The 2011 ICP Governance Framework

Jong-Wha Lee
Chief Economist
Asian Development Bank

RDTA 7507: 2011 International Comparison Program

for Asia and the Pacific
Meeting of the Regional Advisory Board
20 May 2010, ADB Headquarters
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The 2011 ICP Governance Framework

•Bottom-up approach
Executive Board
ensures:
–intensive consultation Technical
Advisory Group Global Office
process from the very
beginning
–Supported by common Asia Pacific
Africa; CIS;
LAC; West Asia
interests at national,
Regional
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Participating
levels Economies

–Drivers of the ICP are the

participating economies

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1.1 ICP Executive Board

 Accountable to the UNSC for the progress of

the ICP

 Provide annual status reports to the UNSC

 Provide guidance on the overall project

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1. 2 ICP Executive Board

Membership includes:
 Eurostat
 OECD
 International Monetary Fund
 World Bank
 UNSD
 Regional coordinating agencies
 Representatives of countries participating in the ICP

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2.1 Technical Advisory Group

 Provide inputs to the GO & regional

coordinators to:
 resolve methodological problems
 link regional PPPs to obtain global results
 adopt data access policies
 prepare regional and global reports.

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3.1 The Role of the ICP Global Office (GO)

and Global Manager
 Implement the ICP at the international level
 Establish synergy between the ICP and the SNA
(2003/2008)
 Provide secretariat functions for the Executive Board
 Provide overall coordination and support across
regions
 Implement dissemination policy of ICP statistics to
the users
 Manage databases & access to ICP data
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4.1 The Role of the Regional Offices (RO)

 Design & implement regional programs

 Provide overall coordination and support to
participating countries
 Monitor implementation of program
 Provide progress reports to the EB through the GO

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Other organizations in the 2011 ICP

Global Program

The UNSC & the Development Data

Group in the World Bank

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The Role of the United Nations

Statistical Commission
 Constitute the ICP Executive Board (EB)
 Review and act upon issues raised by the
Executive Board
 Provide guidance to the EB
 Form a Friends of the Chair
 Liaise WB and Global Manager to keep lines of
communication open between the UNSC & GO
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The Role of the Development Data

Group (DDG) in the World Bank

 Ensure data confidentiality from countries

 Responsible for archiving the 2011 database
 Provide policy recommendation to data access
 The DDG Director will be a member of the ICP
EB.

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