On main directions of CIS Statistical Committee activities in organizing statistics according to market economy conditions

Abstract

Coordination of activities of statistical services of the Commonwealth of Independent States, development of a single statistical policy and assistance in the broad information exchange – these are main tasks of the CIS Statistical Committee established at the beginning of last year. The most important activities of the Statistical Committee include the development of statistical methodology to be applied in all CIS member countries, setting up of a single system of statistical indicators and data collection methodology and analysis, compilation of systematic statistical information characterizing social and economic developments of the Commonwealth states and their interdependance, and methodological assistance to the statistical services in filling out questionnaires of the UN and other international organizations. Means for solving these problems are presented in the following article.