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Work Programme 2007/08

Presented By:

Pali Lehohla

Statistician-General

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Contents

• African statistical development• National statistics system• Key performance information concepts• Priorities in the NSS

Presentation to the

Portfolio Committee on Finance

1 Augustus 2007

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National Statistics System

The NSS is a requirement by the Statistics Act

To promote co-ordination among producers of official

statistics

In order to advance the quality, consistency,

comparability and optimum use of official statistics

As well as to avoid unnecessary duplication.

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National Statistics System

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Demand for information

Other producers

Information gap

Quality gap

Skills gap

Official statistics

Non-official statistics

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Key performance information concepts

INPUTS

OUTCOMES

OUTPUTS

ACTIVITIES

IMPACTS

What we use to do the work

What we do

What we produce or deliver

What we wish to achieve

What we aim to change Manage towards

achieving results

Plan, budget, implement

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Producing statistical information

INPUTS

OUTCOMES

OUTPUTS

ACTIVITIES

IMPACTS

Indicators

Surveys: produce statistical information

Management information systems and registers: produce statistical information

Indicators

Indicators

Indicators

Indicators

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Government:All 3 spheres

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Population Register

Economic Statistics

- Consumer Price Statistics- Rural consumer Price Index- Production Price Statistics- Price Index for Services- JBCC (user paid) - (not N/A)- Mining Production & sales- Manufacturing Product' & sales- Manufacturing Utilisation of production capacity - Generation and consumptionof electricity- Tourism accommodation survey- Restaurant, fastfood outlets, bars & canteens- Trading statistics of Hotels- Land Freight Transport- Wholesale Trade sales- Retail Trade Sales- Retail Trade in Motor vehicles and Accessories- Liquidations and Insolvencies - Building Statistics

Monthly series Quarterly series Annual series

Economic Statistics

- Financial Statistics on Municipalities- Survey on Levies- Financial Statistics (QFS) - private sector

Employment Statistics- SEE- AME- QES- LFS (6 monthly)

Economic Statistics

- Consolidated General Government Institutions- National Govern' expenditure- Provincial Govern' expenditure- Extra-budgetary Accounts and Funds- Universities and Technikons- Financial Statistics on Municipalities- Building Statistics- Economic Activity Survey- Actual and Expected Capital Expenditure of Government- Municipalities: Non-financial data (not N/A) Social and Population - General Household Survey- Causes of Death (not N/A)- Recorded Live Births (not N/A)- Mid-year population estimates (not N/A)- Marriages and divorces (not N/A)

3 Yearly series

Economic Statistics

- Business services (LSS)- Mining (LSS)- Manufacturing (LSS) - Wholesale and Retail trade (LSS) - Motor trade (LSS) - Post and Telecommunication (LSS) - Transport (LSS)

Social and Population

- Census replacement survey

5 /10 Yearly or Occasional series

Economic Statistics

- Income and Expenditure (5 yr)- Agriculture Census (periodic)

Social and Population

- Population Census (10 yr)

National Accounts- Quarterly GDP - Annual GDP - Tourism Satellite Accounts

- GDP per region - Social Accounting Matrix- Supply and use tables - Natural Resource Accounts

System of Statistics in Stats SA

Business Address Register

Spatial frame/Physical Address Register

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Priorities in NSS

Improving statistical information collected through surveys

Business register

Dwelling frame

Improving statistical information based on administrative

sources

Education indicators

Service delivery indicators

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Priorities in NSS

“Business register”

Business register is a list of all businesses

Business register is the basis for economic statistics

Business register compiled based on information received from

SARS and Dti

Quality of economic statistics depends on the quality of the business

register

Way forward:

Collaboration between Stats SA, SARS and Dti to improve business

registration information

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“Dwelling frame”

Dwelling frame is a list of all dwellings in SA

Dwelling frame is the basis for household surveys and censuses

Quality of household statistics depends on the quality of the dwelling

frame

Way forward:

Development of the frame

Update and maintenance of the frame

Prerequisites: Standards and collaboration with partners especially

with Local Municipalities & Metros, and the Post Office

Priorities in NSS

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3. Mutale Municipality

• 22, 810 Geo-referenced points

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“Education indicators”

Collaboration with Department of Education to identify:

- Information gap

- Skills gap

Conduct Census of Schools

Prerequisites:

- Buy-in from Heads of Departments

- Political support

Priorities in NSS

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“Service delivery indicators”

Collaboration with Municipalities to improve service delivery

information

Pilot six Municipalities

Challenge: weak administrative and governance systems

Prerequisites:

- Buy-in from Municipalities

- Political support

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“Strategic thinking”

Partnering with tertiary institutions to provide analytical and technical

support

Development of Statistics regulation

Building capacity in local municipalities – aligning information

infrastructure with governance/administrative structures

Way forward