Policy Uses of Statistics
produced 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 PHILIPPINES
1st M&E Network Forum
07 November 2011
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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
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NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD
I. The National Statistical Coordination Board
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
• 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
Goal
To promote the independence, objectivity,
integrity, responsiveness, and relevance of
the Philippine Statistical System (PSS).
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The Philippine Statistical System
Framework of Coordination
Legislative
Office
Executive
Office
Training, Education
and Research
Institutions
Data Users
Policy-making/
Coordinating
Agency
Data Producers
Data Suppliers/
Respondents
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I. The National Statistical Coordination Board
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)
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I. The National Statistical Coordination Board
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.
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I. The National Statistical Coordination Board
Major 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
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II. The 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
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II. The System of Designated Statistics
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
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II. The System of Designated Statistics
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
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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
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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
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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
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IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB
1.
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.
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IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB
1.
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.
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IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB
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.
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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
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IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB
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
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB
9. 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
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IV. Policy Uses of Statistics Produced by the NSCB
10. 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
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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
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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
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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.
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Thank You!
URL: http://www.nscb.gov.ph
e-mail: info@nscb.gov.ph
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