Project Implementation in ECLAC & ESCAP Region

Workshop on Informal Employment and Informal Sector Data Collection: Strategy, Tools and Advocacy

13-15 April, 2008, Amman, Jordan

Pietro Gennari, United Nations ESCAP

Project Countries in ECLAC & ESCAP

Mongolia

Philippines Sri Lanka

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia Implementation Stage (1)

• Partner Institute: Central Statistical Office– MOU in effect since October 2007

• Data Collection: April-December 2008 (Three quarters)—launched last week!

• Last ECLAC mission: 7-9 April 2008 • Phase I (LFS)

– Sample size: 3,000 households in 3 rounds– Sample size enlarged by 750 households in each

round– Over-sampling in some districts to capture

tourism and mining activities to have a more representative sample of HUEMS for Phase II

Saint Lucia Implementation Stage (2)

• Phase II (HUEM Survey)– Agriculture not included– No sampling: survey of all HUEMs associated with

own-account workers and employers identified through Phase I

– Expected number of HUEMs522

• Next steps: Data collection, processing, tabulation and analysis

ECLAC Training• National Advocacy Workshop for Stakeholders of

the Informal Sector (Castries, 3 December, 2007) • Participants: Staff from Central Statistical Office,

ministries, non-governmental organizations and other agencies

• Topics covered:– Project background and objectives– Informal sector, informal employment: policy

concerns in Saint Lucia– Data Collection Strategy and Tools– Project work programme and timeline

• Regional workshops on UDCS and national accounts in Q1-2009

• ECLAC project website www.eclac.cl/id.asp?id=32332

Mongolia Implementation Stage (1)

• Partner: National Statistics Office– LOA in effect since October 2007

• Data collection July 2007-June 2008– July 2007-March 2008 completed (currently

in the fourth and last quarter of data collection)

• Phase I – Two-stage stratified sample design– Sample Size: 7,100 households (annual)

In the first quarter 1,724 households (4,641 individuals were surveyed => 2,553 employed during the reference period)

Mongolia Implementation Stage (2)

• Phase II– Agricultural enterprises not in scope– No sampling: survey of all HUEMs

associated with own-account workers and employers identified through Phase I

– Sample size:• 1st quarter: 441 HUEMs were identified and

surveyed• 2nd quarter: 425 HUEMs were identified and

surveyed

Mongolia Implementation Stage (3)

• Data review and data processing– Desk review—ESCAP reviewed data from 1st

quarter and now reviewing 2nd quarter data– Data processing & tabulation Last ESCAP

advisory mission on February 18-22, 2008– New versions of datasets from the first two

quarters, including weights, by end-April, 2008• Next steps

– Post-identification of informal sector enterprises and informal employment, detailed data analysis, country reports

Philippines Implementation Stage (1)

• Partners: – National Statistical Office (NSO)

•Main ‘1-2’ Survey implementing agency– National Statistical Coordination Board

(NSCB)•Contributes to HUEM-related tasks and in

charge of outputs for national accounts estimation

• LOAs, budgets and work plans being finalized• Last ESCAP mission (NSO): 14-18 January 2008

Philippines Implementation Stage (2)

• Data collection April-June 2008 (2nd quarter 2008 only)—was launched last week!

• Phase I – Sample Size: 55,000 households (second quarter

sample)– Sample design based on the 2003 Master Sample with

multi-stage stratified sample design

• Phase II – Covers all economic activities– Sample design is in the process of being finalized– Maximum number of HUEMs expected to be surveyed:

10,000• Next steps: Data collection, processing, tabulation and

analysis

Sri Lanka Preparatory Stage (1)• Partner: Department of Census and Statistics

– LOA, budget and work plan in process of being reviewed

• Last ESCAP mission: 21-25 January 2008• Data collection July 2008-June 2009• Questionnaires

– Phase I questionnaire: additional module to identify HUEMs (as informal employment questions are already included in the LFS) being pre-tested

– Phase II questionnaire being pre-tested

Sri Lanka Preparatory Stage (2)

• Phase I– Sample Size: 20,000 households (annual)– Two-stage stratified sample design

• Phase II– Agricultural enterprises included except

for those involved in paddy production– Survey all HUEMs identified through

Phase I– Expected number of HUEMs: 8,200

ESCAP Training: project countries (1)

• Workshop on Informal Employment and Informal Sector Data Collection: Strategy, Tools and Advocacy (19-21 September 2007)– Participants: National accountants and survey

statisticians from Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Saint Lucia; ECA, ECLAC and ESCWA

– Topics covered in the workshop: Design of a HUEM survey including frame

construction, sample design and questionnaire design;

Tabulations and dissemination variables on informal sector employment and GDP estimates;

Design of an advocacy/dissemination workshop

ESCAP Training: project countries (2)• Workshop on Informal Employment

&Informal Sector Data Collection II: Evaluation, Processing and Utilization of Data from ‘1-2’ Surveys (14-16 May 2008) – Participants: Survey statisticians and national

accountants from the 3 ESCAP project countries + Viet Nam; ECLAC and ESCWA

– Topics covered in the workshop: • Data quality review and evaluation;• Defining and generating derived variables from ‘1-2’

Survey data;• Analysis and tabulation formats;• Country approaches to NA estimations/direct

estimation of informal sector GDP.

ESCAP Training: project countries (3)

• Workshop on estimating informal sector GDP and integration into national accounts (6-8 October 2008) – Participants: National accountants from the 3

ESCAP project countries + Viet Nam– Topics covered in the workshop:

• Project guidelines for estimating informal sector GDP based on ‘1-2’ Survey data and its integration into national accounts

• All ESCAP training activities for project countries in Asia-Pacific are open to pilot countries in other regions and the partner RCs

• For further information on ESCAP activities: http://www.unescap.org/stat/isie

ESCAP Training: Regional• Regional Workshop on Unified Data

Collection Strategy (22-24 July 2008)– Participants: NSO staff of ESCAP selected countries

(=30) – Topics covered in the workshop

• UDCS methodology and implementation experience in the project countries

• Regional Workshop on Estimating Informal Sector GDP (1st quarter 2009)– Participants: NSO staff of ESCAP selected countries

(=30) – Topics covered in the workshop

• Project guidelines for estimating informal sector GDP based on ‘1-2’ Survey data and its integration into national accounts

Inter-regional work Technical Papers:

1. UDCS Paper (in draft version)2. Harmonized definition of informal sector based on the

UDCS3. Characteristics of informal employment

Guidelines/Manuals: 1. Guidelines for data dissemination with tabulation plan

and a list of key indicators 2. Guidelines for estimating informal sector GDP and

integration of informal sector production into national accounts–Global consultant (already hired): to draft the project guidelines for estimating HUEM/informal sector GDP and for integrating these estimates into NA

–Regional consultants: to assist with the implementation of these guidelines in the project countries

• Training materials for workshops, country report outlines

• Handbook on methodologies and best practices

• Final Interregional workshop to take place in Q3-2009.

Inter-regional work

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