MODERNIZATION OF STATISTICAL PRODUCTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The author presents his understanding of the term «modernization» in relation to official Russian statistics and identifies its development stages; he also reveals the current conditions (international dimension, the challenges of our time) that dictate the need for further reforms related to the production of statistics in the Russian Federation. Special attention is paid to the key direction of modernization of the official Russian statistics - implementing the 2008 SNA into the national practice, which is impossible without a significant strengthening of the inter-agency cooperation and coordination. In the article, along with the questions concerning the development of the SNA, are formulated main directions for further reform of the social and demographic statistics, sample household surveys; statistics of economic activity, employment and unemployment; agricultural statistics, innovation statistics, information society statistics, standardization and centralization of the statistical production technology, increasing the transparency of statistics. The author emphasizes that the transition to the new format of the national accounting means the revision of the methodology for compiling accounts, carrying out new statistical surveys and development of classifications, implementation of the innovative technologies for collecting and processing of the statistical information required for different types of its users. As a result, a more complete description of the Russian Federation economy will be obtained, analytical potential and international comparability of indicators will increase (which should improve the way they are perceived by the potential investors, affecting the investment climate), along with the quality of regional statistics.

модернизация российской государственной статистики, интегрированная статистическая информация, СНС, социально-демографическая статистика, выборочные обследования домохозяйств, статистика экономической активности, занятости и безработицы, статистика сельского хозяйства, статистика инноваций, статистика информационного общества, стандартизация и централизация технологии статистического производства, открытость статистики, modernization of the Russian state statistics, integrated statistics, the SNA, social and demographic statistics, sample household surveys, statistics of economic activity, employment and unemployment, agricultural statistics, statistics of innovation, information society statistics, standardization and centralization of the statistical production technology, openness of statistics