Economic data summaries for 1968-date of latest data when compiled

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20 October I969

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ECOFOMI0' 'COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

Working Group on Economic Surveys Addis Ababa, 1-10 December I969

ECONOMIC DAm SUMMARIES.POR I968 - DATE OE LATEST DATA WHEN COMPILED

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3/C1.1.4/ERS/7

Economic. .Data Summaries for 1968, - ...

■■"■"■■■ ■ ■ Date of Latest Data when Compiled

In July 1969 it was decided that the Economic Data Summaries for the individual- countries of Africa should "be up-dated and, after' ' reproduction on offset, given a fairly wide circulation outside the ECA '

From the information available at EGA the revisions were completed by October 1969, The revisions included in most cases I968 data for ...

such key seotors as external trade, electricity production, public ...finance, transport statistics and.others. Circulation of the revised documents -.

'.was started in September I969 and it is hoped that the summaries in . English for 45 countries will have been despatched by.Novembere

The French versions of the data summaries will unfortunately not.

be ready for some months because of the work load on the. translation ■ ■'

.section at EGA. - . . "

The,latest data included under certain main headings for each of . ..the 45 countries covered by the data summaries is given below- The. • -order:of the'countries in this Table is roughly the order in which . the ...

.summaries were completed before being sent for processings the date when the summary was sent for processing bears some relationship to the time[ ,

the main economic information for I968 (trade., mineral production eta..).'""

became available^ . In one .or two-cases the summaries were held up ■":■"

awaiting the receipt of data for I968 which was not subsequently received.

Data for a later period may have been received after the summary,

had been sent for processing,, . ...

This summary reflects the time lag that exists in certain fields .of informations Parts of the delay may be due to postal problems in.

Africa particularly when a key publication is sent by surface mail and

no t by air.

; There are some gaps .in the coverage of the data, balance of pay ments and price, statistics are massing in certain cas.es and there are .also a. f.ew countries for .which separate information on banking and .

finance is not available ^££oluding_the territories of Botswana, Lesotho,

Swaziland' and S.¥. Africa' fftamibia}/,, " ' '

:' Mineral production figures are not included for Malawi, Somalia,.-

.Gambia.,.■Mauritius,. Mali, Upper Volta as in these countries there is ■

little or' no outputs :"

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Tanzania . : SoWu Africa1 . Swaziland ....■_

Kenya / ; ., Mala/wi--1 .. - -;... ...

Sc' Ih'odesia... •

Ethiopia . ■ Soifrica ' . . Somalia

Uganda , . . v Zambia.,. "...

Gambia Angola Guinea Burundi Figer

Botswana - .,.

Clamer.DOH . ..

Mauritius Nigeria Libya ■ ' Tunisia Algeria..

Sierra Leone Senegal Togo ...

Ivory Coast C.A;,Re Rwanda"' Mauritania

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tion '. '.

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Payments

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Month in I969 1 "when prepared

July July, August Au-gus.t August

July July ■"

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Sept.

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Sept, October October October October October October

Country

Tanzania. ■ :..

S^W-.Africa ■_

Swaziland ■".-;■

.,. 'Kenya ■• ■'■■ "

Malawi Ehodegia ■ 1 Ethiopia■ ■'

;. S.Africa ■■ ' Somalia-V Uganda Zambia

. Gambia; .■■■ - . Angola ■ Guinea . .

■ Burundi■

.]31ger ■ ; ■ ■ ■.

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Ivory Goast CA.R.

Rwanda Mauri'tanla

Congo (Brazz.

Chad Mali

Madagascar Upper Volta

Dahomey Sudan Morocco Mozambique , Gabon

Ghana

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National Accounts

External Tr.ade

Electri-

Produc- tion

Mineral Rro&uc—

tion

Agricul-Manufac tural turing Produc— Producr-

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Transport Statis—.

tics

Lesotho Liberia ■ Congo D.H, UAE -

1967 1968

1967 ,

■1967. .

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1968 1968

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1967

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1967

1968 1968

1967

a/ Main commercial crops in most cases.

~bj May only cover certain products or_ the contribution of manufacturing

industry to the GUP or details of the index of production,

c/ Budget estimates normally-

d/ Estimate "based on part of the year or data for- part of the year only

(figures may only cover totals of exports and imports)-

e/ Cattle slaughtered (the main agricultural industry.

f/ Fish products (a major industry in S*W. Africa) <>

g/ Included with totals for 3« Africa. .

h/ Projections "by 0ECDo

1/ Up to -Septembere '...'.

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Educa tion

Statxstios

. 19671968- - : I968 .-■

1967 -

Health Facili-

■' ties

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■:■■; 1964

' Public^

Finance

1968/69

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■ 1968 1968

Banking

&

Finance

1968 I968.

I968

Balance of Payments

1967 1968 \ 1967 ..

Prices

1968 1968 1968

■ Month in ■■

. . 1969

when __p_repared.

October October October . October ...

Country

Lesotho Liberia Congo D,-'B UAR

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Page- .6... . .. .

+ v *ime.laS in National Accounts statistics calls for urgent action to bring the information up-to-date in those countries in arrears. The delay m the information on the national accounts raises particular pro- blems connected with the compilation of a continent-wide economic survey ,and .makes.,the-forward, planning- for -the-second development- decade "even1

more-imprecise. Most countries particularly in arrears, with 'their

national aooou-Us are French ^i

There are also appreciable delays in the information published , regarding heal.th .facilities .and ..certain-countries are in arrears with

education statistics.

■ " ■"I^is difficult to comment on the data relating to manufacturing production because the coverage, for a particular country may be very

■limited, even although it is apparently up-to-date. There is scope for

■*J^°ons:Ld6lial)lb*fn*i?ov6men-fc'^ industrial production statistics' "*' For agricultural production it is generally true that data for the am commercial crops in most countries is reasonably up-to-date. . For the consumption crops the estimates are much broader and are generally

mam comm

lie summary table does not cover Certain key series of statistics such as employment and population. The data available for population estimates and growth rates is probably adequate for planning and administrative purposes in most African countries. For employment, however, the statistics are poor and few countries attempt even an annual count of the persons in wage employment. Employment is another sector which requires a particular effort to improve the statistics

over the next few years,

^ In other regions of the ¥orld a summary of the economic conditions in the region for the preceding year is now being published soon after the end of the year, in question. For Africa such a stage has not yet been reached but with some further improvements in the timeliness of preparation the data and better communication between the countries and_the ECA there is no reason why a summary of economic conditions for

ln°\ 7\ t ^ari]icular calender, year should not be prepared (and

whShtf' ^V^ ?iddl° OI **e s™-<i^ year. Ihis is the target

which Africa shoula set itself and individual countries which are in

arrears must make a strenuous offort to improve their statistics to

enable this' target to be. reached, The present postal delays in Africa

(which have worsened since the Suez Canal was closed) can only be over

come by sending key publications (or summaries) to BCA by airmail