Transcript Implementation of a Sustainable Data Collection Programme for the

Implementation of a Sustainable Data
Collection Programme for the
Measurement of Living Standards in
the OECS (SDP)
OECS SECRETARIAT
Justification for a regional approach
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Measuring progress in the accomplishment of the Union´s objectives
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Comparable data across Member States that allows for evidencebased policy making
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Improving the quality of other related indicators, such as the GDP
which uses estimates of household consumption as one of its
elements, or the consumer price index –derived from household
consumption data- used for estimating inflation rates.
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Capitalizing economies of scale that are absent when individual
country data generation is pursued
Data availability
OECS are characterized by having much lower frequency in the
generation of data on living conditions, with the most recent data
set held about 5 years ago.
There are countries with no data available from this type of
sources – (i.e. Anguilla and The British Virgin Islands).
Antigua & Barbuda the search reveals that no Labour Force
Survey have been conducted.
Survey Year
Table 1
Most recent
Previous
survey (s)
Country
Antigua and Barbuda
2005/2006
Dominica
2008/ 2009
2002
Grenada
2007/2008
1998
St. Kitts and Nevis
2007/ 2008
1999/2000
St Lucia
2005/ 2006
1995
St Vincent and the Grenadines
2007/ 2008
1995/ 1996
The SLC/HBS
I.
Demographics
II.
Economic activity
III. Education profile
IV. Health status
V.
Housing
VI. Crime and security for household members;
VII. Income, with an breakdown by sources;
VIII. Expenditures with detail by type of product, consumer, prices, and
frequency of consumption;
IX. Migration of household members, accounting for historical patterns
Assessing/Measuring Poverty
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Standard practice: household per capita income/consumption
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The Poverty Assessments performed thus far have followed
best practices in poverty measurement and provide solid data
bases which allow for a detailed socioeconomic
characterization of the population of the region, as well as for
obtaining solid poverty estimates due to the detailed account
of household consumption.
Sustainable Household Data Collection
Programme for the Measurement of Living
Standards (SDP)
Apart from addressing the issue of low frequency and improvement of
data quality on living standards in the region, the SDP is a strategic
initiative, that will:
•Monitor poverty on an annual basis
•Generate data that will feed into the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
system of the OECS Union
•Allow for evidence-based policy making at the national and regional
level to produce international comparisons across Member States
•Improve the quality of other related indicators in the entire region. For
instance, GDP uses estimates of household consumption as one of its
elements, or the consumer price index (CPI)
•Allow for capitalizing the economies of scale inherent in a regional effort
for collecting data, as opposed to individual country-efforts.
•Enhance technological progress for data collection and processing by
fostering the use of Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) devices. 7
Consultative Approach
• During the preparation of the Concept Note
the inputs, suggestions and comments of
participants from Member States’ CSOs and
Line Ministries were solicited and
incorporated in the final Concept Note
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Proposal (following the 4th OECS
LSMC Meeting
• Every ten years: LSMS + HBS + Full CPA (2015-2017)
• Every five years: LFS + extra questions + extra dimensions +
consumption/food security (Light CPA/Survey of Living
Conditions/LSMS)
• Every two-three years: LFS + extra questions + shortened
consumption modules (poverty line would not be computed but
would be upgraded. Same line for 10 years, just update when you
have your welfare aggregate to calculate count)
• Every year: LFS + extra questions
– Use Grenada’s Questionnaire plus the education module from
Saint Lucia
Critical elements
• Financing – Ongoing discussions with
development partners, CBD, DFID, etc.
• Coordination (OECS Living Standard
Measurement Committee (LSMC) as the main
coordinating entity with support from the OECS
Secretariat, UNDP, CDB, UNICEF, ILO, World
Bank, UNWOMEN)