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USSR: Measures of Economic Growth and Development, 1950-80

Central Intelligence Agency · 1982-12-08 · 399 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Joint Committee Print, dated December 8, 1982, gathers studies that the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Intelligence prepared for the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. It gives estimates of Soviet gross national product for 1950 to 1980, with indexes of industrial production, agricultural production and consumption, and explains the methods and data behind them. The foreword says official Soviet statistics inflate growth and that the CIA measures offer a more accurate picture. The document contains no UFO material.

  • p. 26 …the shifting of industrial produc- tion toward Siberia, which leads to longer shipping distances to reach…
  • p. 51 …may cost much more to construct in Siberia than in the Ukraine because of greater transportation…
  • p. 268 …European Russia, Ukraine, the “Volga Valley,” Western Siberia and Altay kray, and Northern and Central Kazakhstan…
  • p. 306 …Kok- chetav and Northern Kazakhstan are equated with Omsk in Western Siberia; all other Kazakhstan ob…
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Contents
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List of Standard Citations
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Consumption Trends and Pat-terns
Trends in Per Capita Consumption
Changes in the Structure of Consumption
Description and Evaluation of the Consumption Index
The Index in Established Prices
General
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Communal Services
Indexes
Indexes at Factor Cost and in Adjusted Market Prices
Factor Cost
Adjusted Market Prices
Comparison With Other Indexes
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Official Soviet Measures
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Other Western Measures
Description and Evaluation of Component Indexes
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Food, Beverages, and Tobacco
Scope and Coverage
Weights
Indexes
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Indexes
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