Third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business
Cycle indicators
Session 6
Communication and Dissemination: Country
experiences
Discussant: Geert Bruinooge
Countries; Morroco; Chile; Indonesia; China
Morroco - National Statistical
System
• High Commission of Planning (HCP)
official statistical authority
• Focal point of the Moroccan national
statistical system
• Legal responsibility to release statistical
output
• Statistical Information National Council (to
be established)
Dissemination Policy
• Provide all categories of users with comprehensive and
accurate data
• Respond to user needs when developing and
disseminating information
• Increase access to information by disseminating directly
and through others
• Free of charge access to general information
• Pricing of specialized information
• Annual calendar
• Media, internet, papers, electronic publications
• Micro data sets
Main Economic Indicators
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GDP: Q; 90 days
Industrial production: Q; 75 days
Industrial production prices: M; 15 days
Foreign trade: Q
Wage Indices: Q (in development)
Business Confidence Survey: Q
Household Confidence Survey: Q; 35 days
CPI: M; 15 days
Quarterly Conjuncture Report: Q
Employment Evolution: Q
Ongoing work
• Quarterly National Account: reduction of timelag (now 90
days)
• Flash GDP: in development by using partial or estimated
information
• Cooperation at international level
Chile – National Statistical System
• Instituto National de Estadistica (INE) national statistical
authority
• Mission: to generate, analize and disseminate official
and public statistics
• Emphasis on open access of all statistical information to
all citizens
• Statistics must be placed at the service of the community
and all citizens
• Full adherence to principles of transparency and
accessibility; annual publication calendar
• Strong link with respondents
• Confidentiality and embargo up to publication
Improving communication channels
Principles of communication process
• Quality: in terms of of making the totality of information
available in a timely manner
• Transparency: communication of all stages of production
process to all involved
• Availability of methods and methodoligal aspects to
users
Outreach tools
• Website
• Publications
• Half-yearly meeting with specialized users
• Educational efforts
Main Economic Indicators
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CPI: M; 8 days
Earnings statistics: M; 8 days
Transport costs: M; 8 days
Manufacturing Production Index: M, 25 days
Mining Production Index: M; 25 days
Electricity, gas and Water Index: M; 25 days
Retail sales Index: M, 25 days
GDP (Central Bank): Q: according to calendar
Indonesia – National Statistical
System
• Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) official statistical authority
• Main agency for reliable and up to date statistical
information to government and public
• Director-General BPS directly responsible to President
• Statistical Education and Training Center
• International collaboration
• Training for journalists
Dissemination Policy
• Objective: ensure a continuous flow of information to
target audiences
• Identify target audiences: public, journalists, government,
internal BPS
• Reports tailored to targets groups
• Communication vehicles: website, press conferences,
executive reports, internal website
• Data presentations: press releases; tables and graphs;
executive summary
Main economic indicators
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CPI: M, 1 day
Foreign Trade: M, 30 days
Worker’s wages: M, 1 day
Farmers’s term of trade: M 30 days
Wholesale Price Index: M, 30 days
Tourism: M, 30 days
Transportation: M’30 days
GDP: Q, 35 days
Business and Consumers Confidence Indicators: Q, 35
days
• Manufacturing Production Index: Q, 30 days
• Forecast Food Crops: 4 monthly, forecast current year
China -National Statistical
System
• National Bureau of Statistics is National statistical
authority
• Focal point of the national statistical system
• Responsible for unified organisation and coordination of
statistical data, dissemination, public information and
interviews
Issues and Challenges
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Website more user friendly
Extend range of statistics on website
Timeseries and report generator on website
Improve communication (information on methodology,
revisions and better publication timetable)
• Improving timeliness without loss in accuracy
• All statistics must be based on professional practices
Dissemination Policy
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Strengthen work of journalism and propaganda
Pressconferences with system of pressspookmen
Website: China Statistical Information network
China Statistical Archive:dedicated to public to provide
statistical data, information inquiries and consulting
services for free
• Systen of national statistical databases for public need for
statistical information inquiries (thematic approach;
keyword search, output of a variety of files, mapping etc.)
• Regular release calendar
• Media, internet, television, radio, national and regional
yearbooks, CD-roms
Main Economic Indicators
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Pressconference on Economic situation: M
GDP: Q, 15 days
Efficiency of Industrial Economy: M
Business Climate Index: M
Entrepreneur Confidence Index: M
Statistical Survey Programs: M
Common Issues
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Dissemination Policy
Focus on Website
Improvement of timeliness
Improvement of services to users
Release calendar
New Issues?
• All statistical output must be available on website
• Free access to website
• Access to micro data
• Timeliness vs accuracy
• Use new media and technology: Twitter, Smart phones,
I-pad, You tube
• Statistical literacy, Storytelling