Development of a Framework on Statistics and Indicators on ICT and Electronic Commerce in the...

Development of a Framework on Statistics and Indicators on ICT and

Electronic Commerce in the Philippine Statistical System

by

Francisco K. Mallion

I. Introduction

II. State of statistics on ICT and e-Commerce

A. Initiatives and Current Development

Task force on e-Commerce

Statistical Surveys

B. Issues

III. Future Direction

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION:OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION:

1. The Philippine Statistical System

- a decentralized statistical system - characterized by the presence of:

policy making and coordinating body general purpose statistical agency statistical research and training center several major data producers

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

2. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)

- the highest policy making and coordinating body on

statistical matters


• Functions of the NSCB: - promote and maintain an efficient statistical system

- formulate policies on government statistical operations

- allocate statistical responsibilities among government agencies

- develop and prescribe appropriate framework for coordination

- prescribe uniform statistical standards


3. Republic Act No. 8792 enacted in June 2002

better known as the Electronic Commerce Act of 2002

tasked the Department of Trade to direct and supervise electronic commerce


1. Creation of a Task Force on e-Commerce -Functions: (a) formulate the definition of e-commerce

(b) identify concerns of the policy makers

(c) conduct consultations with government and private sectors

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• Task Force on E-Commerce

- Composition Chair: Department of Industry

Vice-Chair: National Statistical Coordination Board

Members: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Commission on Audit Department of Budget and Management Department of Labor and Employment Department of Science and Technology Department of Transportation and Communications

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Composition of the Task Force (Cont’d) Members: National Computer Center

National Economic and Development Authority

National Statistics office

Statistical Research and Training Center

Private sector

Secretariat: NSCB Technical Staff


2. Definition of electronic commerce proposed by the Task Force

Any transaction conducted through electronic, optical and similar medium, mode, instrumentality and technology. It includes electronic data message and electronic document used in commercial and non-commercial activities. The transactions further include fax transmissions, retail point of sale systems and bar coding, business e-mail and text messaging, electronic data interchange and electronic fund transfer and all other activities that are conducted through open and closed networks.


On the definition of e-Commerce:

Reference was made to documents from international and organizations of foreign countries, e.g. OECD, WTO, UNCTAD, Statistics Canada, U.S. Bureau of the Census

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3. Draft e-Commerce Statistical Framework prepared by the Secretariat of the Task Force

4. Identified 88 statistical indicators 49 from the Information Age Partnership’s model,

Great Britain National Statistics benchmarking task group

39 identified by the Secretariat in consultation with

the Philippine Internet Commerce Society

Some further work to be done: Present the work to the Task Force Elevate to the NSCB Executive Board for approval


5. Statistical Surveys of ICT

• Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System

- implemented by the NSCB Technical Staff with assistance from the Technical Committee on Survey Design - in 2002, granted clearance to two ICT surveys: (a) 2002 Survey on Information and Communication Technology of Philippine Business and Industry, National Statistics Office (b) 2002 Information and Communications Technology Survey in Government, National Computer Center


• NSO Survey on ICT

- a rider to the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry - conducted for the first time in July 2002; 2001, reference year - in collaboration with the Information and Technology and E- Commerce Council, Office of the President

- an inter-agency technical working group (1) developed the survey instrument (2) defined data items for collection, ICT terms used and the scope and coverage adopted (3) reviewed the proposed questionnaire


Composition of the Technical Working Group

Chair: Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics

Members: National Statistics Office National Economic and Development Authority Department of Trade and Industry Department of Science and Technology Commission on Higher Education Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas National Statistical Coordination Board Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines


• Objective of the NSO ICT Survey to generate benchmark information on the availability,distribution and utilization of ICT among businesses and industries

• Data generated: economic activity ICT resources network channels capital expenditures on ICT resources use of ICT resources employment and compensation on ICT sales, revenue and purchases barriers to adoption of ICT


• Coverage of the NSO ICT Survey: all industries, both ICT and non-ICT, based on the amended 1994 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification

• Sampling Frame : List of Establishments• Sampling design: Stratified simple random sampling• Sample size: About 8,000 establishments out of 33,069 establishments

• Overall response rate: 90 %


• Barriers to ICT Usage

lack of funds and equipment

low priority/lack of appreciation by management

lack of technical expertise and information

lack of telecommunication facilities


• The NCC ICT Survey

National Computer Center (NCC):

- the policy body of government on computerization

ICT Survey in Government, July 2002

- Objective: To determine the state of government computerization for ICT planning, policy formulation and decision-making in Government



Specific objectives:

to support NCC’s data requirements

to monitor ICT adoption in government

to maintain a data bank on ICT



Data Items gathered:

networking/e-Commerce

hardware/computer equipment

software and application systems

ICT manpower

ICT budget and expenditures

ICT projects undertaken

ICT policies and practices



Indicators to be generated:

level of interconnection

PC penetration

Percentage/ratio of PC to ICT personnel

Software installed

ICT manpower

ICT budget allocation and expenditure

ICT policies and practices


• Major Issues - need to come up with a framework on ICT/ e-Commerce - availability of resources

• Future Direction

- finalization of the Framework and Indicators

- pursue cooperation with the private sector

ISSUES and FUTURE DIRECTIONISSUES and FUTURE DIRECTION

Market Readiness Venture capital availability *ITEC inward investment # IT Professionals # pupils per PC IT expenditure on e-Commerce applications # internet PCs per 100 pupils % schools linked to internet % IT literate teachers # ICT education graduates/places % teachers using internet for teaching Speed of research institution interconnections R & D investment by business ICT spending on goods and services as %

GDP Individual Readiness

% households with a computer % households with internet access and

mobile phones % households with broadband access % individuals and households with skill

barrier

Business Readiness % businesses with a computer % businesses connected to the

internet % businesses with broadband internet

access % workforce with IT training

*Government Readiness Number of units linked to the Internet

% of staff with access to the Internet Barriers to use Use of public libraries for internet

access Technology and Access

Individual internet access price Business internet access price Individual broadband internet access price Business broadband internet access price % business quoting the access cost as barrier (weight average score) % households quoting the access cost as barrier *Access technology; PC, 2G, 3G, PDA DTV, Games console *# of

public internet access points per 1000 people

Proposed e-Commerce Statistical Framework with 88 Identified Statistical Indicators


Individual Use % individuals accessing the internet % households accessing broadband

internet Frequency of use Volume of data downloaded by

households Proportion of individuals accessing the internet by socio-demographic characteristics

Nature of internet use by individuals Details of children’s access to

computers and the internet

Business Use % businesses using broadband

internet services % small businesses enterprises

(SMEs) connected to the internet % staff/workforce accessing the

internet Growth in business access to

computers, web sites and the internet # of secure web servers per capita Business investment in ICT and

software Barrier to internet use by businesses

*Government Use # of units accessing the internet % staff accessing the internet Growth in government organization

with web sites and internet access Extent of delivery of government

services electronically Government expenditure on ICT

Individual Purpose % individuals buying on-line Consumer online spend per capita Use of government services Economic access purpose

Business Purpose % businesses selling online Internet goods and services (B2B,

B2C) % businesses with a web site % businesses purchasing on the

internet Average time spend online

*Government Purpose % households using government

services online % businesses using government

services online % procurement online

Trust and Security % individuals experiencing security problems % business quoting security as a barrier



Individual Impact* Change in purchasing habits

Business Impact Changes in the supply chain % businesses providing online after-

sales services % businesses recruiting online % businesses buying online % of corporate spending done online % of corporate transactions done with

government online

*Government Impact Modernizing government EU QOS measure

Market Impact Job growth in the knowledge economy % teleworkers # secure servers per 100,000 people e-Commerce expenditure

as % GDP; B2B & B2C IT skills supply/demand ITEC sector as % GDP Total B2C e-Commerce as % total sales Total B2B e-Commerce as % of total sales ICT services as % of business sector value added ICT sector revenue growth R&D performed by ICT sector Trade in ICT goods and services R&D expenditure on ICT by all sectors



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