Open AccessOn the History of International Comparisons of National Income within the Framework of CMEA
Author(s) -
Ю.Н. Иванов,
Т. А. Хоменко
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
voprosy statistiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5499
pISSN - 2313-6383
DOI - 10.34023/2313-6383-2019-26-3-69-75
Subject(s) - commission , purchasing power , purchasing power parity , purchasing , economics , regional science , political science , international economics , operations research , macroeconomics , geography , engineering , operations management , finance , exchange rate
The author considers the history of international comparisons of macroeconomic indicators carried out periodically from 1960th up to the end of the 1980th within the framework of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA). As a result of these comparisons extensive information on economies of the countries of this organisation was collected and processed; it was used to establish economic cooperation between the CMEA members. It is noted that the CMEA program is in many respects similar to the ongoing Program of international comparisons of the GDP (ICP) that is carried out following a decision by the UN Statistical Commission. This mainly concerns the computation methods of purchasing power parities. At the same time, the article considers some peculiarities of the CMEA methodology.