Transcript Central Statistical Organization (CSO)

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Economical Information
 Afg/US$
 GDP in US$ (Mn)
45.70
12762
 Population Growth
2.03
 GDP/Capita (US$)
500
 GDP Growth Rate
17.1
 Inflation Rate
4.9
 Life expectancy
44
 Infant Mortality 111/1000 live births
 Maternal mortality Rate
1600/100000 live births
 Central statistics organization was established in 1971 as
an autonomous organization, from statistics cells of different
ministries and departments.
 Since then CSO has been operating as the national
statistical agency in the
country.
 During years of war and conflict CSO like all other
organizations suffered allot.
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Mandate of CSO
The Statistical Law (July 2006) of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan has given the following mandate to CSO:
“Article 2 : The Central Statistics Organization shall
function,
as
an
independent
governmental
administration, for the purpose of creating an integrated
scientific system for statistics, ensuring harmonization
and coordination of all statistical activities in the nation.”
The Act also gives the CSO powers to authorize or not
any other public body to conduct surveys.
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Current Structure of CSO
Currently CSO has the following main
Departments:
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Department of National Accounts and Price Statistics
Department of Economic Statistics
Department of Demography and Social Statistics
Department of Field Operation (including an advanced Database and
Geographic Information System, GIS, Unit)
 Department of Planning and Aid-coordination
 Department of Finance and Administration
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Network of CSO
 Pan-Afghanistan Network. CSO has offices in all 34
provinces of the country.
 CSO will have centers in all districts of the country in
the future.
 The staff strength of CSO is about 850 people, out of
which, 250 are in provinces.
 A large manpower of CSO is trained in statistical work
(data collection, organization, management). Some
people are even trained abroad on long-term courses.
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Afghanistan National Statistical Plan (ANSP)
Statistical Master Plan 2004 – A vision to create a statistical system in
Afghanistan.
7-Year Capacity Building Plan 2008 –Costed Plan to implement
Statistical Master Plan.
ANSP 2010 – Prioritized and Sequenced Plan for Statistical
Development in Afghanistan.
 Developed in close coordination with the Ministries, Departments
and Donors through Task Force and Bilateral Meetings.
 Has brought down cost from 120 million USD in 7-year Plan to
about 30 million USD.
 Ready to be implemented.
 Based on ANSP funding from Statistics for Result Facilities (SRF)
for capacity building was requested. SRF council approved US$ 14
millions for Afghanistan.
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Main Activities of CSO
Administrative Data :
 A new emphasis on administrative statistical system is being given as they
form the real backbone of decision-making and planning processes.
 data from administrative source are collected every year & presented in the
form of statistical yearbook . The important sectors covered are –
Population Estimates
Health and Education (including culture and media)
Environment
National Accounts
Agriculture
Industry
Inflation and Exchange rate
External Trade
Fiscal Statistics
Donor Assistance
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Main Activities of CSO
Census of Population and Housing :
Council of Ministers approved postponement of Census
from 2008 to 2010 in June 2008.
The preliminary work for conducting of Census such as
Updating of Household Listing, Pilot census etc. are
delayed because of –
Lack of funds
Deteriorating Security situation
Updating of Household Listing was taken up from 6th August
2009 to 30th January 2010 and data processing is now on
going.
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Main Activities of CSO
Surveys :
 National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA)
 Provides important data on poverty, food security, unemployment, migration,
health, education, etc.
 work for NRVA survey 2011 start in April of current year with substantial
changes in design to make it more effective and result-oriented.
 Integrated Business Establishment Survey : Survey completed and draft Report
prepared and Report launched in December 2010.
 Survey on Women and Men in Decision Making – First phase of the survey covering
civil servants (Grade 2 and above) completed . Data has been analyzed and Report
will be launched soon .
 Data-cleaning and data-entry of Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey started in December
2010.
 Consumer Price Indices (CPI) surveys conducted on monthly basis.
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Challenges Ahead
Lack of Capacity especially in view of implementation of
Afghanistan National Statistical Plan and SRF.
Lack of physical and communication infrastructure especially
in provinces.
Lack of statistical capacity in some ministries and
departments to provide administrative data.
Multiplicity of data providers and their non-coordination with
CSO although required by the Statistical law.
Lack of awareness about the importance of data at all levels.
 Lack of up to date topographic maps and satellite images
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Future Planes
CSO plans to conduct following surveys in next 7 years
 Survey on Participation of Women and Men in Decision Making
(second phase )
 Labor Force Survey
 Household Income and Expenditure Survey
 Child Labor Survey
 National Demographic Survey
 National Health Survey
 Census of Agriculture
 Census of Establishments
 Small-scale survey on Agriculture
 Expanded Consumer Price Survey
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Need for harmonization
 As highlighted by the third meeting of the Heads of
NCOs of member countries, harmonization of statistical
concepts ,definition and methods is needed to support
integration and comparability of information in the region.
 It has to be noted that harmonization is a long term and
complex process and involve real challenges to
overcome
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Tools for harmonization
 Compliance with international standards is an
important tool to harmonize and strengthen NSOs
in the region.
 Regional cooperation is required to compile,
communicate, use and document statistical
standards.
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Areas of harmonization
 In line with the previous decision, major areas to be considered for
harmonization can be the following:
 Development and maintenance of a regional statistical database.
 Development and maintenance of a webpage to facilitate access to
different sources of data in the region.
 Development of a metadata to provide information about what date
is available in the region.
 Customization of international standard for the region concepts,
declination methodology etc.
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Recommendations
In order to develop harmonized statistics in the
region we recommend the following :
 Sharing of experience among member
countries / through organizing training
Workshops exchange of experts, some study
tour etc
 Customization of international standard /
classifications for the region in collaboration
with international agencies.
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Recommendations
 Creation of a section within the directorate of
project & Economic research & statistics to
look after the harmonization issues. If such
section already exists strengthening it.
 I would like to know the latest progress made
or action being taken on these proposals and
suggestions.
Thank you
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