Global SNA Implementation Strategy

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• Global SNA Implementation Strategy

Training Workshop on 2008 SNA for ECO Member
States 14-17 October 2012, Tehran, Islamic
Republic of Iran
GULAB SINGH United Nations Statistics Division
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Outline of presentation

• Introduction.
• 2008 SNA Implementation
• A Global Statistical Initiative
• Stages of implementation
• Short-term Economic Indicators and SNA
• SNA Implementation tools
• Monitoring the SNA implementation
• Lessons from 1993 SNA Implementation
• FOC Group
• Barriers to the implementation of 1993 SNA

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Introduction

• UNSC endorsed the 2008 SNA at its 39th session in
  2008 and requested the ISWGNA to formulate
  implementation strategy.
• ISWGNA formulated the 2008 SNA implementation
  strategy based on principles of (i) Strategic
  planning, (ii) Coordination, monitoring and
  reporting and (iii) Improving statistical
  systems.
• UNSC at its 40th session supported the
  implementation strategy and encouraged countries
  to develop their own implementation programmes.

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SNA Implementation - Global Initiative

• The Implementation Programme for the 2008 SNA and
  supporting economic statistics represents a
  global statistical initiative.
• Synergies with other programmes like ICP, FAOs
  programme on improvement of agricultural
  statistics
• UNSD conduct series of seminars with RCs to align
  regional and global implementation programmes.
• Country visits the next phase to help countries
  develop strategic vision and implementation
  programme.

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Objective of Global Statistical Initiative

• To assist countries in developing the statistical
  and institutional capacity to
• Make the conceptual change over to the 2008 SNA
• Improve the scope, detail and quality of the
  national accounts and supporting economic
  statistics.

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Operationlising Implementation Strategy

• Use of National Strategies for the Development of
  Statistics (NSDS) as the strategic planning
  framework
• The programme information structure built around
  the statistical production process, scope and
  compliance for the national accounts and
  supporting economic statistics
• The modalities of statistical capacity building
  through training and technical cooperation,
  publication of manuals and handbooks, research
  and advocacy
• The stages of implementation leading to the
  change over to the 2008 SNA.

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Operationlising Implementation
StrategyStrategic Planning Framework

• Strategic planning is a key principle in
  mobilizing political and financial support for
  investment in statistics
• The NSDS is the most widely used strategic
  planning framework to connect national
  development objectives with a programme of work
  for statistical capacity-building
• Why a strategic approach?
• To align the 2008 SNA country programme with
  national policy priorities and regional
  requirements
• Consultative process is system wide
• Resources are limited
• Piece meal approach is not cost effective
• Donor coordination is critical

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Operationlising Implementation Strategy
Coordination, monitoring and reporting

• To facilitate the coordination, monitoring and
  reporting on the SNA implementation in the
  multi-stakeholder environment.
• Frameworks
• Minimum Required Data Set (MRDS) based on UN-NAQ
• IMF GDDS and SDDS
• Report on the
• statistical process
• data quality

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Operationlising Implementation Strategy
Improving statistical systems
Structure for organizing the information base
based on a stylized statistical production model
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Implementation stages

• Three stages
• Stage I Review of strategic framework and
  detailing of national and regional implementation
  programmes
• Statement of strategy Development of an
  economic statistics programme for compiling the
  required scope and detail of the National
  Accounts to inform policy makers
• Diagnosis of current situation Assessment of
  the national statistical system to support the
  national accounts compilation (self assessment
  diagnostic tool)
• Development of strategic vision for national
  accounts and supporting statistics shared among
  stakeholders
• Develop implementation plan based on agreed
  priorities with a minimum set of core indicators

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Implementation stages

• Stage II Adaptation of classification
  frameworks, business registers and frames,
  surveys, administrative data sources and
  information technology infrastructure.
• Stage III Application of adapted frameworks and
  source data, backcasting and changeover to 2008
  SNA
• Each country will determine the duration of the
  various stages.
• It is expected that from 2014 onwards, many
  Member States will change over to the 2008 SNA
  following a gradual two or three year transition
  for each stage.

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Short-term Economic Indicators and SNA

• A series on meetings at the end of 2008 and
  beginning of 2009 in reaction to economic and
  financial crisis
• 2008 SNA the overarching framework for economic
  statistics, able to incorporates measurement
  issues arising from the financial crises
• The availability of structural and annual data
  tells us about the past
• Policy makers need information about the present
  to facilitate more timely policy responses

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Short-term Economic Indicators and SNA

• Need to improve the availability, periodicity and
  timeliness of short term indicators in accessible
  and analytically useful formats
• Data collection practices need to be adapted to
  facilitate the dissemination of short term
  indicators
• Short term indicators are also relevant for
  expanding the scope and detail of the national
  accounts

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Short-term Economic Indicators and SNA

• UNSC at its 42nd session considered an
  international programme of work on short-term
  economic statistics as part of a coordinated
  statistical response to the economic and
  financial crisis.
• The Commission, amongst other things, approved
  preparation of handbooks that provides guidance,
  best practices and harmonized principles to help
  countries compile and report internationally
  comparable short-term statistics
• Rapid Estimates
• Business Cycle Composite Indicators
• Tendency Surveys
• Data Template and Analytical Indicators

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SNA Implementation Tools

• UNSD and other ISWGNA members have developed a
  number of tools to facilitate the SNA
  implementation
• Website To facilitate sharing of information
  UNSD developed a website with information
  supporting the implementation of the 2008 SNA and
  supporting economic statistics.
  (http//unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/defaul
  t.asp)
• Handbooks Prepared by the ISWGNA member
  organizations providing compilation guidance.
• Knowledge Base a centralized repository of
  information on all aspects of methodology and
  best country practices for the collection,
  analysis and dissemination of all areas of
  economic statistics and macroeconomic standards.
• Self Assessment Diagnostic tool To help
  countries self assess the status of their
  statistical system supporting compilation of
  economic statistics.
• Status of the NA Outline provides information on
  each of the economic indicators, together with
  the international recommendation for compiling
  the indicators.

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SNA Implementation - Monitoring

• For 1993 SNA implementation - A set of six
  milestones to assess the scope of accounts
  compiled by countries plus
• Three data sets
• Minimum data set that need to be compiled - The
  minimum requirement data set (MRDS) - milestones
  1 and 2
• Recommended data set - importance in assessing
  developments of an economy, and
• Desired data set - comprises useful data that
  should be compiled if possible.
• To assess the compliance with major 1993 SNA
  concepts a set of questions
• The IMF quality assessment framework to assess
  the quality of the national accounts

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2008 SNA Implementation - Monitoring

• For the purpose of 2008 SNA implementation
  monitoring MRDS now include
• Quarterly accounts (i) nominal and volume
  measure of GDP by industry or by expenditure, and
  (ii) integrated accounts until net lending for
  the total economy and the rest of the world.
• Annual institutional sector accounts until net
  lending corporations, general government,
  households and NPISHs
• Recommended set include the annual compilation
  sectoral financial accounts and balance sheets
  and other changes in assets accounts.
• Desired set include the quarterly compilation
  sectoral financial accounts and balance sheets
  and other changes in assets accounts

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2008 SNA implementation - process
Vision Setting of goals Decide on scope and
detail of national accounts compilation Where we
want to be
Political Commitment
Assessment Assessment of the NSS to support
national accounts compilation Where are we now
Action Plan Actions to reach goals How to get
there
COUNTRY OWNERSHIP
Statistical capacity
Implementation How to stay there
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• Thank You

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