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Project Name 2020 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific
Project Number 53303-001
Country Regional
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Fiji
Hong Kong, China
India
Indonesia
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
China, Peoples Republic of
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taipei, China
Thailand
Viet Nam
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 9898-REG: 2020 International Comparison Program for Asia and the Pacific
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 2.00 million
Strategic Agendas Inclusive economic growth
Regional integration
Drivers of Change Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Sector / Subsector
Public sector management / Economic affairs management
Gender Equity and Mainstreaming No gender elements
Description The Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) has been the regional implementing agency (RIA) of the International Comparison Program (ICP) for Asia and the Pacific since 2003. The ICP, implemented under the overall guidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), is the worlds largest statistical initiative that 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 . The ADB has added value to this global initiative by successfully coordinating the 2005 and 2011 ICP benchmark rounds for Asia and the Pacific region as RIA and producing regionally comparable PPPs required for estimating the global PPPs; and through the Office of the Chief Economist and Director General Statistics and Data Innovation Unit (EROD-SDI, ERCD), is the RIA for 22 participating economies for the ongoing 2017 ICP cycle for Asia and the Pacific. The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (KSTA), is aimed at supporting ADBs continued role as the RIA for the 2020 cycle of the ICP in Asia and the Pacific region to produce PPPs for the year 2020 and undertaking related statistical capacity building activities in the participating economies. Within the scope of the KSTA, ADB will provide overall management, coordination of regional data collection in the participating economies through the national implementing agencies (NIAs), data validation, analysis, and calculation of the Asia Pacific regional PPPs for the 2020 cycle of the ICP which is targeted to begin globally from January 2020.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
There is an increasing demand from stakeholders for more frequent PPP-based comparable measures of economic output of economies which are free from price and exchange rate distortions. The PPPs obtained through the ICP are used for direct comparisons of indicators of well-being such as GDP per capita or expenditures, per capita on health, education, and housing, etc., and thus allow cross country real comparisons of price levels, and standards of living and wellbeing. The PPPs for household consumption have been the main inputs for deriving the International Poverty Line (IPL) and updating poverty headcounts used for monitoring targets on global and regional poverty associated with the SDG agenda. Currently the IPL set at $ 1.90 per day is based on 2011 ICP PPPs. Apart from the use of the PPPs for monitoring poverty, there are other PPP-based indicators in the SDG framework that are used to monitor income inequality, energy intensity, labor productivity, CO2 emissions per unit of GDP, etc. ADBs policy paper ADB Corporate Results Framework, 2019 2024 is aligned with the SDG agenda and includes indicators which track development progress in Asia and the Pacific and whose measurement depends on PPPs. Other examples of international organizations making uses of PPPs include Human Development Index by United Nations Development Programme, assessment of per capita expenditures in education by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and calculation of Special Drawing Rights and voting power of a member country by the International Monetary Fund, formula for which includes GDP in PPP terms among other variables. ICPs principles and methods are now being used by some economies to produce sub-national PPPs for undertaking sub-national comparisons of standards of living within a country.
The UNSC endorsed the ICP global comparisons as a permanent element of the global statistical work program in March 2016. The UNSC also endorsed a shortened interval between ICP benchmark rounds and the conduct of subsequent benchmark ICP rounds in a cycle of three years starting 2017. Having shorter intervals between ICP benchmark rounds is expected to provide direct price comparisons more frequently. ICP is a multilateral exercise, which is implemented with collaborative participation of national statistical agencies, regional agencies, and international development partners with shared responsibilities in data collection, validation, and processing; and estimation of PPPs and other economic aggregates. This governance framework with actors at the national, regional, and global levels makes ICP a unique global statistical initiative that has successfully led to the implementation of 2005, 2011, and ongoing 2017 ICP rounds.
Impact Utilization of comparable macroeconomic statistics in policymaking and research enhanced
Project Outcome
Description of Outcome Comparability of macroeconomic aggregates for the ADB member economies in Asia and the Pacific improved
Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs
ICP Asia Pacific Regional Governance Framework Established
ICP survey tools developed and price surveys conducted.
ICP knowledge products delivered.
Statistical capacity of participating NIAs developed and strengthened
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
Geographical Location Bangladesh - Nation-wide; Bhutan - Nation-wide; Brunei Darussalam - Nation-wide; Cambodia - Nation-wide; China - Nation-wide; Fiji - Nation-wide; Hong Kong, China - Nation-wide; India - Nation-wide; Indonesia - Nation-wide; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic - Nation-wide; Malaysia - Nation-wide; Maldives - Nation-wide; Mongolia - Nation-wide; Myanmar - Nation-wide; Nepal - Nation-wide; Pakistan - Nation-wide; Philippines - Nation-wide; Singapore - Nation-wide; Sri Lanka - Nation-wide; Taipei,China - Nation-wide; Thailand - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design
During Project Implementation
Business Opportunities
Consulting Services ADB will engage the consultants and carry out procurement following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions.
Procurement While NIAs will procure equipment and software following ADBs procurement guidelines, ADB will procure software for data processing, and desktop and laptop computers and other IT equipment and consumable items if any TA recipient is unable to follow ADB procurement guidelines or for purchase of software and IT equipment requirements for project data processing by ADBs project team.
Responsible ADB Officer Kaushal Joshi
Responsible ADB Department EROD
Responsible ADB Division EROD-SDI
Executing Agencies
Asian Development Bank
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