Title: Role of National Statistical System in supporting the requirements of SocioEconomic Development Plan
1 Role of National Statistical System in
supporting the requirements of Socio-Economic
Development Plan of Lao PDR.
- Presented by Dr. Kikeo CHANTHABOURY
- Deputy Director General,
- Department of General Planning, CPC
- The Second SIAP/UNESCAP Management Seminar for
the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia
and the Pacific - 14 16 January 2004, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.
2Contents
- Planning System in Lao PDR.
- Statistical System and Planning Strategy
- Current Situation on Utilizing Statistic for
Planning - Improving Statistical System
31. Planning System in Lao PDR
? The history of planning in Lao PDR.
- ? Centralised economic management (1975-85)
- All economic divisions were set centrally by
upper management (Prices Services) - Plans as
legal documents
- Market-oriented economic management (since1986)
- A need for the supervision and management by the
government ( for equitable distribution and
Justice for all)
4National Socio---economic Development Plan
Growth of Productions and Services
Infrastructure Development
Improving living standard of the people
51.Planning System in Lao PDR.(cont.)
- Three types of the plans
- 1). The long term plan
- gt10 years, to define the overview, strategies
and priorities of the nation over the long term. - 2). The medium term plan
- lt 10 years, five years plan.
- 3). The annual plan
- To implement the targets and duties of the five
years plan.
61.Planning System in Lao PDR.(cont.)
- National Development Plans and MDGs
- Vision and Target
- 2020 Exit the status of an LDC
- 2010 Stop Slash burn cultivation, Poor
Eradication of 100 - 2005 Stop opium cultivation, Poor eradication of
50 - 8 priority programs, regional Development (N,S,M)
- NPEP
7Lao Expenditure Consumption Survey
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Poverty level
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30
LECS I
LECS II
LECS III
8Vertical and Horizontal Interaction in the
Planning Process
National Assembly
Government Cabinet
CPC
Local/Regional
Sectoral /Line Ministries
Provincial GOV
Prov Ministry Div
District Governors
District Ministry Div
Village Chief
Sector Units
People / Family Unit
9The collaboration between Planners and
Statisticians
CPC
NSC
DGP
102 . Statistical System Planning Strategy
- Role of Statistic for Planning
- Un-separated
- Indicators of Macro-economic development
- GDP,Inflation,BOP, CPI,Trade balance, Private
Consumption, FDI flow...etc, - used as basic data for economic development
direction and strategies - Monitoring and Evaluation
- Implementation of plans and strategy
- International Integration Process
- ASEAN, GMS...
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113. Current Situation on Utilizing Statistic for
Planning
- Success of the planning
- Support planning process from the 1975
- The five years plans
- I. 1981-85 food security, National highway No 9
- II.1986-90 Open door policy, Structure for
growth - III.1991-95 Transform from natural economy to
commodity production, promote FDI... - IV.1996-00 Encourage all economic sectors and
people for national development - V. 2001-05 stable economic growth with equity
123. Current Situation on Utilizing Statistic for
Planning (cont.)
- Unreliable in some aspects
- Sectoral vs Provincial
- Not Enough Statistical Outputs for use
- Private Consumption or Investment, border trade)
- No data or report
- Responsibility in legal aspect still weak
- Networking locally and internationally
134. Improving Statistical System
- Capacity building
- Improving legal aspect of statistic
- Increasing number of Survey
- Produce more data (reliable)
- Widely Utilizing
- Reaching International Standard
- Cooperate with Country Regional Such as ASEAN,
Asian-Pacific and others. - Improving Network by using more IT.
14Thank You for your attention!