Disseminating Statistical Products at CSA : Meeting User Needs

Yakob Mudesir Seidyakobm@ethionet.net

Deputy Director General Central Statistical Agency, Ethiopia

http://www.csa.gov.et

28 April 2011, Paris

CSA

General Statement About the CSA

Identifying User Needs

Responding to User Needs

The CSA Dissemination Strategy

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

The CSA Website as a Pivot of the CSA Dissemination Strategy

The ENADA System

The ETHIOINFO

Price Database

GIS

Lesson Learnt and Challenges

Outline

CSA

• Mandated to conduct socioeconomic surveys and compile national statistics from administrative records

•Coordinate the national statistical system (NSS) of the country and be involved in statistical capacity building activities

•Central data source for the country.

•Since the launching of its Integrated Household Survey Program (IHSP) in the 1980’s, the agency has been able to conduct about 11 different surveys annually

•Annual, bi-annual and ad-hoc survey programs:• Livestock, Agricultural , Industry ,Household Income/Expenditure , Welfare Monitoring , Price , Labour Force, DHS etc.

• Population and Housing Censuses (1984, 1994,2007) • Agricultural Census (2002)• Consumer Price Index, Price Data, and other indicators

General Statement About CSA

CSA

•User needs were Identified through:

• User Producer Forum

•Users Feed Back

•The following main needs were identified

•Access to Aggregated Data

•Access to Micro Data

•Access to Indicators

•Access to Time Series Data

•Access to Food and Agriculture Related Data

•Better Documentation for Better Utilization of Data

•International Standards for Metadata Documentation

•Access the data from anywhere -Electronic Method of Dissemination

•Application of GIS for Dissemination

•One Stop Shopping Service

Identifying User Needs

CSA

The CSA Dissemination StrategyPut in place the international standards for

documentation SDMX, DDI, Dublin Core,

Aggregated data: Freely availableThe Annual Agricultural Sample surveysThe Monthly Price IndicesThe Quarterly and yearly Business statisticsThe Annual Employment and Unemployment surveysThe DHS surveyThe Population and Housing CensusThe Labour Force Survey.. Etc…

Method of DisseminationInternetHard copy for government institutions and donorsSell of Publications

Responding to User Needs

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NEW…. Access to Micro data“The Directive Issued Procedures to Establish Procedures for Accessing Raw Data”

The raw data access is administered by the directive set by the Council of Ministers.

Why do we needed the directives?Responding to the demand in a more comprehensive manner.

Clear Guideline for free access of the raw data• All development partners contributed for the survey or

census• All government institutions• Students working on their Masters or PhD

Clear procedure for accessing the raw data by all users through a legal basis;

Entertain request for raw data for further analysis

Responding to User Needs

CSA

• The CSA Website as the Pivot of the CSA Dissemination Strategy(www.csa.gov.et)

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

Disseminate national statistics and monthly CPI figures

Provide access to all documentation and related metadata for all of its surveys archived in the central data bank

Serve as a portal for other access points for CSA’s data• ETHIOINFO database • The ENADA system • CountrySTAT • Price database

485,655 hits since November 200946,310 hits in March 2011

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

The ENADA system with its efficient cataloging system is set to be available on the internet (more than 87 surveys)

Support from IHSN/ADP

Technical, Hardware, Training, Remote Support

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

ENADA window to access survey documentation

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

ENADA specific window to access technical documentation of the selected survey

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

ENADA window to access Survey Reports

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

The Variable Search window of ENADA

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

A window of ENADA for the search result listing surveys having the requested variable

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

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Data value of the selected variable from one of the identified survey

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

CD-ROM Publishing more than 87 surveys archived with IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit Metadata available in DDI-XML and Dublin Core formats

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

• The EthioInfo database containing main MDG indicators is available on CD-ROMs and online;

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

CountrySTAT

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

The Price Database

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

• The Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy provides an extensive set of maps at a disaggregated level of the context within which members of the rural population of Ethiopia acquire their livelihoods through agriculture

GIS-Atlas of Ethiopian Rural Economy

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

GIS-Rural Facilities Atlas These atlases use the data obtained during the cartographic work for the 2007 population and housing census. It includes a special distribution of basic facilities in the rural areas of the country

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA

GIS-The Census Atlas serve as an important and accessible source of spatially disaggregated information on the demographic makeup, living conditions, and housing characteristics of Ethiopia.

the atlas will contribute to an improved understanding of spatial transformations within the country, as well as information that informs opportunities for economic growth at a spatially disaggregated level.

Tools Put in Place to Address User Needs

CSA Lesson Learnt and Challenges

Build on Progress of IT Products

A learning place for African Counterparts

Managing Similar International Standards and ToolsCapacity to manage different tools and applicationsInfrastructure Limitations

Manage Change and Fight Resistance within the Organization

Less emphasis given for documentation, archiving and dissemination by some professionalsAssuming these activities as an extra activityThe attitude of being close to selfFear of challengeLack of adequate knowledge on new technologies

 

CSA

The Value Add for Improving Quality

The care because it will be disseminatedFocus for inconsistency checksFocus for harmonizationFocus on standardization

New tool… The Question BankThe value of users feedback because it is disseminated

Sustain Progress Through Integrating the Activities within the NSDSThe need for :

Proper PlanningAdequate BudgetHuman ResourceContinuous Capacity BuildingEmphasis for Survey DocumentationImprove the utilization of dataImproved IT infrastructure

Lesson Learnt and Challenges

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