1. The Development of Statistical Business Registers in
Bhutan

2. Outline Structure of the SBR Information sources
Technological environment
Updating and maintenance processes
Uses of statistical business registers
Issues and challenges
Ongoing initiatives and long-term plans

3. 1. Structure of the SBR Coverage Number of records Main variables
Period: 2000 to 2014
Geographic: National, Regional, and Dzongkhag
Number of records
Statistical Units: 35,316
Industry: By Major Industry (Primary, Secondary, and Services)
Main variables
Identification Data
Contact Data
Classification data
Maintenance and Linkage Data
Other information
Industry and product classifications
Industry: ISIC rev 4
Product: CPC 2.0
Trade: HS 2012/SITC

4. 2. Information sources Sources of information
Basic Data Source: Department of Revenue & Customs (DRC)
Other data source: Department of Industry, Department of Cottage and Small Industry, and other Licensing agencies
Linkage of different Information sources to create the records in SBR
Tax payer Identification number
License Number
Establishment Control Number generated by the System
Data sharing agreement among the stakeholders
No formal agreement exist as of date to sharing the data
Data are shared as and when there is written official request

5. 3. Technological environment
Hardware systems
Intel (R) Xeon (R) CPU E3 – 1271 v3 (Processor)
3.60 GHZ 3.60 GHZ
RAM 16 GB, HD 1TB
Software systems
Windows Server 2012 (OS)
Database MySql
Networked
Web based system
Externally networked
Backup Systems
The system has module that back-up whole database of SBR
IT support
Proto type system developed by Asian Development Bank
Customized to country needs by local office IT staff with the support from ADB consultant
Safeguards in place to protect the data
Durability or lifespan of the systems???

6. 4. Updating and maintenance processes
Information to be updated annually
The SBR system, it enables:
adding of new business establishment
retrieval and updating business establishment
importing raw data (for batch uploading)
Data Validation
- Ensures that clean, correct and useful data will be contained in the SBR database. It specifically,
Validates information at the data entry level
Checks for the completeness & correctness of entries.

7. 5. Uses of Statistical Business Registers
Since the SBR is still in developing stage the information stored in the SBR is used as the bases for further improvement on the missing variables and SBR system
Once the SBR system becomes fully functional, the information in the SBR will be used for;
Quick National Accounts Estimates
Survey Frame
Business demography
Summery tables/Reports
Master list for economic census

8. 6. Issue and challenges Non-coverage Coordination
Lack of standard classification (Industry and Product)
Capacity and resources
Lack of Legal Framework (Legislation)
The role of multilateral organizations in addressing these issues and challenges
Provide TA in terms of expertise to;
Strengthen the existing SBR system
Develop standard classification
Resource in terms of hardware and software

9. 7. Ongoing initiatives and Long-term plans
ADB proto type SBR system launched
System improvement ongoing based on the users feedback
Institutionalization of SBR to encourage data sharing and access
Long-term plans
Integration of SBR system with other statistical database and/or system
Make SBR Live
Generate quarterly report on “Business Demography”
Incorporate Export Import data by Industry