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Enhancing Economic Data Compilation in Ethiopia: Regional Workshop Insights

This resource discusses the institutional setup, survey types, challenges, and recommendations for improving economic statistics compilation in Ethiopia. It covers agriculture, manufacturing, trade, services, transportation, finance, and more.

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Enhancing Economic Data Compilation in Ethiopia: Regional Workshop Insights

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  1. Compilation of Economic Statistics at CSA, Ethiopia Mageru Haile Central Statistical Agency www.csa.gov.et Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  2. Outline • Introduction • Institutional Arrangement • Types of surveys • Challenges • Conclusion Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  3. Institutional Arrangement • CSA is headed by a Director General and three Deputy Director Generals • The Agency has 25 branch offices • One of the Deputy Director Generals is responsible for Economic Statistics Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  4. Institutional Arrangement (cont’d) • The Economic Statistics Branch has three departments: • Natural Resources and Agricultural Statistics • Industry, Trade and Services Statistics and • Household Budget and Price Statistics • Furthermore within each department there are two to three expert teams Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  5. Types of surveys • Agricultural Statistics • Survey carried out on annual basis since 1980 through Integrated Household Survey Program and includes: • Crop forecasting • Area and Production • Farm management practices • Land Utilization • Livestock Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  6. Statistics on Manufacturing Industries • Annual Survey on Large and Medium Scale Manufacturing Industries, Since 1976 • Quarterly Survey on the same since 2004 • Compilation of Producer Price Indices (PPI-M), on quarterly basis, since 2005 • Small Scale and Cottage/Handicraft Industries Survey, every five years Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  7. Trade and Services Statistics • Distributive Trade and Services • Carried out in 1997 and 2003 • External Merchandise Trade Statistics • Data capturing is done at Customs using ASYCUDA • CSA processes external trade data using Eurotrace since 1997 Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  8. Transport, Communications and Finance Statistics • They are based on data from administrative sources Household Budget and Price Statistics • Household Income, Consumption and Expenditure Survey • Conducted every five years the latest in 2004 • CPI since 1963 Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  9. Challenges • Data Gap • Construction • Services • Distributive Trade • Lack of Business Register • Shortage of Trained Manpower Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  10. Conclusion • We need to bridge the data gap on the key sectors of the economy, e.g. construction, services.. • We need to train our staff in ways of writing an in-depth analytical report on the surveys carried out by the department, and we need to retain experienced staff through attractive remuneration as Uganda does • A forum for a dialog between CSA and the manufacturing establishments needs to be established to minimize non-response • Every effort needs to be exerted to create a robust business register system Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

  11. Thank You ! Regional Workshop on Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics

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