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Statistics South Africa Official statistics; Statistics Act

International conference on international outreach and coordination in national accounts for sustainable growth and development Session 4 – Institutional capacity building in countries Economic statistics in South Africa. Role players. Statistics South Africa

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Statistics South Africa Official statistics; Statistics Act

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  1. International conference on international outreach and coordination in national accounts for sustainable growth and development Session 4 – Institutional capacity building in countries Economic statistics in South Africa

  2. Role players • Statistics South Africa • Official statistics; Statistics Act • 170 publications (monthly, quarterly, annual, periodic) • NA: GDP (prod, inc); SUT; SAM; TSA; EEA; GFS • South African Reserve Bank • Reputation provides stature to statistics • NA: GDP (exp); IEA; BOP; Financial accounts; GFS • Other • Department of Agriculture • Department of Minerals and Energy • South African Revenue Service

  3. Relationship • Memorandum of understanding • Statistics on SNA93 & GFS • Meet international obligations – SDDS • Training & development of staff • Data quality assurance – SASQAF certification an option • Mutual dependence on source data • GDP estimates • Statistical discrepancy in GDPexp • Annual reconciliation in SU-framework, discrepancy remains

  4. Economic statistics • Gaps and improvements • Agriculture: Stats SA = periodic; Dept Agriculture • Mining: Admin records from Dept of Minerals • Financial sector => SARB • Foreign trade: SARB = BOP; SARS = X & M goods • Short term data on tertiary sector • Improvements to business register • Risks • Quality checks; SASQAF not widely implemented • Sustainability when statistics are not core function • Data confrontation/harmonisation may be problematic on lower levels

  5. Economic statistics • Advantages for national accounts • Larger pool of experts, different point of view and perspectives • Staff retention in civil service poor • Future challenges • Documentation and evaluation • Improve quality of outputs • Common understanding of sources and methods • User group: • Engage regularly and productively • Insufficiently skilled resources to maximise benefits

  6. Thank you for your time J de Beer joedb@statssa.gov.za

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