Estimation of Gross Domestic Product and Its Growth for the German Democratic Republic. A Background Study for Dollar GNPs (Gross National Products) of the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe

摘要

The paper presents U.S. dollar estimates of the per capita product of the German Democratic Republic for 1975 and 1980. The system of national accounts and valuation practices of the GDR are described. This discussion is followed by an assessment of the two most important Western Estimates of GDR macroeconomic performance by Wilkens and by Alton and his associates. Because of significant gaps in the published official GDR national accounts, estimates of Net Material Product by final use at 1967, 1975 and 1980 prices are derived in three appendixes. The GDR per capita national product of 1980 is estimated to have been $6,800, roughly 70% of the West German level. (Copyright (c) 1985 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank.)