Developing Price and National Accounts Statistics Achievements and Challenges
Explore the progress and hurdles in producing core statistics across key sectors, focusing on Price and National Accounts Statistics. Highlights include capacity building initiatives, training workshops, and addressing major challenges in statistical production processes.
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Session 2 - TYPPS Objective 2 PICTS are producing the agreed core set of statistics across key sectors Developing Price and National Accounts Statistics Alick Nyasulu Economic Statistician Statistics for Development Division 1
National Accounts, 2010 2013 Achievements/Highlights Capacity supplementation for National Accounts Nauru National Accounts 2010-2012 Tuvalu National Accounts 2010-2012 Niue National Accounts Rebase and Compilation 2009-2012 South-South capacity building initiative for National Accounts Samoa Bureau of Statistics and Niue Statistics On-job training training initiatives for National Accounts Palau attachments and in-country training Training workshops/seminars Coordination with PFTAC in NA training 2
Price Statistics 2010 2013 Achievements/Highlights Regional training workshop on price statistics (2011) First workshop on price statistics for the Pacific Ability for some countries to rebase CPI on their own-minimal external assistance i.e Samoa,Fiji and Vanuatu South-South aspect in training Consumer price index and on job training Kiribati CPI rebased to 2006 with new staff trained (2013) Samoa CPI rebase attachment and training (2010) Vanuatu CPI rebase attachment Peer reviews in methods for CPI Fiji, American Samoa Ad-hoc support to specific compilation issues (Nauru, Tuvalu etc) 3
Price Statistics, 2010 2013 Achievements/Highlights Methods for a Government Wage Index for Vanuatu Sample design and data classification On-job training Trade price indices Training in compilation methods for trade indices for all PICTs in trade statistics workshop Import unit value indices for Kiribati 4
Price and National Accounts Statistics Major challenges Administrative issues NSO s attract and retain key personnel for economic statistics Matters of remuneration disparities in the public service Statistical and general integrity matters Primary data from private and public institutions Economic statistics as a priority in national statistical development Interference in the statistical production process 5
Proposed way forward/Recommendations Enhancing processes of statistical advocacy ensure key national policy makers are properly aware of the resource needs and challenges in the statistical production process. Revitalising data user-producer dialogue-two way feedback enhance availability of primary data to NSOs for compilation of national accounts and other related statistics. NSOs must consider setting their priorities within a broader framework of strategic plans e.g NSDS; Need for NSOs to review current remuneration practices to avoid the best economics and statistics graduates being snapped up by Planning Departments and Central Banks. 6
