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Implementation of the
Regional Program on Economic Statistics (RPES)
in the Philippines
Romeo S. Recide
Deputy National Statistician, Sectoral Statistics Office
Philippine Statistics Authority
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I. The Philippine Statistics Authority
II. Advocacy and Coordination
III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
IV. Technical Cooperation
V. Role of Statistics on Sustainable Development Goals
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I. The Philippine Statistics Authority
Republic Act No. 10625
or the
Philippine Statistical Act of 2013
signed on 12 September 2013
“AN ACT REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL
SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE ENTITLED
“REORGANIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE
STATISTICAL SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”
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I. The Philippine Statistics Authority
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
• constitutes the existing major statistical agencies engaged
in primary data collection and compilation of secondary
data:
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•
•
•
National Statistics Office (NSO)
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)
Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES)
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I. The Philippine Statistics Authority
Headed by the National Statistician,
Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales
The PSA is composed of:
a. Sectoral Statistics Office (SSO);
b. Censuses and Technical Coordination Office (CTCO); and
c. Civil Registration and Central Support Office (CRCSO)
including the Field Statistical Service comprising of the Regional
Statistical Service Offices and Provincial Statistical Offices
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II. Advocacy and Coordination
Sec. 6 of RA 10625 (Philippine Statistical Act of 2013)
• Mandates the PSA to prepare the Philippine Statistical Development
Program (PSDP)
Philippine Statistical Development Program
• sets the directions, thrusts and priorities of the PSS for the medium
term for the generation and dissemination of statistical information
used in policy and decision-making
• identifies priority statistical development activities to be
undertaken to support the data requirements of the medium-term
national development plan
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II. Advocacy and Coordination
Philippine Statistical Development Program
• aims to:
– achieve overall development and improvement in the operations of
the PSS
– address critical information needs of various stakeholders
– address data requirement needs of national and sectoral development
plans as well as programs in line with the country’s international
commitments
•
The Philippines equivalent of the National Strategy for the Development
of Statistics (NSDS) advocated by the international community as an
instrument for “setting the vision for where the NSS should be in five to ten
years and will set milestones for getting there”
•
Long before the NSDS, we already have the PSDP
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II. Advocacy and Coordination
PSDP 2011-2017 Strategic Plan
• represents convergence of stakeholders in the PSS towards the
production of timely, relevant, and quality official statistics
towards inclusive growth, reduced poverty, and sustainable
progress in the nation
PSDP 2011-2017 Chapters
1. Management and coordination of the PSS
2. Statistical capacity development
- Human resource development
- Statistical research and development
3. Statistical information management and dissemination
4. Local statistics development
5. Macroeconomic accounts and statistics
- Price Statistics
6. Monetary and financial statistics
7. Agriculture and fisheries statistics
8. Industry, trade and investment
9. Tourism statistics
10. Transport statistics
11. Energy statistics
12. Information society statistics
13. Population and housing statistics
14. Income, poverty and hunger statistics
15. Labor and employment statistics
16. Education and culture statistics
17. Health and nutrition statistics
18. Social protection statistics
19. Statistics on children and gender development
20. Environment and naturalo resources statistics
21. Science and technology and innovation statistics
22. Governance statistics
23. Peace and security statistics
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II. Advocacy and Coordination
Updating the Core Set of Economic Statistics
•
The updating of the PSDP is
usually done every six years
once new administration
comes
•
The PSDP is released one
year after the formulation
of the Philippine
Development Plan (PDP)
•
The PSDP supports the
statistical requirements of
the PDP. Updates on core
sets of economic statistics
will be updated in line with
the PDP
•
The next PSDP will be
released in 2018 which will
cover statistical programs
for 2018-2023
Core Set of Economic Statistics
Price and costs
Consumer, producer, product price inidices, labor cost,
wages, exchange rates, PPPs
Demand and output GDP (p/e), external trade, industrial structure statistics;
short-term indicators (industry output/demand) and
productivity
Income and wealth NA economy/by sector to measure income, savings,
investment, wealth, BOP to measure international income
and capital flows, IIP and external debt
Money and banking Assets and liabilities of banking sector, monetary
measures and interest rates
Government
Public revenue, expenditure, borrowing and lending,
government accounts
Labor market
Labor supply and demand, LF characteristics, employment
and unemployment, underemployment, hours worked,
employment in formal and informal sector, job creation,
vacancies
Natural resources Measures of sustainable economic growth,
discovery/depletion and degradation of natural assets
and environment
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
Reported frequencies for indicators in the Core Set compared to RPES recommendations
Price and
Costs
Demand and
Output
Core Indicator
Reported Frequencies
Consumer price index (CPI)
Monthly
RPES recommendations
Quarterly
/
Producer price index (PPI)
Monthly
Quarterly
/
Commodity price index
Unavailable
Monthly
X
External merchandise trade prices indices
Ad-hoc
Monthly
X
Wages / Earnings data
Every 2 years
Quarterly
●
Compensation index*
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
GDP (production) nominal and real
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
GDP (expenditure) nominal and real
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
External trade – merchandise
Monthly
Monthly
/
External trade – services
Short-term indicator (STI) –industry
output
STI – services output
Monthly
Quarterly
/
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
STI – consumer demand
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
STI – fixed investment
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
STI – inventories
Ad-hoc
Quarterly
●
Economy structure statistics
Annually
Every 5 years
/
Productivity
Quarterly
Annually
/
* Based on formal economy/industries
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
Reported frequencies for indicators in the Core Set compared to RPES recommendations
Core Indicator
Reported Frequencies
Integrated national accounts**
Annually
Annually
/
Institutional sector accounts***
Annually
Annually
/
Balance of payments (BOP)
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
International investment position (IIP)
Annually
Annually
/
External debt
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
Income distribution
Other
Every 5 years
●
Assets / liabilities of depository corporations
Monthly
Monthly
/
Broad money and credit aggregates
Monthly
Monthly
/
Interest rate statistics
Monthly
Monthly
/
General government operations
Ad-hoc
Quarterly
●
General government debt
Monthly
Quarterly
/
Labour supply and demand
Quarterly
Annually
/
Hours worked
Quarterly
Quarterly
/
Natural resources
Ad-hoc
Annually
Income and
Wealth
Money and
Banking
Government
Labour Market
Natural
Resources and
Environment
RPES recommendations
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**Integrated National Accounts is released annually but up to savings only
***Institutional Sector Accounts is released annually but up to savings only
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
Statistical Infrastructure
Key Collections/Compilations
Frequency
Timeliness
(Advance Release
2 monthsCalendar)
Standards/Classifications
∕ National Accounts
Quarterly
∕ Balance of Payments
Labour Force Survey
∕
Quarterly
Quarterly
2.75 months
- ISIC Rev. 3.1 (Rev.4 planned)
40 days after survey month - CPC ver. 2
1st month of the quarter
∕ Household
Income/Expenditure Survey
Every 3 years
10 months after the second - COICOP
visit (January)
∕
Annual/Quarterly Survey of
Establishments
- SNA 1993 (2008 planned)
Annual/Quarterly 2 years/45 days
- COFOG
∕ Enterprise Census
Every 6 years
3 years
- BoP to be BPM6 coherent
∕ Population Census
Every 5 years
12 months
by June 2014
∕ Economic Census
Every 6 years
36 months
∕ Agricultural Census
Every 10 years
12 months
∕ Quality assessment framework is available and used to monitor the quality of economic statistics outputs
∕ Centralized national metadata repository is available and statistical releases are accompanied with metadata
∕ Centralized business register is currently used for multiple statistical products
∕ Established methods for identifying ‘births’ and ‘deaths’ of businesses
∕ IT systems are considered adequate for producing the Core Set of Economic Statistics
Source:
http://communities.unescap.org/system/files/philip
pines_national_summary.pdf
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
Challenges
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New organizational structure;
•
Government resources, especially human resources for statistics have
been perennially inadequate;
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A number of statistical activities have relied heavily on technical
assistance from international development agencies;
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Data generation has remained fragmented and uncoordinated in
some sectors;
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Policies and guidelines on administrative-based data have remained
weak and insufficient
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
Statistical Programs
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Formulation of policy and appropriate mechanisms to ensure
interconnectivity and facilitate data sharing among administrativebased data systems based on the principle of public good;
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Establishment of competency standards for statisticians to identify
core skills training needed to improve organizational and job
performance;
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Institutionalization of competency-based human resource capacity
building program for statistical human resources
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Improvement of interagency mechanisms to initiate and coordinate
the development of economic statistics;
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
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Participate in international cooperation and capacity building
programs/projects, international conferences, workshops and expert
group meetings;
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Strengthen the institutional coordination within the PSS and between
PSS and budget department, legislative bodies, and development
partners to ensure funding for continuous improvement of economic
statistics; and
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Implementation of a data quality assurance framework (DQAF) for
economic statistics;
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Upgrading of ICT resources to support automation of collection,
processing and dissemination of economic statistics.
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III. Improvements in Statistical Capacity
Domains of Core Statistics to be prioritized:
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Savings;
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Wealth;
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Employment in informal sector;
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Terms of trade;
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Measures of sustainable economic growth;
Income and wealth
Labor market
Demand and output
Natural resources
and environment
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Discovery/depletion and degradation of
natural assets
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IV. Technical Cooperation
International Collaboration
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Interested in participating in RPES as both provider and a recipient of
technical assistance
ADB – International Comparison Program (ICP) for calculating
purchasing power parities (PPP)
APEC – Input-Output (IO) Accounts
World Bank – Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services
(WAVES)
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V. Role of Statistics on SDGs
Role of Statistics in Society
• Statistics must inform decisions!
• Statistics must serve as a tool towards good governance!
• Statistics, both positive and negative, must be communicated!
• Statistics must be relevant to society!
• Statistics must contribute to the measurement of genuine
progress of society!
• Statistics must be able to answer the question:
Are we achieving our targets…our commitments?
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V. Role of Statistics on SDGs
1. For policy formulation and planning
- Input to the preparation of the Philippine Development Plan
(PDP) and its Results Matrix
- Will serve as reference on appropriate programs by Line
Departments, as well as, in policies to be adopted for the
achievement of SDGs
2.
For targeting/prioritization
- Will be used to identify priority areas/sectors to be included
in the government’s program
- May serve as reference for budget preparation/allocation
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3. For monitoring
- SDG Watch (reports status of achievement of SDGs
through the indicators)
- Philippine Progress Report
- Serves as a guide to national and local government on
the track of progress
- Input to global/regional monitoring reports
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Maraming Salamat.
www.psa.gov.ph
[email protected]
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