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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Centre for Statistics Report on the Assessment of SNA implementation in Africa Seminar on The Implementation of The 2008 SNA In Africa April 11- 15, 2011 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Contents of the Presentation • • • • Background The objectives Main findings Summary African Centre for Statistics Background • • • • Recommendation of AGNA and DG meeting in 2010 One of the recommendation of the global strategy The result of the assessment is a pre-requisite for the regional ProDoc. To this effect ECA in close consultation with AfDB and UNSD prepared assessment questionnaire and distributed to all the African countries. • The response rate : 44/53 African Centre for Statistics Objectives and Structure • Objective: – assess the current level of implementation of SNA in Africa – to identify areas of support needed • The structure of the questionnaire: – – – – – – – Resources General NA compilation Accounts compiled GDP, National Income and Saving Availability of source data Annual, quarterly, and monthly price indexes Coverage, etc African Centre for Statistics Main Findings African Centre for Statistics Organization and Legal framework • Who compiles NA – NSOs : 88% – Ministry of Economic Affairs/ Planning: 10% – Other institution including central bank: 2% • Legal framework existing: 98% Out of which – Statistics Law: 95% – Trade/Commercial act: 5% African Centre for Statistics Staff members • Average number: – Professional: 7 – support : 3. • Professional staff turnover in the past 5 years – 3 joined – 3 left • Regular training program for NA staff (domestic or foreign) : 74% • Average number of professional who have participated in a training in the past 5 years is: – Domestic 8 – Foreign 6 African Centre for Statistics Data dissemination • Data dissemination infrastructure: – Almost all use printed publication – website and e-mail: 60%. • Advance release calendar: 56% • Average release time of annual GDP: – First estimate: 5 months – Final estimate: 17 months African Centre for Statistics SNA Version used • SNA Version – 1993 SNA: 88% – 1968 SNA: 12% SNA Version 1968 SNA 12% 1993 SNA 88% African Centre for Statistics GDP Approach Frequency Price Production or Expenditure Both 12% 88% Annual Quarterly 100% 38% Current Constant 100% 88% • SUT: 63% African Centre for Statistics Accounts compiled Production Generation of Income Allocation of primary income Secondary distribution of income Use of disposable income Capital account Financial account 97% 72% 65% 57% 57% 55% 15% African Centre for Statistics Classifications • Industrial classifications used ISIC Rev.2 ISIC Rev.3 ISIC Rev.3.1 ISIC Rev.4 Other 10% 28% 33% 23% 8% • Product classification used CPC Ver. 1 CPC Ver. 1.1 CPC Ver.2 Other 22% 37% 37% 4% • COICOP used: 90% • COFOG used: 89% African Centre for Statistics Data source • Availability of source data Industry Agriculture and fishery Mining, Manuf., Constr. & Util Services Administrative records Census Survey 70% 24% 39% 69% 16% 49% 60% 14% 40% African Centre for Statistics Summary • Average number of NA professionals is 7 with high staff turnover • Data dissemination using website and e-mail: 60% • SUT compiled: 63% • Around 1/4 use ISIC Rev. 4 and around1/3 use CPC Ver.2 African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Centre for Statistics Thank you African Centre for Statistics [email protected] http://estats.uneca.org