Policy Uses of Statistics produced by the National Statistical Coordination Board

NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD1 lvc/cja/1st M&E Network Forum

Policy Uses of Statisticsproduced by the

National Statistical Coordination Board

by

Ms. Lina V, Castro, Mr. Candido J. Astrologo , Jr.

Assistant Secretary General and Director IV

EVALUATION THEORY, APPROACHES AND PRACTICES IN THE PHILIPPINES1st M&E Network Forum

07 November 2011


Outline

I. The National Statistical Coordination Board

II. The System of Designated Statistics

III.General Uses of Statistics

IV.Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB

V. Challenges/Concluding Remarks


• Created through the virtue of Executive Order No. 121 dated January 30, 1987

• Serves as the highest policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the country

• NSCB Technical Staff serves as the secretariat to the NSCB Executive Board

The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)


To promote the independence, objectivity, integrity, responsiveness, and relevance of the Philippine Statistical System (PSS).

Goal


The Philippine Statistical SystemFramework of Coordination


Functions of the NSCB

• Promote and maintain an efficient statistical system in the government

• Formulate policies on all matters relating to government statistical operations

• Recommend executive and legislative measures to enhance the development and efficiency of the system, including the internal structure of statistical agencies

• Establish appropriate mechanism for statistical coordination at the regional, provincial and city levels

• Approve the Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP)



Functions of the NSCB

• Allocate statistical responsibilities among government agencies by designating the statistics to be collected by them, including their periodicity and content

• Review budgetary proposals involving statistical operations and submit an integrated budget for the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)

• Review and clear, prior to release, all funds for statistical operations

• Develop, prescribe and maintain appropriate framework for the improvement of statistical coordination; and

• Prescribe uniform standards and classification systems in government statistics.



I. The National Statistical Coordination BoardMajor statistics produced by the NSCB *

• National Accounts of the Philippines• Gross Regional Domestic Product and Gross

Regional Domestic Expenditures• Input-Output Tables• Satellite Accounts on Tourism, Environment

and Natural Resources• Poverty statistics

• Basic sectors• Small area poverty estimates

• Foreign Direct Investments• Leading Economic Indicators• Economic Indices

* As mandated and based on System of Designated Statistics



The System of Designated Statistics

a mechanism that identifies and generates the most critical and essential statistics required for social and economic planning/analysis based on approved criteria

Executive Order No. 352, Series of 1996

Designation of Statistical Activities That Will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making of the Government and the Private Sector

•approved the activities and statistics that had been designated by the NSCB for adoption by the government


System of Designated Statistics (SDS)

• designated statistics/statistical activities enjoy higher priority over other statistical activities in terms of resource allocation determined by the Department of Budget and Management

• Statistics and indicators generated by the system shall be adopted by the government as the official data and information for development planning, policy analysis and monitoring

• The system is a dynamic and evolving process that allows addition and deletion of statistics/statistical activities



Coverage

• covers both the statistical activities and the statistics generated from them.

• censuses and statistical surveys• derived statistics• administrative data system

• defines the following:• agency responsible• frequency of data collection• schedule of data dissemination• geographic disaggregation of data

• 57 designated statistical activities/statistics of 20 government agencies



III. General Uses of Statistics

Official statistics are a “tool used in decision making inside and outside… government. For that tool to be effective, it must be designed to meet the needs of users. If a charity uses official figures about local areas to target its resources, it is doing more than managing its own business. It is contributing to the well being of society…”

UN Statistical Commission, The use made of official statistics, March 2007


III. General Uses of Statistics

Generic classes of uses• Informing the general public’s choices• Government decision making about policies and

associated decisions about related programs and projects

• Resource allocation• Informing private sector commercial choices• Informing public marketing campaigns• Facilitating academic research

In relation to government policy• Policy making – considering the rationale for

intervention, framing objectives and appraising the options

• Policy monitoring – reviewing outcomes, evaluating the policy intervention and refining it as appropriate


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB

How do we document the policy uses?

•News/Media clippings•Letters of request for data•Directly asked the user when he/she requests for the data


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB1. National Accounts

1.1 Monitor the behavior of the economy

National accounts aggregates, such as GDP and GDP per head of population, are widely used by analysts, politicians, the press, the business community and the public at large as summary or macro indicators of economic activity.

Movements of such aggregates, and their associated price and volume measures, are used to evaluate the overall performance of the economy and hence to judge the relative success or failure of economic policies pursued by government.


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB1. National Accounts

1.2 Macroeconomic analysis

•to investigate the causal mechanisms at work within an economy• in formulating macroeconomic models.

Economic policy in the short term is formulated on the basis of an assessment of the recent behavior and current state of the economy and a view, or precise forecast, about likely future developments.

These short-term forecasts are typically made using econometric models that utilize national accounts variables.



1. National Accounts

1.3 International comparisons

•used for international comparisons of major aggregates, such as GDP or GDP per head

•used for comparisons of structural statistics, such as ratios of investment, taxes or government expenditures to GDP.

1.4 Statistical Policies

•National accounts serve as a framework for statistical systems and as a point of reference in establishing standards for related statistics.


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 2. Poverty Statistics 2.1 Targeting beneficiaries of Programs/Projects

DSWD – used the small area estimates of poverty:

• for their Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to identify the poorest municipalities from the 20 poorest provinces

• estimates as basis for prioritizing target households for the National Household Targeting System or Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR), as well as, in their conditional cash transfer program


2. Poverty Statistics 2.1 Targeting beneficiaries of Programs/Projects

NNC and DSWD – used the small area estimates of poverty to identify priority households for the “Pamaskong Handog” of GMA in December 2007

DOLE, DOH, and the PRC Board of Nursing – in the design and/or implementation of their collaborative training/deployment Project called Nurses Assigned in Rural Services (NARS) which aims to mobilize unemployed registered nurses to the 1,000 poorest municipalities in the country to improve the delivery of health care services



IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 2. Poverty Statistics 2.2 Policy Formulation and Planning

DA – used the small area poverty estimates as one criterion in the identification of the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management Project

Compostela Valley Provincial Government – in the revision of their Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan

NEDA XII –for their study on the socio-economic reconstruction and development of conflict affected areas in Mindanao as well as in the revision of the MTRDP of Region XII


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 2. Poverty Statistics 2.3 Poverty Monitoring

Local government units of Regions I, IV and VIII – in monitoring the attainment of the MDGs at the local level as basis in setting the MDG targets (Goal 1) as well as in the preparation of their MDG action plans

Region VIII NEDA / RDC – in the assessment of interventions being provided to the poorest municipalities in Eastern Visayas and for future targeting purposes of the different local government agencies

NNC Region VIII – in assessing the nutritional situation of municipalities in the region in October 2007


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 3. Gross Regional Domestic Product 3.1 General Uses

• as inputs in the formulation of annual regional development plans and in the preparation of annual socio-economic development reports

• as basis in the identification of sectors/industries in terms of investment promotion and support services

• in the monitoring of the performance of the regional economy and its sectors/subsectors

• in analyzing trends/forecasting for planning purposes


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 3. Gross Regional Domestic Product Region I

• Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board – for estimating minimum wage (i.e., used as one of the variables of a model which determines whether there is a need for the region to increase its minimum wage )

• TESDA – as basis in the allocation of funds to TESDA regional offices, i.e., regions with higher GRDP are allocated lower funds

• DOLE Regional Office 1 – as inputs in identifying the region's demand for labor for the DOLE's Project “Jobs Fit”


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 3. Gross Regional Domestic Product Region VI

• DA – used in setting targets for corn production for the next 5 years. Target setting priorities are in terms of expansion in area planted and number of cooperators.

Region VIII

• DA – planning and target-setting of the agriculture sector

• BIR – target-setting in tax collections• Unimaster Conglomerate (NGO) – GVA in

construction is used in the preparation of business proposals on housing


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 3. Gross Regional Domestic Product Region IX

• DOLE – inputs to the regional consultation on the Project Jobs Fit: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2020 Vision held on August 19, 2009 in Zamboanga City.

Region X

• DTI – used in the researches on SMEs of the National Economic Research and Business Assistance Center


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 3. Gross Regional Domestic Product Region XI

• Mindanao Economic Development Council – inputs in plan formulation, rationalization of assistance in Mindanao, policy advocacy, and program and projects coordination.

• Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry – basis in formulating development strategies to attract more investments in Davao region

• Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM) - for research purposes, particularly in the economic performance of the regions in Mindanao


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 3. Gross Regional Domestic Product Region XII

• RDC XII - Basis in the review and endorsement of budget proposals of NIA and DA

• Notre Dame University Research Center – used in the research study “Market Survey Analysis in Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao”

• JICA and Bangsamoro Development Agency – inputs in the formulation of Socio-Economic Development Plan for Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 4. Philippine Statistical Development Program/System of Designated Statistics

• Basis of priority activities to be conducted by the agencies in the PSS and basis for the provision of budget for statistical activities of agencies

5. Statistical Policies

• Provide directions and guidance to the agencies in the PSS in data production and data dissemination

6. Official Concepts and Definitions Used for Statistical Purposes

• Used in censuses, surveys, administrative records, and in the indicators being generated for consistency and for comparability with various data sources


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB 7. Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System

• Used to determine if there are duplicating efforts in data generation in the government

• Used to identify the data requirements of the agencies for consideration in the censuses and surveys

• Basis in the formulation of standard costs for surveys

8. Classification Systems

General use:

• Used in censuses, surveys, administrative records, and derived statistics to have uniformity and comparability of statistics generated at the local, national and international levels


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB9. Classification Systems

Specific uses:

•Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) - used in establishment surveys, System of National Accounts, and in the Input-Output Table •Philippine Statistical Commodity Classification (PSCC) – used in the generation of trade statistics and in trade negotiations, used by banks and exporters •Philippine Central Product Classification – used in the Input-Output Table•Philippine Standard Occupational Classification (PSOC) – used in the Census of Population and Housing, and in household and establishment surveys


IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB10. Classification Systems

Specific uses:•Philippine Standard Classification of Education (PSCED) –Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education, academe, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and in the labor exchange programs•Philippine Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (PCOICOP) – used in the Family Income and Expenditure Survey and Commodity Outlet Survey for the classification of goods and services, basket of goods and services for the Consumer Price Index•Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) - used in censuses and surveys, establishment of precincts/voting centers, development of geographic information systems, updating of maps; for the granting of the internal revenue allocation


V. Challenges */Concluding Remarks

1. Increased demand for statistics and increasing number of stakeholders

2. New indicators beyond GDP, emerging global concerns

3. More disaggregation (e.g. gender, ethnicity, PWDs, etc.)

4. Improved coverage (sub-regional and local statistics)

5. Better at conveying message of statistics

6. Need to improve data support/inputs, e.g. from administrative-based reports

7. Need to increase awareness of both users and providers of data their appreciation of statistics produced and their cooperation in supplying “accurate” information


V. Challenges */Concluding Remarks

8. Issues on more frequent and timely data

9. Need to enhance resources of the NSCB and PSS

10.Increased support of development partners to statistical programs/activities, specifically Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) 2011-2017

11.Building better linkages between policy and statistics

* Covering not only the NSCB but the PSS


V. Final Note:

Critical Aspects of Official Statistics are:

Integrity and relevance …………

And better still ………

Higher relevance …………

In other words…..

More and more policy uses of statistics produced.

And,

NSCB is committed to deliver quality statistics in support of evidence-based policy-making, program implementation and monitoring.


Thank You!

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