Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programme5.0 GDP according to the expenditure approach................................................... 855.1 Reference framework ......................................................................................... 855.2 Valuation.............................................................................................................. 885.3 Transition from private accounting and administrative concepts to ESA95NA concepts......................................................................................................... 885.4 The roles of direct and indirect estimation methods ....................................... 895.5 Roles of benchmarks and extrapolations.......................................................... 895.6 Main approaches taken with respect to exhaustiveness.................................. 905.7 Household final consumption expenditure....................................................... 905.8 NPISH Final Consumption Expenditure.......................................................... 925.9 Government final consumption expenditure.................................................... 935.10 Gross fixed capital formation .......................................................................... 945.11 Acquisitions less disposals of intangible fixed assets ..................................... 985.12 Additions to the value of non-produced non-financial assets ....................... 985.13 Changes in inventories...................................................................................... 995.14 Acquisitions less disposals of valuables........................................................... 995.15 Exports of goods................................................................................................ 995.16 Exports of services ............................................................................................ 995.17 Imports of goods................................................................................................ 995.16 Imports of services.......................................................................................... 100CHAPTER 6: BALANCING OR INTEGRATION PROCEDURE, ANDVALIDATING ESTIMATES ..................................................................................... 1016.1 GDP balancing procedure................................................................................ 1016.2 Other approaches used to validate GDP......................................................... 102CHAPTER 7: EXHAUSTIVENESS ADJUSTMENTS OF GDP BYPRODUCTION APPROACH .................................................................................... 1037.1. Introduction...................................................................................................... 1037.2 Input of labor, sources of information............................................................ 1037.3. Labor Input Method........................................................................................ 1057.4. Exhaustiveness adjustments by activity......................................................... 1117.5. The estimation of Output and Intermediate consumptions of NOE........... 112CHAPTER 8: TRANSITION FROM GDP TO GNI ............................................... 1148.0 Introduction and reference framework .......................................................... 1148.1 Income................................................................................................................ 1148.2 Definition and classification............................................................................. 1158.2.1. Compensation of employees...................................................................... 1158.2.2. Income from investment............................................................................ 115CHAPTER 9: FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS ............................. 1179.1 Introduction....................................................................................................... 1179.2 Improvements of sources and methodologies in national accounts during IPA2007 project ............................................................................................................. 1189.2.1. Improving the statistical sources and methodology for annual NationalAccounts estimations. .................................................................................... 1189.2.2. Elaboration of Supply and Use Tables (SUT-s) ...................................... 1223/236