Regional workshop for African countries Systems of Economic

Regional workshop for African countries Systems of Economic Surveys Statistics South Africa 16 -19 October 2007 1

Strategy Preferred supplier of quality statistics Vision Information Advocacy Quality of to meet and Products user needs partnerships & services Themes Develop the NSS Strategic Objectives Needs of users Corporate image Align to Govt priorities Increase accessibility and usage Align to international frameworks Improving data governance Integrate registers across government Promote integration amongst producers of statistics Improve accuracy, timeliness & coherence Good governance Building Human capacity Compliance Mgt risks Data governance Plan & execute in budget Optimise technology Mgt info International acclaimed methods Coverage of frames Quality mgt 2 Admin processes & systems Leadership & mgt BEE Employer of choice Equity in the work place Corporate culture and environment Learning organisation

Basis of Surveys 3

Basis of Surveys Other sources Primary data Econ Indicators National accounts/Action plan Survey 1 …. . . Survey 2 Survey n Indicators Sampling Administrative sources VAT investigations of individual businesses Investigations of complex businesses 4 BF surveys

§ Survey design and organisation ü ü Common frames (Business register) Centralised (survey areas gives specifications) Representative (Size groups) Satisfy level of precision § Data Capture, Editing and Processing ü ü In-house VB based capture system Automatic error, outlier, consistency, and other checks SAS processing (allows automation – reduces errors) Imputations - standardised 5

§ Integrated systems of surveys ü ü Corporation between similar surveys encouraged Most of the integration @ data confrontation level High level of standardisation and centralisation Discussion ongoing about reconfigure the collection clusters Challenges with informal sector ü SA’ economy is mainly formal economy ü Estimates are derived from social statistics surveys ü This is an area where we would like to learn from other countries 6

Michael Manamela Michaelm@statssa. gov. za 7