Project Implementation in ECLAC & ESCAP Region Workshop on Informal Employment and Informal Sector Data Collection: Strategy, Tools and Advocacy April, 2008, Amman, Jordan Pietro Gennari, United Nations ESCAP

Project Countries in ECLAC & ESCAP Mongolia PhilippinesSri 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 HUEMs  522 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 Q ECLAC project website

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: 1 st quarter: 441 HUEMs were identified and surveyed 2 nd quarter: 425 HUEMs were identified and surveyed

Mongolia Implementation Stage (3) Data review and data processing –Desk review—ESCAP reviewed data from 1 st quarter and now reviewing 2 nd 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): January 2008

Philippines Implementation Stage (2) Data collection April-June 2008 (2 nd 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: 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:

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 (1 st 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 UDCS 3.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 Q Inter-regional work

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