The Tenth Anniversary of the System of National Accounts in the CIS Countries (the Results and Problems)

Abstract

The article summarizes major results of the work carried out in Russia and other CIS countries during the last ten years on introduction into regular statistical practice of the System of National Accounts, the concepts and definitions of which have been designed for description and analysis of the market economy. The progress achieved by the countries in this area makes it possible for the governments to use the SNA data for formulating economic policy. At the same time the article discusses the problems which require further efforts by the statistical services of the CIS countries; the solution of these problems is essential for enhancing reliability and analytical usefulness of the principle indicators of the SNA.