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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:
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Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
Statistical groupings (Afristat)
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Regional:
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD)
The African Peer review Mechanism (APRM)
Other regional requirements: AfDB, UNECA
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International: MDGs
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The rationale for harmonization
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Regional integration: macro economic convergence
criteria: CPI, GDP and related aggregates…
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Sustainable growth and development plans and
programmes: GDP and related aggregates, other
development indicators
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Women equality and empowerment: various gender
sensitive statistics
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APRM: a set of indicators for the assessment
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For comparison purposes: harmonized information
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Potential areas of concerns
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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
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Need to deepen the discussions on the informal
sector and informal employment measurement
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A natural forum is the newly set up Working Group
on the informal sector and informal employment
measurement
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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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