United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Centre for Statistics Towards Harmonization of Concepts and Definitions in SADC Countries Workshop on Household Surveys Measurement of LFS.
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Centre for
Statistics
Towards Harmonization of
Concepts and Definitions in
SADC Countries
Workshop on Household Surveys Measurement of LFS With
Focus on the Informal Economy
14-18 April 2008, Maseru, Lesotho
Dimitri Sanga, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician
Outline
Labour
statistics needs
The rationale for harmonisation
Potential areas of concerns
The way forward
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Labour statistics needs
National: PRSPs
Sub regional:
Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
Statistical groupings (Afristat)
Regional:
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD)
The African Peer review Mechanism (APRM)
Other regional requirements: AfDB, UNECA
International: MDGs
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The rationale for harmonization
Regional integration: macro economic convergence
criteria: CPI, GDP and related aggregates…
Sustainable growth and development plans and
programmes: GDP and related aggregates, other
development indicators
Women equality and empowerment: various gender
sensitive statistics
APRM: a set of indicators for the assessment
For comparison purposes: harmonized information
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Potential areas of concerns
Variability based on:
Survey methodology (surveyed units)
Size in terms of employment
Inclusion of the agriculture sector
Registration criteria
Minimum age of the potential active individual
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The way forward
Need to deepen the discussions on the informal
sector and informal employment measurement
A natural forum is the newly set up Working Group
on the informal sector and informal employment
measurement
Join the group to reinforce the pertinence of the
discussions since the informal sector is very
important in the region
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Thank you!
African Centre for Statistics
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