Activity report of Central Statistics Organization:
Preface
As we know that data and statistical information is a strong indicator of economic and social
phenomenon and has crucial role in designing, implementation, evaluation of plans and development
programs and in the rehabilitation of the country as well, in this regard Central Statistics Organization
according to first clause of article III and clause 3 of the article nine within three months after the end of
each fiscal year should present its activity report to National Statistical Committee. This procedure has
been adopted in first meeting of 1392, using the scientific, technical and research methods provided
documents and required data timely through statistical publications and availability for planning
authorities, departments, interested agencies and entities and individuals. This organization, in light of
statistical law considering the possibilities especially financial resources managed to take useful and
effective steps and toward the process of development planning which helps to play key roles in the
country.
This organization could spend (137) hundred thirty seven million Afghani from ordinary budget of year
1392 in four quarters in codes 210, 220 and 250 which is almost 97%. development budget for
constructing administrative buildings of CSO and PSOs (13907296) thirteen million and ninety hundred
and seven thousand and two hundred ninety six Afghani which is 74% of total budget has been spent.
Non-positional development budget of this organization managed to spend almost 61% which is (141)
one hundred forty one million Afghani that has been funded through World Bank. Number of staff
approved in Tashkeel is 800. Following this order Central Statistics Organization based on working plan
in year 1392 collecting required data from Ministries and agencies and after compilation and analysis
disseminating it through statistical publications of this organization to users, below is briefly presented:
Planned activities and execution:
Collect, compile and enter data concerning agriculture, livestock and agricultural cooperatives data
relating to industry, mine and power plants of centre and provinces, number of pre-school education,
educational institutions, training centres for children, library’s activities, cinemas and theatres,
production and imports of films, governmental and nongovernmental broadcastings (Public & privet)
and museums in the country for year 1392.
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Collect, compile and enter data related to government and privet Air and land transportation
and telecommunications activities, construction, road construction, data related to
development project’s expenditures, grants, project and non-project loans from domestic and
foreign resources, monthly exports and imports data by sex and country and its presentation to
authorities who us them;
Collect, compile, enter, design and establish budgetary forms and annual budget assessment
based on Tashkeel (organizational structure) chapters and budgeting seasons, consolidation of
country’s and Kabul monthly inflation, determination of country’s annual economic growth and
collection of data related 290 food and non-food items from four districts of Kabul and
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provinces such as Nangarhar, Herat, Balkh, Kandahar, Khost, Kanduz, Bamyan, Helmand and
Badakhshan.
Providing data related to production sector in order to measure GDP and price value of
agriculture, livestock and forestry sector and industries including constructions, services,
transportation, communications, wholesale and retail trade, measure GDP, GDP per capita and
economic growth rate of the country as per UN system which is constant and inconstant prices
and measuring GDP as per categories of consumption per annual price and social services.
Collecting of data concerning plan indicators related to staff, job quitters, number of introduced
staff for ministries and departments, employment activities with the separation of male and
female staff, collecting of data related to immigrants, number of staff available in centre and
provinces with separation of level of education, retired employees, number of universities,
schools, learning and educational institutions, teachers and students, new students, graduates,
public education professors, professional and vocational schools, technical and vocational
institutions, Islamic studies and Dara-ul-hifaz, teachers training centres (public and private),
literacy, night high schools and dormitories related to education and higher education in the
country for year 1392.
Purchase of equipments, connecting and finishing network system in CSO’s main building and 34
provincial offices with amount of 59,657 USD from WB funded project SRF;
Signing of contract with twinning partner (GIZ) worth of thirty nine point eight million from SRF
project funded by World Bank;
Introduction of more than (66) staff of CSO for educational scholarships and trainings through
these abroad scholarships in order to enhance the level of knowledge and build their working
and professional capacity;
Conducting of training workshop entitled (change of management and leadership) in two stages
with (36) participants from CSO, participation of (52) CSO’s employee in NIBP under the
supervision of Dr.Mishra consultant from India, Seminar for publishing population estimation of
year 1392 with (130) participants from ministries and governmental institutions, access to
statistical data and information seminar with more than 100 participants from ministries and
governmental departments;
A workshop for survey methodology conducted with financial support of UNFPA in three stages
for over 4434 employees of this department and contractors who will work as a surveyors,
supervisors, cartographers in economic-social-demographic survey of Kabul’s regions and
districts.
Printing and distribution of statistical publications of year 1391 (Statistical yearbook, trade
statistical yearbook, yearbook of prices indicator, population projection magazine, pocket
statistical information publication and quarterly trade statistics, population estimates of the
country) in languages Dari, Pashto and English in year 1392;
As per the agreement between CSO and Kabul university (27) students of third-grade of
statistics, faculty of economic supported in order to pass the practice period and practical work;
Building boundary wall of Jawzjan and Wardak provinces PSO;
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Conducting of Economic-Social-Demographic Survey in Kabul Province
Around 2300 surveyors, 600 controllers, 70 officers and temporary deputies of statistics of districts and
regions of Kabul province have been hired from local communities, in this survey information
concerning live conditions, household income, number of students of higher education’s and access to
facilities will be collected.
Senior teachers after completing training at Kabul will be assigned for 12 days training courses for
temporary statistical district officers, their deputies, controllers and surveyors in Kabul and during the
training all participants will be examined and tested four times within the course and one final exam in
order to select the best of them for data collection from fields as a controllers and surveyors with 10%
contingency.
Conducting of participation of women and men in decision making survey
This survey which has been implemented this year has covered senior officials of ministries, government
agencies, and major financial institutions. Mentioned survey has been done through direct interviews
with senior officials of the government in the centre and provinces within a month, the purpose of this
survey was to provide policy for development of Gender equality in decision making process for the
empowerment of women, monitoring the progress of achieving the third millennium development goal,
basic data about the participation of women and men in their lives.
National Risk and Vulnerability Survey (NRVA) (Living Conditions of Afghanistan)
The survey, prepared updated information, comprehensive complementary relationship between social
and economic status of households and the poverty level is determined by the design of policies and
programs based on the evidence. With the implementation of a national survey, assess risks and
vulnerabilities to the MDG indicator 22-especially poverty, unemployment and other indicators derived
work is also in the national survey, in the meantime each year this survey conducts on 21000 family .
The questionnaire also included a series of 26 sections that are relevant to the various topics discussed
cover these surveys so plan was to inform the national and provincial level get one.
Major Accomplishment
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Implementation of surveys, indicators and necessary information on demography economic and
social census and household and dwelling at national and provincial level and some indicators at
districts level and accessibilities to 22 indicators of MDG objectives.
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Capacity building of CSO core staff and some recruited temporary staff in collection and
processing of statistical data at central and provincial level.
publishing pocket journal, statistical brochure, quarterly special journal, export and import as
well as provision of information in different kinds of economics to relevant international
institutes.
Providing internet connection between central and provincial statistical offices.
Collection of data from different ministries, departments, institutional and implementation of
surveys in the indicators plans related to staff, leaving jobs, number of introduced to ministries
and government institutes and job finding activities with breakdown of male and female as well
as collection of statistics of migrants for the year of 1393, prepared and made accessible for
users.
Collection of existing staffs statistical data in the center and provinces with breakdown of their
education level, retired staffs, number of universities, schools, educational institutes, students,
new students, graduate, general educational teachers, professional and vocational schools,
technical and professional institutes, Islamic education & Dar ul Hefaz and teacher training
colleges (Private & Governmental) literacy, evening schools, related hostels for higher education
and primary education in the country for the year of 1392.
Capacity building of core staff and some recruited temporary staff in collection and processing
of statistical data at central and provincial level.
Totally 141 million AFS financial support received from World Bank.
Publish and dissemination of statistical publications of 1391 (Statistical Year Book, Statistical
Year Book of Commerce, Prices Indicators Year Book, Census Estimation Year Book, Pocket
Statistical Journal, Quarterly Commerce Statistics and Census Estimation of the country) in Dari,
Pashto and English languages of 1392).
Collection of Air and ground transportation, governmental and privates, communication
activities, construction activities of public and private as well as road-building activities and
agricultural cooperatives, state-owned industries and private, mining and electricity production,
with breakdown of the centre and provinces.
Capacity building of more than (66) CSO staff to some training burses through scholarships
abroad to raise the level of technical knowledge, as well as organizing training courses,
workshops and seminars at CSO organization.
Main problems:
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Failure of receiving the statistics data on time and lack of coordination in provision of accurate
and on time statistics data from some ministries, independent industrial private services
institutions from provinces across the country.
Failure of development optional budget approval for provincial administrative building
construction across the country in 1393.
Security problems and lack of professional staffs.
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Lack of internet capacity and required software & hardware equipments
Suggested Solutions:
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As the Central Statistics Organization faced with lack of professional personnel
As CSO faced a lack of qualified personnel, so it requires to send some of CSO staff to foreign
countries to receive higher education in specified fields of statistics using short-term and longerterm scholarships. So that to get familiar of new terms theoretically, on the other hand consider
the operational methods of other countries practically.
Conducting of required national accounts surveys and implementation public comprehensive
awareness campaign as well as liaising with ministries and departments for better collaboration
on conducting of successful surveys.
The instruction of senior officials should be taken to solve the problems of provincial statistical
offices regarding on time collection of statistical data and cooperation with secondary units of
the government and departments with secondary units of CSO in provinces.
Approval of sufficient development budget to construct the administrative building in provinces.
Main programs for 1393:
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To develop the supervision and monitoring systems, on price statistics collection from 10
provinces and extension to other provinces.
Introduction of more than (21) CSO graduated employees and line government departments to
Tabesh Institute of Higher Education as well as introduction of some CSO under graduate staff in
the field of economics to get Master in Economics to foreign countries under world bank funded
project.
Continuing the demography economic & social survey processing of Kabul province.
Conducting the demography economic & social survey in Parwan, Panjshir and implementation
of National Risk Vulnerability Assessment (Living Condition of Afghan People) trough out the
country as sample and conducting of preliminary health and demography survey in the country.
Collection, compiling and entering of agriculture, husbandry and agriculture cooperatives data,
relevant statistics data of industrial, mines and electricity and relevant consume of electricity in
development projects, loan cooperation based loan from internal and foreign sources. Air and
land transportation governmental and private as well as communications, construction and road
building which is received from centre & provinces.
Provision of special publication for industrial enterprises and their activities with breakdown of
central and provincial, list and related graph of economics for statistical year book, special
commerce year book, quarterly journal of commerce and statistical information pocket journal
in Dari, Pashto and English languages in 1392.
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Data collection of pre-school education, orphanage centre, training centres for children,
libraries' activity, cinemas, film production and imports, printed and unprinted publications
(public and private), and the museums in the country for 1392.
Collection of existing staffs statistical data in the center and provinces with breakdown of their
education level, retired staffs, number of universities, schools, educational institutes, students,
new students, graduate, general educational teachers, professional and vocational schools,
technical and professional institutes, Islamic education & Dar ul Hefaz and teacher training
colleges (Private & Governmental) literacy, evening schools, related hostels for higher education
and primary education in the country for the year of 1392 as well as collection of data from tho
indicators of plans related to staff, leaving jobs, number of introduced to ministries and
government institutes and job finding activities with breakdown of male and female as well as
collection of statistics of migrants for the year of 1393.
Construction of Statistical Offices in five provinces if development budget approved.
Capacity building of SCO employees.
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