Transcript PPT

• Introduction
• Global initiatives
• Existing national efforts
• Programme of work/action
Lack of progress in LDCs in preparing national
strategies and programmes of implementation
for the change over to the 2008 SNA.
A global initiative for scaling up of the coordination,
advocacy and resources for the implementation by
the United Nations Statistics Commission (UNSC), at
its 44th session in 2013.
The 28-31 May 2013 Luxembourg meeting discussed
issues of scaling up coordination, advocacy and
resources for the implementation of the SNA and
supporting statistics at the national level.
 Members of the AEG discussed the implementation and
compilation issues of the 2008 SNA.
 The ISWGNA identified the importance of better
coordinate the implementation of the SNA.
At national level, the global strategy is to be
replicated by:
 scaling up of the technical working group (TWG) on
national accounts and inter-agency working group (IAWG)
o TWG of compilers of national accounts and compilers of
supporting statistics with national accounts experts taking a lead
o IAWG comprising the suppliers of supporting economic statistics
and users of national accounts.
o Improved coordination of SNA implementation.
Global Perspective vs.
Uganda’s Case
Critics, such as Morten Jerven (2013) highlight
the data gaps in national accounts and
supporting statistics of developing countries
 in terms of their scope, timeliness and quality.
o M Jerven, Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by
African Development Statistics and What to Do about
It, Cornell University Press,
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book
 Uganda has recorded marked progress in support of the
collection and dissemination of economic statistics and
national accounts:
 developing the national statistical infrastructure
 strengthening operations of the national statistical system
 existence of national strategy (PNSD) supporting programmes
of implementation for economic statistics, among others
 However, gaps in statistical legislation has constrained
coordination of national statistical system required to
achieve desirable levels
 a need to scale up the coordination, advocacy and resources
for the implementation of the SNA
 Required: Stronger commitment from government to advance the
work programme for national accounts and supporting statistics
 Less than optimal political commitment/appreciation to
support statistical production process
 Inadequate measure of economic activity based on 2008 SNA is a
concern
 agree on the strategic approach to develop a statement of
strategy and programme of implementation for the changeover
to the 2008 SNA, taking into account the detailed and broad
ranging discussion with the MDAs regarding implementation
status (NAS/Sam’s paper).
 Harmonization programmes within the East African
Community (EAC) countries and other regional blocks
must be put in place.
To do
 The advocacy message should be directed towards
obtaining political commitment and country ownership of
the economic statistics programmes.
 A legislative framework that ensures transparency of
governance through a trusted national statistical system
spearheaded by an impartial national statistical office
(UBOS) is required.
 Adoption of an integrated economic statistics approach in
the national statistical capacity building programmes,
covering the national coordination arrangements between
relevant institutions in the country and statistical
operations and infrastructure of the national statistical
systems.