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Enhancing Economic Survey Systems in African Countries

Join the regional workshop in South Africa to develop strategies for accurate economic statistics, strengthen data governance, and improve user needs. Learn from international methods, build human capacity, and promote quality management. Expand accessibility and integration for corporate success.

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Enhancing Economic Survey Systems in African Countries

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  1. Regional workshop for African countries Systems of Economic Surveys Statistics South Africa 16-19 October 2007

  2. Strategy Preferred supplier of quality statistics Vision Information to meet user needs Advocacy and partnerships Quality of Products & services Good governance Building Human capacity Themes Improve accuracy, timeliness & coherence Develop the NSS Compliance Strategic Objectives Mgt risks Improving data governance Plan & execute in budget Needs of users Data governance Integrate registers across government Corporate image Optimise technology Mgt info Employer of choice Admin processes & systems International acclaimed methods Align to Govt priorities Equity in the work place Promote integration amongst producers of statistics Increase accessibility and usage Corporate culture and environment Leadership & mgt Coverage of frames Align to international frameworks Learning organisation BEE Quality mgt

  3. Basis of Surveys

  4. Econ Indicators Other sources National accounts/Action plan Primary data …... Indicators Survey 2 Survey 1 Survey n Sampling Administrative sources VAT investigations of individual businesses Investigations of complex businesses BF surveys Basis of Surveys

  5. Survey design and organisation Common frames (Business register) Centralised (survey areas gives specifications) Representative (Size groups) Satisfy level of precision Data Capture, Editing and Processing In-house VB based capture system Automatic error, outlier, consistency, and other checks SAS processing (allows automation – reduces errors) Imputations - standardised

  6. Integrated systems of surveys Corporation between similar surveys encouraged Most of the integration @ data confrontation level High level of standardisation and centralisation Discussion ongoing about reconfigure the collection clusters Challenges with informal sector SA’ economy is mainly formal economy Estimates are derived from social statistics surveys This is an area where we would like to learn from other countries

  7. Michael Manamela Michaelm@statssa.gov.za

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