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Background There are many challenges confronting the compilation of economic statistics, many African countries are still at a relatively early stage of development of national accounts. national accounts are not harmonized across regions even where there are monetary unions.
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Technical assistance and institutional strengthening to implement the SNA 20082nd meeting of the CSC 2008 SNAAddis-Ababa, April 2-4, 2014
The most effective wayto support countries
Hugues KOUADIODirecteur des études [email protected]
EN/CSC2/2014/Pres/06
Background The SNA as a Tool for Improving Economic
Statistics The SNA is
one the most important statistical systems and frameworks in official statistics.
It provides an international standard of concepts, definitions, classifications, and methodology for economic statistics and accounts
Background
There are many challenges confronting the compilation of economic statistics,
many African countries are still at a relatively early stage of development of national accounts.
national accounts are not harmonized across regions even where there are monetary unions.
Problems
Limited Human, Financial, and Technical Resources
Weak Statistical Capacity and Infrastructure Unharmonious National Accounts Systems on
the Continent Inconsistency and Incompleteness in the
Coverage of the Economy
Challenges in implementation
Two major challenges
(i) the political will and economic ability to create the legal framework for 2008 SNA ;
(ii) taking into account the specific situation of countries and ressources availables
Level of development Informal sector
Propositions to overcome Problems
Majors steps (A) Institutional strengthening and advocacy (B) Technical assistance
Capacity building Training guidebooks
(C) Peer review and regional meeting to share good practices
In parallele with methodological development
Technical assistance : Advocacy Prepare, provide, and disseminate advocacy
materials to various policy makers Organize advocacy campaigns at countries levels Round table meetings with all stakeholders
Heads of State and Government, the members of Parliament, the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economy,
Governors of Central banks, the Civil Society and Development Partners
Institutional strengthening support of national authorities to strengthen
existing governance and coordination structures for National Accounts
Strengthen systems for data collection, compilation, processing, analysis, and dissemination for national accounts and economic statistics
Strengthen STCs or Universities for training delivery
Technical assistance
Methodological Development set of guidebooks
Capacity Building Training Training workshops/seminars Distribution and dissemination of the
developed guidebooks Usage of guidebooks for curricula
How can STCs (ENSEA) help ? Capacity Building by holding
Training workshops/seminars at national and regional levels
distribution and dissemination of the developed guidebooks
Usage of guidebooks for curricula Advocacy by holding
Workshop/seminars for stakeholders at national and regional levels
Methodological by Provide assistance and training
ENSEA: experiences Develop curricula and practice with ICP (ADfB)
and Afristat Initiale training (Bachelor and Master)
Two year cours in National Account with methodology of 2008 SNA
External trade and BoP Courses in data collection, compilation, processing Indice and price statistics Courses in analysis (short and long terme, ppa,
etc.) and dissemination
ENSEA: experiences
Courses in all domaine of 2008 SNA We offer Short terms courses in that area Workshops and seminars to meet skills needs
ERETES Economic analyses Quartely national account Public finance Etc.
ENSEA: experiences
Advocacy seminars (one or two days) Members of parliament
National and international level (REC) Policy makers
