation for the conduct of the 2020 ICP, ADB presented the latest version of the ICP APSS and conducted a test deployment with the Lao Statistics Bureau. This will help ADB identify other system issues and concerns that may arise during testing and further assess whether the ICP APSS is ready for deployment to ICP-participating countries.
Video conference (Skype) Meeting to Present the 2020 ICP-APSS for Badan Pusat Statistik, Indonesia
8 November 2019
ADB developed a web-based version of the International Comparison Program Asia Pacific Software Suite (ICP APSS) for household consumption price surveys in mid-2018. To further improve the system and in preparation for the conduct of the 2020 ICP, ADB presented the latest version of the ICP APSS and conducted a test deployment with BPS-Statistics Indonesia. This will help ADB identify other system issues and concerns that may arise during testing and further assess whether the ICP-APSS is ready for deployment to ICP-participating countries.
Video conference (skype) meeting to present the 2020 ICP APSS for the Central Statistical Organization, Myanmar
5 November 2019
ADB developed a web-based version of the International Comparison Program Asia Pacific Software Suite (ICP APSS) for household consumption price surveys in mid-2018. To further improve the system and in preparation for the conduct of the 2020 ICP, ADB presented the latest version of the ICP APSS and conducted a test deployment with the CSO Myanmar. This will help ADB identify other system issues and concerns that may arise during testing and further assess whether the ICP APSS is ready for deployment to ICP-participating countries.
Training on Housing Rental and Housing Volume and Back casting of ICP prices with Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (Virtual)
26 February 2025
The online training session discussed the concepts, requirements, and validation issues related to Housing Rental and Volume Data. It also included a demonstration of the CPI-ICP mapping/back casting tool and outline of the procedures necessary for back casting prices collected in 2025 to the reference year 2024.
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In-country Workshop on ICP Implementation and Data Requirements for the National Institute of Statistics, Timor-Leste (in-person)
10-14 February 2025
The ICP Team of the National Institute of Statistics, Timor-Leste (INETL) attended the 5-day workshop that included the following: (i) familiarization on ICP basic concepts and 2024 ICP data requirements; (ii) discussion of ICP regional and national timelines, implementation status, governance structure and administrative arrangements; (iii) finalization of INETL's sector-specific product lists and review of available prices and/or data sources for all ICP surveys; (iv) demonstration on various phases of the ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite; and, (v) conduct of field visits to sample outlets.
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Regional Technical Workshop on Housing Rental Surveys (in-person)
23-24 January 2025
The regional workshop was attended in-person by price statisticians of 19 participating economies, and virtually by 3 participating economies. The workshop discussed housing rental data and data requirements for the housing volume survey required for the collection of housing rental data for ICP reference year 2024.
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Regional Technical Workshop on Household Consumption Prices (in-person)
20-23 January 2025
The regional workshop was attended in-person by price statisticians of 19 participating economies, and virtually by 3 participating economies. Discussions included the progress of ICP surveys implementation in the region; inter-economy validation of household prices collected in various quarters of 2024 and actions to be taken to address data concerns; overview of back casting of prices collected in 2025 to ICP reference year 2024; and experience in adopting the UNSD's 2018 Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose by some economies.
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In-country Technical Workshop on ICP Concepts and ICP Price Surveys for the Lao Statistics Bureau, Lao PDR (in-person)
16-20 December 2024
The workshop conducted for the members of the ICP Team of the Lao Statistics Bureau discussed the following: (i) operational and technical requirements of ICP surveys; (ii) regional and national timelines for the implementation of the 2024 ICP; (iii) assistance in identifying ICP-Consumer Price Index (CPI) overlaps and mapping of ICP items to the ICP product list; (iv) back casting of prices collected in 2025 to 2024, and (v) Gross Domestic Product expenditures. The workshop also conducted field visits to assist the LSB in correct identification of items in the ICP product lists.
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Workshop on ICP Concepts and 2024 ICP Operations for the National Institute of Statistics, Timor-Leste (Virtual)
5 November 2024
Members of the INETL's ICP team attended the one-day training that included an introduction to ICP concepts and requirements for the ICP sectoral surveys for household consumption, government compensation, machinery and equipment, and construction. The required details for gross domestic product expenditures were also covered. The INETL presented their 2024 ICP workplan.
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2024 ICP Regional Workshop on Machinery & Equipment Survey (in-person)
24-25 July 2024
The workshop which was attended by statisticians and members of the ICP machinery & equipment teams from 20 participating economies discussed the following: (i) brief background on ICP basic concepts and measures; (ii) status of the 2024 ICP regional activities including the 2024 ICP technical assistance; (iii) key results of the 2021 ICP for Asia and the Pacific; (iv) lessons learned from the 2021 ICP MEQ surveys; (v) price collection guidelines for 2024 ICP MEQ product list to ensure comparable price collection; and (vi) overview of the intra-economy price validation and ICP APSS module for MEQ.
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2024 ICP Regional Workshop on Construction and Civil Engineering Survey (in-person)
22-23 July 2024
The workshop which was attended by statisticians and members of the ICP construction teams from 20 participating economies discussed the following: (i) brief background on ICP basic concepts and measures; (ii) status of the 2024 ICP regional activities including the 2024 ICP technical assistance; (iii) key results of the 2021 ICP for Asia and the Pacific; (iv) 2024 ICP economy work plans and progress with emphasis on Construction (CNS) and Machinery and Equipment (MEQ) surveys; (v) lessons learned from the 2021 ICP CNS surveys; (vi) price collection guidelines for the 2024 ICP CNS product list to ensure comparable price collection; and (vii) overview of the intra-economy price validation and ICP APSS module for CNS.
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Workshop (Virtual) on ICP Concepts and 2024 ICP Operations for the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Bangladesh; National Statistics Bureau, Bhutan; and the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Thailand
18-21 March 2024
The workshop discussed the (i) ICP basic concepts and how to analyze and interpret the 2017 ICP results, (ii) 2024 ICP data requirements and timeline, (iii) changes in the 2024 ICP product lists, (iv) new features of the ICP APSS with hands-on activities, and (v) administrative arrangements for conduct of the 2024 ICP activities.
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ICP APSS Online Training for the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan
11-12 March 2024
The online training provided an overview of the ICP Asia Pacific Software Suite to be used for the 2024 ICP surveys. Topics covered the configuration of the software, installation, data entry and the generation of summary statistics and data validation report. Hands-on exercises were conducted to ensure the transfer of knowledge to the ICP team of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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