Outline of the presentation

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Outline of the presentation

• Introduction
• The user of data
• Sources of data
• Survey design
• Data collection and processing and
• involved organization
• Problems and Solution

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INTRODUCTION

• Statistical system of the Lao P.D.R is
  decentralized. Ministries are the major sources
  for sector Statistics.
• Ministry of Industry and Handicraft ( MIH )
  compile and responsible for Industrial
  Statistics.
• The coverage of Industry data, based on
  administrative record, was limited.
• The data cover only production of principle
  Industrial products and number of establishments
  by provinces.

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The user of industrial data

• The data can be used by
• planners, policy makers,
• scholars and by the business community.
• Compilation for the GDP
• International agencies

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Survey design

• The survey frame for large and medium scale
  enterprise was prepared from the register of MIH,
  its field offices and as well as from the records
  of other line ministries.
• Establishments with 100 and more persons engaged
  were surveyed on complete enumeration basis.
• Establishments with less than 100 persons engaged
  were sampled if their number in ISIC branch at
  4-digit level exceeded 5.

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Survey design(contd)

• If the number of establishments in any ISIC
  branch at 4-digit level was 5 or less all
  establishments were selected.
• From each ISIC branch with 6 to 50 establishments
  5 samples were taken.
• From each ISIC branch with 51 to 100
  establishments 10 samples were selected.

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Survey design for small scale enterprise

• The survey frame for small scale enterprise was
  based on area frame (province, district and
  village) and the Population Census 1995.
• The selection of establishments was made by
  using the probability Proportional to size (PPS)
  both for medium and small scale enterprise.
• Large 100 employees and more
• Medium 10 to 99 employees
• Small less than 10 persons

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Data collection and reporting system

• Data collection was made by enumerators and
  supervisors designated by the Ministry.
• The field staffs dropped the questionnaire in the
  business offices of the selected establishments.
• In many cases representatives of establishments
  returned the questionnaire to the SPD staffs at
  the Ministry. In some cases of smaller
  establishments enumerators interviewed the
  responsible person of establishments and filled
  the questionnaire beforehand.

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Agencies involvement

• Ministry of Industry and Handicraft and
  provincial stuff are involved in the data
  collection.
• The data processing and publication is done by
  SPD with assistance from UNIDO expert.

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Classification adopted

• In the Industrial manufacturing data were
  classified according to the International
  standard Industrial classification ( ISIC Rev
  3 ) at the 4 digit level

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Computer data processing

• Data were processed by using the National
  Industrial Statistical Programme (NISP) software.
  
• This software was customized for processing of
  Industrial survey data.
• The UNIDO developed a separate package in MS
  Access for processing Small-scale industry survey
  data.

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Publication and dissemination

• The survey result was published 4 months after
  the end of the survey.
• The administrative records data are released in
  quarterly

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Problems

• Administrative record of the Ministry used for
  the frame of the survey was a poorly maintained
  register.
• The type of activities as well as the actual size
  of the establishments varied from the Ministry
  records.
• Poor quality of the frame has caused certain
  margin of errors in results.
• Poor quality of the frame has caused certain
  margin of errors in results.

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Problems(contd)

• Another problem partly also associated with the
  quality of the frame was an unexpectedly large
  number of closure cases.
• Out of 194 selected establishments 52 were found
  closed (more than 25).
• There were few non-response cases, which were
  treated for large and medium scale industries.
• Lack of Competence stuff
• Poor register data base

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Solution

• To solve this above problems, the future
  direction of industrial statistics is to set up a
  system of collecting quarterly/monthly industrial
  data
• Improve the quality of data, and strengthening
  the cooperation with concerned organization
  particularly with the National Statiatical Centre
  (NSC).
• Construct the index series of industrial
  production.