Economic Census: Challenges and Good Practices. a Technical Report
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Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Statistics Division Economic census: challenges and good practices A technical report1 As of October 2010 United Nations · New York, 2010 1 This document has not been formally edited. 1 Content Page Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgement .......................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter I. Economic census and its role in national economic statistics programmes: an overview .......... 5 A concept of an economic census ................................................................................................ 5 Uses of economic census ............................................................................................................. 6 The results of 2006 survey of country practices in economic census.......................................... 7 Structure of the questionnaire .................................................................................................. 7 Organization of the survey....................................................................................................... 8 Main conclusions...................................................................................................................... 8 II. Experience of selected countries .............................................................................................. 14 China .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Ethiopia ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Hong Kong................................................................................................................................. 25 India ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Japan .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Jordan......................................................................................................................................... 51 Korea.......................................................................................................................................... 58 Malaysia..................................................................................................................................... 65 Mexico ....................................................................................................................................... 76 Mongolia.................................................................................................................................... 84 Morocco..................................................................................................................................... 89 Nepal.......................................................................................................................................... 99 Philippines ............................................................................................................................... 103 Russian Federation....................................................................................................................117 Thailand ................................................................................................................................... 125 Turkey...................................................................................................................................... 131 Uganda..................................................................................................................................... 137 United States Census Bureau................................................................................................... 150 III. Ways forward: an overview of good practices...................................................................... 174 Findings and conclusions of the Second International Workshop on Economic Census ........ 174 Annex 1. UNSD Questionnaire on the Economic Census .................................................................. 177 2 Foreword This technical report is the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) response to the United Nations Statistical Commission’s decision at its thirty-seventh session aiming to strengthen the national programmes of basic economic statistics in the context of an integrated approach to their compilation. In 2005, the UNSD organized the First International Workshop on Economic Census in Beijing, China, which was followed by a survey conducted in 2007 to identify countries’ general policies with regard to the economic census and other approaches to compilation of basic economic statistics. In 2009 the UNSD conducted the Second International Workshop on Economic Census in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The main objective of this technical report is to collect in one volume all relevant documents and country practices in conduct of economic census presented at these events. The report is intended to assist countries in further improving their national programmes of economic statistics by providing a structured overview of other countries’ experiences in economic census while focusing on challenges and good practices in this area of statistics. The economic census is an important activity carried out by many statistical offices with the aim of improving availability and quality of existing basic economic statistics and establishing or improving their survey frames or statistical business registers for the organization of economic survey programmes on a more integrated basis at a later stage. The UNSD survey of country practices has revealed that there is a growing interest in economic census and a number of countries have plans to conduct such censuses in the future. Many of those countries further indicated that they would need help both in terms of resources and guidance on how to carry out this activity properly. At the same time, it became apparent from the survey’s results that practices of countries that do conduct economic census vary significantly in terms of coverage, content and organization. This calls for further efforts in developing more coherent international guidance on the matter. To assist countries in this respect, UNSD is working towards identification and promotion of good practices in economic census. This includes the preparation of a handbook on national practices in compilation of basic economic statistics focusing on needs and experience of developing countries of Africa in 2009. The handbook is based on the country responses to a detailed questionnaire as well as on additional research and worldwide consultations. Based on this handbook a technical assistance activity will be conducted. 3 Acknowledgement This handbook is based on the inputs provided by the participants of the first and second International Workshops on Economic Census: Participants of the First International Workshop on Economic Census: Nursinah Amal Urai (Indonesia), V.K. Arora (India), Christopher Blackburn (USA), Eden Brinkley (Australia), Marie Brodeur (Canada), Gisela Pifferrer Campins (Cuba), Paul Cheung (UNSD), Magdalena Cronemberger Goes (Brazil), Nasser Dayan (UAE), Du Dejun (China), Halina Dmochowska (Poland), Mohamed Eldesoky (Egypt), Eldev-Ochir Erdenesan (Mongolia), Vince Galvin (New Zealand), Pietro Gennari (UNESCAP), Ong Lai Heng (Singapore), Frederick W H Ho (Hong Kong SAR, China), Shozo Inami (Japan), Ye Jingyi (China), Peter Koumanakos (Canada), Yang Kuankuan (China), Ronald Lee (USA), Kwan Chi Leung (Hong Kong SAR, China), Gerardo Leyva-Parra (INEGI, Mexico), Nguyen Thi Lien (Viet Nam), Chi Ming Luk (Hong Kong SAR China), Michael Manamela (South Africa), Itani Magwaba (South Africa), Hang Chan Mak (Macao SAR, China), Vladimir Markhonko (UNSD), Jan Matejcek (Czech Republic), Thomas L. Mesenbourg (USA), Iun Lei Mok (Macao SAR, China), Nematollah Mirfallah Nassiri (Iran), Swee Li Rowena Ng (Singapore), YounYoung Park (Korea), Stephen Penneck (UK), Luis Rodrigo Riffo Perez (Chile), Kenichi Sasaki (Japan), Mikio Suga (Japan), Oleksandr Sulimov (Ukraine), Zulfiya Sultanova (Kazakhstan), Igor Uliyanov (Russia Federation), Keping Yao (UNSD), Luckana Yuvaprakorn (Thailand). Participants of the Second International Workshop on Economic Census: Mr. Abdulhameed Ahen (Qatar), Mr. Mohammed Abdullah AlKatheeri (UAE), Mr. Sulaiman Alzadjali (Oman), Mr. Yaqoob Khamis Alzadjali (Oman), Ms. Youlia Antonova (UNSD), Samaychanh Boupha (Lao People’s Democratic Republic), Susana Patricia Perez Cadena (Mexico), Wilailuck Chulewatanakul (Thailand), Nasser Mohammed Dayan (UAE), Oyunbileg Delgersaikhan (Mongolia), Bunyamin Emirosman (Turkey), Carmeita Ericta (Philippines), Hidenobu Esashi (Japan), Lilian Yuk Chi Fung (Hong Kong), Nikanth Ghosh (India), Hiroo Imai (Japan), Elena Katkova (Russia Federation), Ronald Lee (USA), Vladimir Markhonko (UNSD), Abdelwadoud Rebhi Matouk (Jordan), Joji Matsumuro (Japan), C. Harvey Monk Jr.(USA), Yasin Mossa (Ethiopia), Khalid Saidal Mudhafar (Oman), Peter Opio (Uganda), Jilali Rahali (Morocco), HuiXie Shi (China), Shanker Lal Shrestha (Nepal), Elena Shustova (Russia Federation),