Economic governance and management

1. Economic governance and management Presentation to the ad hoc committee on economic governance and management Pali LehohlaStatistician General 1 November 2005

2. Structure of presentation • To supply quality statistics • Purpose of Stats SA • Statistics Act • Statistics and governance • Available statistics • Price statistics • Labour statistics • Industry statistics • Government statistics • National accounts • Socio-economic statistics

4. Purpose of Stats SA • Provide a relevant and accurate body of statistics to inform • users on the dynamics in the economy and society through the • application of internationally acclaimed practices. • Benchmarks • Statistics Act (Act 6 of 1999) • UN Fundamental Principles of official statistics • IMF Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) • Report on standards and Codes (ROSC) • System of National Accounts (SNA 93) • ILO labour markets definitions

5. Statistics and governance Linking statistics and governance • Criteria in data quality assessment framework • Integrity • Methodological soundness • Accuracy and reliability • Serviceability • Acccessability

6. National priorities Priority area Relevant statistics GDP and set of economic surveys, CPI, PPI etc Grow the Economy Create jobs LFS and QES GHS, Census, Community survey, Municipal Census Deliver services Eradicate poverty GHS, Census, Community survey Improve health Mortality statistics Contribution to statistical development Impact Africa and the world

7. Evolution of statistics in Stats SA 95/96 00/01 05/06 10/11 Fragmented statistics Transformation Stabilise & standardise Coherent national statistics No social statistics Set of social and employment stats Stabilised social stats Improved living conditions information First inclusive Census Second census based on geographic frame Community survey Census 2011 Start business register improvement Stabilised economic stats Expanded coverage of economy Poor quality Economic statistics 1 black manager 6 (of 19) black SMS members 48 (of 94) black SMS members 82 (of 112) black SMS members

8. Statistics and governance Linking statistics and governance • Statistics measure previous economic governance and management • Various instruments are used • Vary according to method, frequency etc • Statistics inform future economic management, development and policies • Statistics itself are governed by international standards, methodologies and practices • SNA93, ILO, UN, SDDS, IMF, World Bank

9. Available economic statistics Suite of economic statistics • Price statistics • Monthly CPI(X), PPI • Labour statistics • Quarterly formal employment, average monthly earnings • Industry statistics • Monthly, quarterly, annual, periodic variables on economic performance of selected industries

10. Available economic statistics Suite of economic statistics • Government statistics • Quarterly and annual financial statistics for 3 levels of government • The non-financials for service delivery • National Accounts • Quarterly and annual measurement of national and regional performance of economy • Socio-economic statistics • Bi-annual employment and unemployment • Periodic measurement of informal economy • General Household Surveys

11. Economic statistics in Stats SA

12. Prioritisation of challenges in 2003 Attend to urgently Maintain and Improve Price Indices Income & expenditure Poverty information Research and analysis GDP Sectoral economic statistics Business Register Quality and Methodology Financial data Employment (SEE and LFS) General household survey Census 2006 Degree of importance Innovate Drop Geography MIS Datawarehouse Parallel samples Stakeholder satisfaction

13. And how it has changed in 2004 Attend to urgently Maintain and Improve Price Indices Income & expenditure Poverty information Research and analysis and CRS Second Economy Construction Service sector GDP Sectoral economic statistics Business Register Quality and Methodology Financial data Employment (SEE and LFS) General household survey Degree of importance Innovate Drop Geography MIS Datawarehouse Parallel samples Census 2006 Stakeholder satisfaction

14. Key projects as in 2004 • External stakeholders • Branding Stats SA • Census replacement survey • Matching of LFS questionnaires for panel analysis • Census 2011 • ISI/ Commonwealth • Statistical process • Benchmarking/re-basing GDP • CPI direct price collection • IES diary method • Quality improvement survey and BR improvements • PPI updating of sample • Technology improvements – collection and processing • Statistical data management and warehousing • Regional offices • Geo-referenced dwelling unit frame • Governance • Risk management • Asset management • Business process management • Assessment of IT infrastructure • Investment in the future • Internship project • Human capacity development

15. Urgent to attend • Quality control and management • Recruitment • CPI direct price collection methodology • Income and Expenditure Survey • Community Survey 2007 - geo-referenced dwelling frame - setting-up regional offices • Re-engineering the Labour Force Survey (methodology) • PPI re-weighting • Providing Second economy information • Statistical capacity development/Training and development strategy • DMID • Providing Poverty information • Economic statistics strategy • Managing risks effectively; • Internship programme • Improving procurement processes and systems; • Improving critical stakeholder relations • Managing the performance of the organisation • Improving support to projects. • Long-term initiatives • Census 2011 • Implementing the NSS • Establishing a permanent fieldwork force to collect information on a regional level; • Improving the business register • Technology for data collection and processing • Strategy for vital statistics which includes the population register • Role of provinces which will include the decentralization of functions to the provincial offices • Improving the legal capacity which includes legal policies • ICT strategyCareer pathing • Succession planning • Employment Equity • New Building High Degree of importance Maintain & Improve • Longitudinal analysis of LFS • Causes of death • ISI 2009 • Gross domestic product • Tourism Satellite accounts • Maintenance of the master sample Innovative • Construction and Tourism statistics • Measures for organisational performance • Space/office accommodation • Policies • Geographic spread of economic activity • Business process improvement project • Document and records management systems • Management Information System • Research and development • Designation of official statistics • Branding • Common Wealth Conference • Effective cash flow management system • Asset management • Transformation (OD and change management) Long-term Urgency Short-term

16. Economic statistics in Stats SA Recent improvement in economic statistics • Access to taxation data, improved coverage and scope • Labour stats improved since 2002 STEE/AME - SEE - QES • Economic activity survey: 2002 onwards • Short-term series: Level increases 2004 • GDP revisions: November 2004 • CPI – price colletors • IES – diary method

17. Economic statistics in Stats SA Future improvement in economic statistics • Increased scope of short-term indicators, focusing on tertiary sector • Improved detail of current short term indicators • Maintaining the rotation of the LSS • Increase the scope of the EAS • Improved IES and price statistics • Frequent measurement of informal sector

18. Economic governance and management Presentation to the ad hoc committee on economic governance and management Pali LehohlaStatistician General 1 November 2005