CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Family name: / PONOMARENKO /
2. First Name: / Alexey
3. Date of birth: / 30.06.1959
4. Nationality: / Russian
5. Civil status: / Married
6. Address: / Russia, 109147, Moscow, Marksistskaija, 9-475
TEL: (++7495) 970-6113 and (++7495) 670-3562
E-mail addresses: and

7. Education:

Institution:
Date [Date from – Date to] / Degree(s) or diploma(s) obtained
1996
Joint Vienna Institute of IMF/UN / Seminar of Macro-economic Analysis
1984-1987
Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, Russia. / PhD in Economics (Statistics)
The subject of Dissertation is the Input-Output analysis of regional economy
1977-1982
Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, Russia / Economist with specialisation in statistics

8. Language skills : Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = Excellent; 5 = basic)

Language / Reading / Speaking / Writing
Russian (mother tongue) / 1 / 1 / 1
English / 1 / 1 / 1

9. Membership of professional bodies: no

10.Other skills (e.g. computer literacy, etc.): computer literate

11.Present position: Higher School of Economics, Moscow; vice-dean of Departmentof economics, Director of International Institute of Education in Statistics

12.Years within the firm: since 2000

13.Key qualifications (relevant to the project):

  • General Statistical activity – 7 years of practical experience as an expert and official at the key position in Russian Statistical Committee, and more than 15 years of participations in different statistical projects, including the participation in planning of improving of government statistics in other countries of the region, mostly at the macro-level;
  • Macro-economic statistics, System of National Accounts – theoretical and practical aspects (methodology preparation and implementation, estimates, analysis), annual and quarterly GDP estimates, indexes;
  • Non-observed economy, economies in transition – practical researches in Russia and other countries of the region, organisation of ad-hoc surveys, methodology preparation;
  • Teaching in statistics, macro-economics, including on-the-job training;
  • Scientific activity on macro-economics in Russia and Japan;
  • In-depth knowledge of the European Statistical System, profound knowledge of ESA 95

14.Specific experience by region:

Country / Date from – Date to
Kyrgyz Republic / 2010, 2009
Armenia / 2010, 2009
Kazakhstan / 2010, 2007,2006, 1996
Bosnia & Herzegovina / 2006, 2001 --2002
Kosovo / 2005
Tajikistan / 2004 – 2005
Georgia / 2004
Azerbaijan / 2002 - 2005
Moldova / 2002 – 2004
Japan / 1998 - 2000
Russia / 2000 – 2006, 1984 – 1998

15. Professional experience:

Date from – Date to / Location / Company / Position / Description
2010 / Russia / International Institute for Education in Statistics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow / Director / Institute was established to provide training in statistics for official statisticians in Russia and other countries
2010 / Kazakhstan / World Bank / Consultant / Finalization of Statistical Master Plan
2010 / Armenia / AM partners -World Bank / Consultant / Development of National Statistical Master Plan for Armenia
2009-2010 / Kyrgyz Republic / ICON Public, Germany. EU Statistics 11 program, component 04 / Key Expert / Quarterly national accounts
2009 / Armenia / AM partners -World Bank / Consultant / Development of National Statistical Master Plan for Armenia
2007-2008 / Kazakhstan / World Bank / Consultant / Preparation of The Master Plan to improve the Kazakh statistical system
2006-2007 / Kazakhstan / ICON Public Institute (Germany) as a contractor in EC Multiple FRAMEWORK Programme / Team leader, expert in macro-economic statistics / Short-terms trade statistics development in Kazakhstan.
2006 / Kazakhstan / International Monetary Fund / Adviser / Analysis of current methodology and data sources in National Accounts, recommendations on their improving according to ESA 95, estimates, on-the-job training, with special attention to quarterly national accounts and production in oil sector.
2006 / Bosnia & Herzegovina / World Bank / Consultant / Non-observed economy estimates for the World Bank
2005 / Kosovo / World Bank / Consultant / Analysis of the current status of GDP estimates
2005 / Russia / Joint Rosstat – World Bank – CRESSET Research Group / Consultant / Independent analysis of shortcomings in Russian statistics, preparation of recommendations on improving of national accounts statistics, preparation of Master Plan for improving of the statistical system in Russia
2004-2005 (missions on a peripatetic basis) / Tajikistan / WB Fund for Strengthening of the National Statistical Systems – TFPSNS) / Consultant / Analysis of current methodology and data sources, recommendations on their improving according to ESA 95, estimates, on-the-job training within the Project for Strengthening of the National Statistical System.
2004 / Georgia / WB Fund for Strengthening of the National Statistical Systems – TFPSNS) / Consultant / WB project for improving of Georgian National Accounts according to ESA 95, preparation of the working plan for Georgian authorities
2002-2005
(missions on a peripatetic basis) / Azerbaijan / International Monetary Fund / Adviser / Analysis of current methodology and data sources in National Accounts, recommendations on their improving according to ESA 95, estimates, on-the-job training, with a special attention to NOE, quarterly national accounts and production in oil sector.
2002-2004
(missions on a peripatetic basis) / Moldova / International Monetary Fund / Adviser / Analysis of current methodology and data sources in National Accounts, recommendations on their improving according to ESA 95, estimates, on-the-job training, with a special attention to NOE, and quarterly national accounts.
2001-2002 / Bosnia &Herzegovina / World Bank / Consultant / Improving of current methodology, data sources and practical estimates within the Project for implementation of SNA in Bosnia and Herzegovina (WB IDF Grant)
Since 2000 / Moscow, Russia / Higher School of Economics (HSE) / Vice-dean of economic Department / Teaching in statistics, processing of HSE’s statistical database, statistical analysis, and participation in international and Russian projects in statistics. Inside Russia, there were projects, financed by Russian Statistical Committee, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Defense, etc.
1998-2000 / Tokyo, Japan / Hitotsubashi University / Professor / Participation in Historical statistics project
1998-1999 (missions on a peripatetic basis) / Kyrghyz Republic / World Bank / Consultant / Non-observed economy estimates within The Joint National Committee on Statistics of Kyrghyz Republic – World Bank Project on Hidden Economy statistics
1991-1998 / Russia /

State Statistical Committee of Russian Federation (ROSSTAT)

/ Head of SNA Section, Deputy chief of SNA Dept / In this position I was responsible for the National Accounts implementation and processing in Russia
1995-1998 / Russia / Joint ROSSTAT (Russia) - ISTAT(Italy) TACIS Project / Project leader from Goskomstat. / Preparation of national methodology for non-observed economy measurement in Russia
1996 / Kazakhstan / Joint Goskomstat (Kazakhstan) – World Bank Project / Consultant / Preparation of Report on the National Accounts in Kazakhstan
1995 / Russia / Joint ROSSTAT (Russia) - World Bank / Consultant / Preparation of Report on the National Accounts in Russian Federation, changes in methodology
1982-1997 / Moscow, Russia / Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics / Associated professor / Courses of macro-statistics

16.Other relevant information (e.g. publications):

  • Historical Gross Domestic Product in Russia: 1961-1990 (in Russian Economic Statistics in Historical Perspectives) Tokyo 2000 (in collaboration)
  • Gross Regional Product for Russian Regions: Compilation Methods and Preliminary Results (in Regions: A Prism to View the Slavic Eurasian World) Sapporo 2000
  • Kyrghyzstan: Report on the Hidden Economy. The World Bank and Government of Kyrghyzstan. 1999
  • Kazakhstan: Report on the National Accounts. The World Bank and Government of Kazakhstan. 1997 (in collaboration)
  • Russian Federation: Report on the National Accounts. The World Bank and Government of Russia. 1996 (in collaboration)
  • Foreign Trade Statistics in the Macroeconomics Framework. Foreign Trade Statistics in USSR and Successor States. Studies of Economies in transformation. The World Bank. 1995 (in collaboration)
  • “Hidden wages” in Russian National Accounts. Joint OECD/UNECE Meeting on National Accounts. Paris. 1996

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