The development of official statistics in Ghana

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN STATISTICIANS FIRST CONFERENCE

28 SEPTFJBER TO 8 OCTOBER,1959 ADDIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA.

Provisional Agenda Item No.4

THE DEVELOPMENT OF

OFFICIAL STATISTICS I N

GHANA

Note prepared by the Ghana Delegation

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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN

THE DEVETDPMENT OF

OFFICIAL STATISTICS I N GHANA

Based on a paper read by t h e Acting Government S t a t i s t i c i a n a t t h e Annual General Meeting of the Economic Society of Ghana

7th

June,1959.

Organisation

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Function of the Office General S t a t i s t i c s

Private Sector

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Households

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Enterprises

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Public Sector

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External & I n t e r n a l Trade

Publications

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National Income and Planning Data Processing

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Demography

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Administration

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S t a t i s t i c a l Material Available Developnent of the S t a t i s t i c a l

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National Income and Planning Regional Organisation

Enterprises

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Public Sector

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Public a t i o n s

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Demography

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Data Processing

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Recruitment and Training Relationship with other

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INTRODUCTION

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describe %hq$vnct.i& of the -.Ghana G o v e d e n t l i s t a t i s t i c a l 'service and to give some indication of how

it may be developed to &&'-.the requirements

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reshect of information f o r administrative and planning purposes i n the future:. The paper i s not directly concei-hid wkth ' . & a ~ i s t i c s which ma& 'be produced and published by

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The Office of the Government S t a t i s t i c i a n operates as a service under the m i s t r y of Finance and

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the. organisatioq responsible f o r the . prepara%ion of o f f i c i a l s t a t i s t i c s . in"' I . ~$na. ,...,

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The Office.W& estab1ished.h 1948 anddubing the l a s t l.years i it has performed a function of gro'wing.,importance,.but i t s developnent has.

be6nr&latively slow, ,'With the econ0m.i~ ^, . ., .. developient of Ghana there. i s . now an increasing a ~ r e n e s s ' o f t h e v d u e

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s t a t i s t i c s y ~ d the the has conk when the expansion of the s t a t i s t i c a l services must be considered,

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The provision of these :servi;ces i s dependent on the resources available i n terms of man-power and-furidsand on the accessibility of basic s t a t i s t i c a l material. The a v a i l a b i l i t y of professional s t a f f has improved during the past year., ,~G$hough recr,uitment and training wilJ remain urgent.

p r o b l d ^' T o r some ti& t o +me, There, i s no. doubt, ,however, t h a t given - . .

: a d e w t e f inanci'al prgvisi4n, a :satisfactory 'Secbking o f , G o v . e m n t a c t i v i t i e s within 'the o r g ~ i s a t i o b s concerned .@id t h e co-operation o f enterprises. and

the7ge'nerdL public i n s u $ y i n g d a t a , the needs of Qlana i n respect of sta- t i s t i c a l information can be met.

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de&ibes the &ganisatiol? .and func- tions of &he Govermnt Stati.&cian1s office' a t the present time; the second p a r t indicates the principal aspects. of the developnent.needed in the future.

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ORGANISATION

6. The s t a f f of the s t a t i s t i c a l organisation a t present numbers 291.

A l i t t l e l e s s than two-thirds of these are employed in the Head Office.

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There are f i v e divisions in the Office: General S t a t i s t i c s , National Incom and Planning, Data Processing, Demography and Administration.

8. Of these, General S t a t i s t i c s i s the most important. It consists of four sections coming under the general headings of the Private Sector, the Fublic Sector, Ekternal and Internal Trade and Publications,

9. The Demographic Division constitutes a new function of the Office arising from the urgent national nsed for a new census of population.

Following the census t h i s division w i l l meet the continuous requirements

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respect of demographic information about the population i n the future.

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GENEEKL STATISTICS

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s i d e r a t i o & ~ d we' deal f i r s t with t h a t , s e c t i o n ^{, ' ,}

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This se+ion i s responsible f o r c o l l e c t i n g . and pr~&ssi& a l l infdrlmation about households and e n t e r p r i s e s ahd i t ' i s sub-:' ^{. ..}

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r the heading of ~ o u s e h o l d ~ comes a ' l l the g e n e r a l . . tfOn r e l a t i n g . t o . th e public arid t h e , family and other

e t h e domestic - o r g & i s a t i o n o f the comit?ity.

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19. In 1950.8 mobile f i e l d ^{. . .} organisatipn was created t o provide the'meags f o r o b t a i n i n g t h i s data: ThS s t r e n g t h of .%e ? r g @ i s a t i o n ' has.

gradually 'increased and there a r e n o w r a t h e r more than 100 s t a f f employed

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permanently . in ^. ,the f i e l d ; . . .

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20. The work of the f i e l d s t a f f has b e e n b a ~ e d i a r g e l y o.iijs&nple surveys designed t o i n v e s t i g a t e household budgets and subsistence consumption, family s t r u c t u r e , housing a n d 6 k & s h i p o f other property and a g r i c u l t e a l p r o d u c t i o n . Records have a l s o been madeof the intern&;,movements of l o c a l prodade ^{\ -} o t h e r ' g o d s .

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& . b e e n i n the fo&"of ad hoc investigations and,, even though some enquiries

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, . . have bein on a f a i r l y ' l a r g e s c a l e , the information ~ ~ l i e ~ t e d , , especially.

u t ^' p r o ~ u c t i o n , h a s been- extremely inadequate f o r economic _{. .} ^. analysis 2nd

.need t o be g r e a t l y expanded. ^, . . .

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A t t h e present time'th; s t a f f of $hefield org&isation d o n the c o l l e c t i o n of market prices, f e r r y .?md ,.road checks, ^.' temljorary 'work in connection w i t h , preparations f o r

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nary operations f o r an expanded p r o g r d e of Sample

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t h e Frivate' ~ 6 2 t o r ,.de:?ls with - . ,

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he.ad,ing a r e the cenSus,'of enterprise$, which covers both production'and d i s t r i b u t i o n , labour s t a t i s t i c s and production and stocks records.' "These suTjjects a l l involve the c o l l e c t i o n and processing of information obtained from firms based on permanent premises. For the most p a r t t h i s information i s collec- t e d by means of p o s t a l r e t u r n s , but some members of the f i e l d organisation a r e now employed on increasing the coverage of the index which controls transmission and r e c e i p t of a l l r e t u r n s i n respect of enterprises.

WP.18 Page 7 23. An Index of J k t e r p r i s e s was .established a few months ago w i t h the o b j e c t of c o - o r d i n a t f i g t h e w o ~ ~ o n : a l l s u d . j e c t s i n t h i s group. Fre- viously t h e census of e n t e r p r i s e s , , + b o u r s t a t i s t i c s and production and stocks r e t u r n s had been oper6ted:&s dompl&&ly s e F r a t e subjects with t h e i r

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^own l i s t s of firms and establishments.. Un&r these conditions t h e r e was a wide difference i n coverage between t h e various r e t u r n s ; r e s u l t s were-

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I d i f f i c u l t . t o i n t e r p ~ t . a p d there was no ready means .of expanding the cove-, r a g e o f the' s u b j e c t s concenied. ^' The Index . . , , . o f ' ~ t e r p r i s e s & p r a t e s mecha:

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names and .addr&&&s. The re?i&on 'and .&@&ion of t h e index i s t a k i n g place continuously. ^{. , . . ,} ... . ... . ^,

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The Census of Fnterprises was i n i t i a t e d a s a permanent ? y b j e c t

! i n the Office in 1953. w i n g the e a r l i e r years of i t s developnent a ' g r e a t d e a l of e f f o r t was expended.:+ e s t a b l i s h i n g r e t u r n s covering t h e physical ^.:

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' a , q t i v i t i e S o f the:.$rincicial f inns! in, (each s . i ~ u ~ Q y . . ^: '$'he wdrk a t t h i s stage consisted largely- of c a r e f u l .scruj.ing . an4 ^, correction of indi-

I vidual re"turns, but t h e coverage' was not s u f f i c i e n t t o j u s t i f y any general' consqlidation

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publication , o f . the m a t e r i a l , although considerable use

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assessing eco,nomic trends. i f i ~ p a r t i c u l a r i n d u s t r i e s . %e f i r s t , a t t e m p t a t .producing an o v e r a l l s q b a r y w a s c a r r i e d out, towards the . .

end of 1958and r e l a t e a mainly t o the 1957 records. In t h e ' case of t h e 1958 records, which a r e n o w being obtained, it has'been possible t o c a r r y o u t some, revision o f , t h e , content of the r e t u r n s and some improvement i n

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coveragemay .be achieved. ^' !('he u r g e n t need now i s t o consolidate t h e . m a t e r i a l ^{. .} obtained

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25. ~ a b o w : $t&&tics a r c b a s e d o n a r e t u r n & i n i t t e d ' & ' r e s p e c " c o f December e a c h y e a r

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f ipns c&er&d ahd in aifdition, q u a r t e r l y r e t u r n s a r e obta'in4d from. t h e l a r g e r . establishment$ !'The'.

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a r b ^. a l r e published r e g u l a r l y ' i p the, Stat,i,st$c+ Reports, s e r i e s q d i n f o r d t i o n i s . supplied t o t h e Ministry of Labour &d other users. l'he 1957, $abulatib& & - & c o m p l e t e d considerably e a r l i e r t h a n i n previous yeark and it i s hoped t o make a f u r t h e r improvementip r e s p e c t of the 1958 records with the a s s i s t g c e of Labour Inspectors, h o , a r e . helping t o obtain information fromestablishme

quickly. The r e t u r n s have been, revised .and now , include .. . . a simplif i p a t i o n a l c l a s s i f i&%.ion. ^{. i}

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26. Under Production and Stocks a r e )eluded miscellane in r e s p e c t of which:information i s obtained p a r t l y from p r i v a t e firms

partly through o f f i c i a l channels. This information appears r e g u l a r l y !in t h e Digest of S t a t i s t i c s o r i s used i n the compilation of n a t i o n a l inco

other .,estiinates.,. The & e a t e s t n e e d a t ,the p-esent tiin6 i s f o r more t i o n ori i n d u s t r i a l produ&;;io,p 'andL t h e & t r o d u c t i

of production i s now being ^{. .} considered.

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ond s e c t i o n o f -the. Gene generally N t h :public f

ccounts, public corporations and bankbg:. ^. The sources of i n f o h a t i o n are t h e Accountant-General Is Department, the Ministry of Local Government,: other off i c h l sources and the. banks. An analysis of Government accoun$s

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pu'blished monthly and -a1 f iqancia

information aopears

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the.Economic Surveyand Diges

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2%'. ^{. . .} One .of the p r i n c i p a l tasks' of t h i s . .se and f upc t i o n a l r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f government accoun

l a r l y important i n view of t h e e s t n t of the Budget Bureau within the

Y i i s t r y of Finance. ^{. . , .~}

29 During recent months work has,,b.en, concentrated mainly on developing the a n a l y s i s :of Local Government..accounts and a d e t a i l e d s t a t i s t i - c a l r e p o r t i s being issued. - Attention. is. now being turned 4x1 improvement

of. f i n a n c i a l s t a t i s t i c s r e l a t i n g t o general G~~tir?lment and. public ~ ~ r p ~ r . & $ i ~ n s .

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S t a t i s t i c s Divis50n and includes t h e processing of. a U informati.on c o l l e c t e d by t h e Customs and Excise Department, i n t e r n a l p r i c e s andbalance of .payments estimates. . . . . . , . : . . . , .... .

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the Monthly Trade Accounts and the Annual Trade ~ e ~ o b t ' i s the l a r g e s t i t e m of routine work in the Off ice.. I n 1 9 % , t h e analysis o f t r a d e s t a t i s t i c s was revised t o comply with ,the Standard - .:

I n t e w t i o n a l Trade. ~ l a s s i f i c a t i o n . . I n subsequent years w x h work ;was.

t o improve the q u a l i t y o f , the records, but, a t

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~ o n t h l y Trade Accounts. were s t i l l appearing a t i r r e g u l a r . in$ervals. lb value of t h i s information t o Government and commercial i n t e r e s t s depends upon. t h e s p e e d a t which, it i s produced a n d during the p a s t year e f f o r t s have b e ~ . c o n c e n t r a t e ~ . o n evening out the flow of.workand, s . p ~ e d ; i n g u p p u b l i c a t i o n of r e s u l t s . Ekcept i n the event of machine :breakdowns the.Tmde, :&ccount t a - bulations a r e now produced r e g u l a r l y approximatelyeight weeks a f t e r the end of t h e month t o which they r e l a t e . Printing and d i s t r i b u t i o n does, of course, invoiye ,. . ^, some f u r t h e r time ber.o.pye, . . . . ~. . . . t h e y : a r e . . . . a v a i l a b l e t o t h e publLci

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32.. ^{. ,)-} In recknt mon.ths. t h e r e -has been a growing demand. f or nibre d e t a i l e d trade c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s a s .

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r e s u l t o f the e f f o r t s toestab1ish:new i n d u s t r i e s i n Ghana.,. 4p $&-:the br.esent m o s t o f the requiremen.ts..hzve ,been met,,.but, a s these e n q ~ & . r $ e s i n v o l k reference. t o t h e originalCustoms docu- ments, it must be r e a l i s e d ..@at only a l i m i t e d wnount of work o f t h i s ,type can be undertaken. An a d d i t i o n a l t a b u l a t o r i s , however, being brought i n t o operation f o r general work on t r a d e a n a l y s i s and t h i s should make it possible t o undertake some a d d i t i o n a l mechanical processing.

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I n t e r n a l p r i c e s t a t i s t i c s a t present cover l o c a l m a r k e t p r i c e s in t h e seven main towns and an index of r e t a i l p r i c e s f o r Accra.

9ousekiold Budget surveys have been c a r r i e d out i n Sekondi/~akoradi and i n Kumasi and s i m i l a r indexes w i l l be introduced f o r these -places ' a s

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.Development of t h e balance o f payments estimate been-coticentrat;ed,:bn'dbtaining infoimation o n p r i v a t e c

%s d a t a was n o t p r e v i o u s l y availdble from i n d i v i d u a l 'firms. With the co-operation of the has 'been :madeand it i s hoped t h a t t h i s w i l l enable.

e s t i m a t e s of the balande of ' c a p i t & l account t o _{. . .} be p r

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PUBLICAT! ONS

35. The f o u r t h s e c t i o n of the General S t a t i s t i c s Division d e a l s with Publications. ' I n 1958 a small section e x i s t e d i n the Office which was concerned with t h e production of the Digest of S t a t i s t i c s and

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neturns submitted t o t h e United Nations and other agencies. The production of s t a t i s t i c a l r e p o r t s and o t h e r m a t e r i a l were the responsabi

I I i n d i v i d u a l sections concerned.

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The increasing volume of publications has now n e c e s s i t a t e d t h e co-operation of t h i s work i n a separate section i n order t o maintain c o n s i s t e n t q u a l i t y and t o regulate the flow of work t o t h e typing and prin- t i n g sections.

37: No Economic Survey was produced i n : r e s p e c t of 1956 and the

! Office 'played only a small p a r t i n 'preparing - t h a t i n r e s p e c t of 1957. I t . '

i has now btien possible

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resume f u l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r the production of i t h i s cbcurnenC. Nork o w t h e 1998 Survey was s t a r t e d a t a very much e a r l i e r ^~

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date 'than i n previous y e a r s and i t . i s :hoped t h a t t h e r e p o r t produced w i l l give a more comprehensive adcount of t h e Ghana economy. . .~ ..

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39. . . In r e c e n t yeaxs National Income s t a t i s t i c s ' h a v e formed an:'

important p a r t of the wdrk .of the Off i c e , but they appear t o have had o n l y a l i m i t e d e f f e c t o n t h e development 0fr:the s u b j e c t s which fo& t h e

-sources. of inforniation , f o r these

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40 The Office has the two-fold t a s k of c o l l e c t i n g , processing and d i s t r i b u t i n g , i n appropriate form basic and routine s t a t i s t i c s and, secondly, of u t i l i s i n g t h i s information t o make estimates i n the f i e l d of economic s t a t i s t i c s including estimates of balqnce of payemnts,

c a p i t a l formation, n a t i o n a l income, product and expenditure, from ~ i c h t h e n a t i o n a l accounts can be compiled. Tne compilation of t h e n a t i o n a l accounts serves a s good guide t o the optimum development of the work of t h e Office and may be used a s the means of co-ordinating a l l s t a t i s t i c a l a c t i v i t i e s . It i s f o r t h i s reason t h a t n a t i o n a l income has keen associa- t e d with planning in the organisation of the Office.

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A f u r t h e r diagram i s given on page 1 0 t o show how the National Income estimates a r e served by s t a t i s t i c s produced in the various sections of the Office.

' 42. The Data Processing Division c o n s i s t s p r i n c i p a l l y of t h e permanent punch card i n s t a l l a t i o n but a small section dealing with pro- cessing of income t a x s t a t i s t i c s i s a l s o attached. A separate temporary punch card i n s t a l l a t i o n w i l l be used i n analysing the r e s u l t s of the 1960 Census of Population.

&3. The e x i s t i n g punch card i n s t a l l a t i o n u t i l i s e s two types of equipment between which processing t a s k s a r e n o t interchangeable.

For t h i s reason there i s some l a c k of f l e x i b i l i t y and it i s not always possible t o make the f u l l e s t use of t h e processing capacity available.

Many of the machines a r e now very o l d and arrangemnts a r e being made f o r t h e replacement of n e a r l y a l l the e x i s t i n g e q u i p n t during t h e course of t h e Second Developnent Plan. All t h e new machines w i l l use t h e same type of punch card t o ensure maximum f l e x i b i l i t y . The equip- ment w i l l be more modern and f a s t e r tnan t h a t a t present i n use t o

provide the a d d i t i o n a l processing capacity which w i l l be needed as a r e s u l t of s t a t i s t i c a l development.

..,

44. The o p e r a t i o n of pr&cipal importai&e i s now the pre- paration f o r the Census of PopuJation which i s expe;cted t o take place i n t h e e a r l y p a r t of 1960 and t h i s i s the f u n c t i o n ' o f the Demographic Division. It involves a l a r g e temporary ~ r ~ a n i s a t i o n f o r which s t a f f w i l l be drawn from Government ahd many o t h e r s e c t i o n s of t h e comunity.

The Census i s not, however, discussed in t h i s paper which i s concerned with the permanent organisation responsible f o r the production of _{. .} o f f i c i a l s t a t i s t i c s .

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ADMINISTRATION ^{. -I' . . '. .~}

45. The Administrative Division i s responsible f o r the routine work involved i n t h e running of the Office including R e g i s t r i e s ; :Finance, , S t o r e s and ~ e r s o n n e i , It i s a l s o concerned with t h e Economic Library and t h e supply ance, of c

c u b t i n g machines. . .

46. The Economic Library provides a general reference service of textbooks, p e r i o d i c a l s and economic and s t a t i s t i c a l publications of o t h e r countries f o r Government and o t h e r users.

A considerable improvement i n the l i b r a r y could be made i f t h e s e r v i c e s of a q u a l i f i e d l i b r a r i a n could be secured f o r a s h o r t time

to

r e v i s e t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n system with the o b j e c t of making books and publications more rapidly accessible.

47. The Office i s r e s p o n s i b l e , f o r ' t h e supply and mainte- nance of c a l c u l a t i n g machines used by G o v e m n t . A t t h e present time some 500 machines a r e maintained by the r e p a i r s t a f f of the Office and a f u r t h e r 130 a r e serviced under c o n t r a c t by the suppliers.

Nith the expansion of Government a c t i v i t i e s there i s an increasing demand f o r c a l c u l a t i n g equipment a n d t h e , maintenance s e r v i c e i s being developed t o nieet f u t u r e requirements. ' A d d i t i o n a l techriical s t a f f have been ap- pointed and a r e now under t r i n i n g and f u r t h e r a d d i t i o n s w i l l be made in t h e f u t u r e .

. ,

.. ^, . .

STATISTICAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE

48.

The.followi@ l i s t i n d i c a t e s t h e publications of the Office, s t a t i s t i c a l r e t u r n s .submitted t o t h e u n i t e d Nations and o t h e r organisations and information s e r v i c e s provided. It

will

be appreciated from foregoing .sections t h a t t h i s l i s t does n o t embrace a l l the a c t i v i t i e s of t h e Office.

PUBLIC

An

ONS External Trade

! h u a l Trade Report, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955

& 1956 (Vol.II), 1957 (V01.1).

Monthly Accounts of External Trade and Shipping and A i r c r a f t Movements. (The f i r s t publication was in January 1951, continuing the s e r i e s "Trade Supple- ment t o the Gazette", published by the Government

P r i n t i n g Department p r i o r t o 1951).

S t a t i s t i c a l Abstract No.1. Report on Ekternal Trade and Shipping and A i r c r a f t Movement, 1935

- ⁵³

M ~ U

Price B u l l e t i n

V

Commenced December, 1950, ceased October, 1953.

: The' i n f o ~ t i o n now appears in t h e D i g e s t of.., S t a t i s t i c s .

. .

Digest of S t a t i s t i c s

Q u a r t e r l y Economic and S t a t i s t i c a l B u l l e t i n s , Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (published i n 1952).

Economic B u l l e t i n s , Nos. 1 & 2 ( ~ e s t r i c t e d ) .

Digest of S t a t i s t i c s (issued q u a r t e r l y since':Ma$, 1953).

,

Economic Survey . ~ , .

. . . . . . .

A Survey., o f .Some i c Matters, ^, 1 5 L . . , . . .

. . . . . : _~.

. ^{. , . .,}

i. 7 -

. . .

Economic Survey,

. , f . .

~. .

Economic and S t a t i s t i c a l Papers . . . .

1 A g r i c u l t u r a l

Statistical

. . . Survey uth East Akim

. , Abbuakwa ,195243. _{. .}

. . .

.. :. ... ~ . . .

( 2 ) A c c r a Swvey ^. of ^, iioQehald ^{. .} Budget

. . .

(3) ^' Akuse

'k&$iyj'df

^{. ,.}

hold

^::. Budgets, 1954.'

. . , . .

(4) Sekondi-~akoradc survey of population and

hold Budgets, 1955. . . . . . . . .

, . .

. . . . :!' . . .

p i i a t i & and Household ... , :

, ,

. .

ur&$

if

~ & & a t i ? n and Household B@&s of Coco<Prpducing Families i n t h e Oda-..

a%dru&&&kese Area, 1955-56. . . . .

. . .

. . ^! :,:,,: . ^~

Other s t a t i s t i c a l r e p o r t s , prepared during t h e p e r i o d 1950-54, but n o t issued a s r e g u l a r publications, a r e a s follows:- . . . . . . . . . . , . , , .

s i s of Log Volumes (assessment of quan timher e x p o ~ t s by sampling).

. . . . . ^~

oyhent! S y v e y of Standard

VII

Begs.

. .

. .

Survey of Fuel Consimption 'in Accra.

. . . . .

Analysis of Physical Measurements of Boys i n

I n s t i t u t i o n s . ...

.Occupational Survey o f , Tema Village.

. . . . . _, .

.

~ ~, . . . .

, _{' -} .

Survey of Ak&, ~ m e d i c a and Kpong, 1954.

. . .

. . .

' : ,Appendix t o 1948 Census, ~ e p d r $

.

^{. . .} (covering ~ i n l y urban a r e a s ) .

.~ . ^, .

. . , . . Education S t a t i s t i c s , . , ... . 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958.

. .

~ . :,

C i v i l Aviation S t a t i s t i c s , 1 9 5 ~ - 5 6 , 1954-57.''

, .

. . . . , . ~ .... ^{i ,} . . .

Labour S t a t i s t i c s ,

1956,

1957.

. . . _{,.:.,. ,}

. . . - .

Motor Vehicle S t a t i s t i c s , 1956,

1957,

1958.

&TURNS AND INFORMATION SERVICES Financial Statements

Annual F i n a n c i a l Statement, 1953-54,

1954-55,

1955-56, 1956-57,

1957-58.

. , . , . . ,. ,

, ! &&seas Governments.

Overseas Universi cyclopaedias.

~ E L O M E N T OF

THE

STATISTICAL SERVICES

, .

49- . . ^{. . .} ! '

W&:?&w

^{. . . , ... .,} t u p t o

3.

consideration of t h e f u t u r e ; d e v e l o p q t o f ' t h e s t a t i s t i & a l ' $ e r v i ' c e $ . I n : t h i s coqmection, t h e e s s e n t i a l facj(&s t o be borne i n mind a r e tkie,,sources from which the required i n f p r m a t i ~ n must be d e r i v e d . To some e x t e n t s t a t i s t i c a l d a t a i s obtainable fr.om', e x i s t i n g administrative records and accognts q d the, development . of:, ...

these recrords within t h e organisations c o n c e r n ~ d can do much to improve t h e avai1a;bility of information f o r planning andlother purposes. I t must, however,

k.

emphasised t h a t most of t h e d a t a r e q u i r & ~ $ o ~ f ill ^{'~ "}

t h e gaps in our s t a t i s t i c a l h o w l e d g e of t h e eeoonoq i s not'0bltainabJ.e from' these. sources. It e m be d e r i v e d o n l y from d i r e c t contact

with

e n t e r p r i s e s arid.. %e';general p u b l i c a n d , i f adequate s t a t i s t i c a l coverage of t h e econow i s , ' t o be. a t t d h e d , organisation must b$. developed t o

t a i n contact ~ t t h e s e h . source n t

and

systematic

. , . .

. . .. ^,

INCONE ADJD PLANNING ^{r . ,} . . .

s already been s come. ^.,

i o n i s being used a s t h e means of cocordinati;ng _~.

: .

t h e developnent o f work i n a l l p a r t s of the s t a t i s t i c s q f f i ~ e , ; , ~ . : It i s therefore convenient t o considler f u t u r e requirements in the context of t h e natio.%l~acc,ounts'. It must be understood, however

t h a t t h e r e .

w i l l

be considerable needs f o r s t a t i s t i c a l information ivhich do n o t f

d

d i r e c t l y '%thin

.the

scope of these accounts.

.

, ..

wP.18 Page 1 5 51. The.construction of good n a t i o n a l accounts i s of value

i n connection with the provision of, f i r s t l y , a measure of economic progress and secondly, d a t a f o r administrators and planners concer- ning t h e r e l a t i o n of t h e d i f f e r e n t domestic sectors; households, e n t e r p r i s e s and general government, t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p o f t h e country with the r e s t of the world, production, consumption and investment and

the r e l a t i v e p a r t s played i n production by d i f f e r e n t i n d u s t r i e s : 52. There a r e inadequacies i n the n a t i o n a l accounts of a l l countries which do not, however, render them valueless.

Their p r i n c i p a l function i s to give guidance concerning the r e l a t i v e magnitudes and the d i v i s i o n s of the economy and t o show t h e trends r e s u l t i n g from i n t e r n a l development and the r e l a t i o n s h i p of t h e country with t h e r e s t of the world. The objective must, however, be t o continuously reduce the extent of e r r o r s and inadequacies

in order t h a t the n a t i o n a l accounts can a t t a i n t h e i r f u l l e s t possible value.

53.

bVork t o t h i s end would appear t o be b e s t concentrated i n t h e following d i r e c t i o n s .

.. . . . . . . .

The extension of the survey, programme of the Government S t a t i s t i c i a n ' s Office t o provide a methodical continuing sample survey, giving information on income and

expenditure, both monetary and:Lq kind and o t h e r s t a - t i s t i c a l data. This sample survey would cover the whole country and would be the means of f i l l i n g t h e very

l a r g e gap in information about personal consumption.

. ,

A thorough review of t h e census of e n t e r p r i s e s with an improvement i n the coverage of l a r g e r firms,

supplemented by sample surveys t o give information ^; on the a c t i v i t i e s of s t n n s l l enterprises::now f a l l i n g outside the scope of the census.

A regular recording a t frequent i n t e r v a l s of t h e production. of a l l e x i s t i n g i n d u s t r i e s and those which w i l l be developed i n the f u t u r e .

The development of public finance and banking s t a t i s -

t i c ^{. . . ..}

54.:

..- :.

.

^. . . The a d d i t i o n a l coverage given by t h e s e measures would re.s,ult,.in the p r o v i s i o n o f g r e a t l y improved economic s.%atisticS.

To obt&ni alL t h e i n f o r m a t i o n required implies the d e v e l o p b n t 6f a permanent r e g i o n a l s t a t i s t i c a l organisation which i s m e next

. .

c o n ~ i d e ~ a , ~ ~ ~ . . ^{: . :. , ,,..} .

,.. .~ , , . , . ~

REGIOPJAL, ORGAN IS AT ION^ ^{, . .. , .}

. , . .

. . ^,

.

^{. .}

,

55.

: . : . . 1 t has a l r e a d y been &-;:that the Office has, a t present, . .

a mobile f & ~ l d s t a f ~ . c o n s i s t i n g of more 'than 100 o f f i c e r s . This.

s t a f f has been u t i l i s e . & . o n an ad boc b a s i s t o determine t h e economic . ' .

c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f : d i f f e r e n t . s e c t i o n s of t h e cononunity mainly by means' of sample. surveys. ^.. The arrangement h a s , however;. been:a purely tempo-.

r a r y one designed t o f i l l the g r e a t e s t gap i n s t a t i s t i c a l information about t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r a s f a r a s possible w i t h the l i m i t e d resources a v a i l a b l e . With t h e r a p i d development of theecmomy t h e e x i s t i n g me'ans of c o l l e c t i n g information from t h e general public and from smaller

e n t e r p r i s e s i s no longer adequate and a ? . p r m ~ e n t and much l a r g e r f i e l d . organisation must. be developed i f Government i s to g e t t h e information i t r e q u i r e s f o r p l a n n i n g a n d administraitive. purposes.

56. Provision has been made i n the Second Developnent Plan f o r the establishment of Regional S t a t i s t i c s Off i c e s i n Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale. The Tamale o f f i c e w i l l be completed i n the

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t h i r d q u a r t e r of 1959. The a t i o n w i l l be based on these o f f i c e s and on the e x i s t i n g o f f i c e i n Accra.

57. I n t h e i n i t i a l stages of development t h e r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s w i l l ooerate mainly a s collectine: centres f o r information about t h e privat;! s e c t o r , t h & t i s , they

wifl

be concerned p r i n c i p a l l y with

households and e n t e r p r i s e s . Later they w i l l form a channel f o r obtai- ning information on l o c a l government and o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s and, eventual- ly, when professional s t a f f can be posted t o t h e regions they w i l l provide a r e g i o n a l s t a t i s t i c a l service which i s capable of

l o c a l problems.

58 It has been emphasised i n discussions with Ministries, t h e University and o t h e r organisatiom concerned with s t a t i s t i c a l d a d t h a t t h e r e g i o n a l s e r v i c e of t h e Government S t a t i s t i c i a n ' s Office i s envisaged a s a channel f o r obtaining s t a t i s t i c a l information of all kinds. It would c l e a r l y be uneconomic f o r o t h e r agendies t o develop a d d i t i o n a l f i e l d organisations f o r the c o l l e c t i o n of information of a s t a t i s t i c a l nature.

59. This implies the development of a continuing n a t i o n a l sample survey s i m i l a r t o t h a t adopted i n India which would meet the requirements of a l l users of s t a t i s t i c a l information about households and the public i n general. liriith such a survey i n operation s t a t i s t i - c a l s t a f f would be s t a t i o n e d i n a l l p a r t s of t h e country on a permanent b a s i s in place of t h e e x i s t i n g mobile s t a f f which can only be used f o r ad hoe i n q u i r i e s ,

60. The basic o b j e c t of the n a t i o n a l sample s

t o make a continuous record of household consumption and expenditure and a g r i c u l t u r a l and other production. Additional records would be incorporated from time t o time t o meet the needs of o t h e r government organisations including f o r example, questions on housing, education, h e a l t h , n u t r i t i o n and i n t e r n a l migratory movements. Some of these i n q u i r i e s would require the attachment of technical s t a f f from the organisations concerned t o t h e permanent survey t e a m .

61. ^:. A n a t i o n a l sample survey o f t h i s typewould be t h e f i r s t of i t s kind i n A f r i c a . It would provide the means f o r oht&i-. ^'' ning quickly any type of information which may b e recorded i n s t a - ^, t i s t i c a l t e & concerning t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c . ^{" . .}

... .

62. It i s z e c t e 8 t h a t t h e f i e l d s t S t a t i s t i c i a n ' s Office w i l l be increased by abo

beginning of t h e next f i n a n c i a l year and the programme of survey work on which these o f f i c e r s w i l l be employed i n the irmnediate f u t u r e i s nearing completion.':;~his expansion i s n o t , however, s u f f i c i e n t t o m e e t t h e c u r r e n t requirements fdr'information o r t h e establishment

. .

o f a s%pling prog&me on ,a nationwide b a s i s .

. ,

63. I t would appear t h a t , w i e h t h e b e t t e r a v a i l a b i l i t y of Ghanaian professional s t a f f and with t h e a s s i s t a n c e of United Nations experts.who a r e now a t t a c h e d t o t h e s t a t i s t

a Very much more r a p i d r a t e of p & g r e s s can pre+ously envisaged.

64. The r a t e a t which t h i s develo

pends on the, establishment of t h e r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s which a r e p a r t of t h e second Developeht 'Plan. I n ,manning these o f f i c e s a s c o l l e c t i n g ^,

eentres f o r i n f o m a t i o n

i n

t h e i r e a r l y stages o f d e v e l o p e S t , .oFficWs '& the S t a t i s t i c a l 'ASsiet& grade w i l l be needed. Some nelv'stzi?f: ^..

should e n t e r this gr&&ai? 5 r e s u l t of promotions within t h e n e x t few months, but a d d i t i o n a i r e c r u i t s may have t o be f o i d if a rapid developnent of t h e r e g i o n a l organ is at ion?^ t o

be

achieved.

WP.18 Page 1 7 Given t h e basic s t a f f f o r the r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s it would be possible t o absorb a f u r t h e r 150 f i e l d enumerators in t h e l a t t e r half of 1959-60. This would then provide the b a s i s f o r t h e n a t i o n a l sample survey which has been descri- bed.

ENTFBPRISES

65. Information from e n t e r p r i s e s w i l l be obtained p a r t l y by means of p o s t a l r e t u r n s , a s a t present and p a r t l y by d i r e c t contact through the r e g i o n a l organisation. A l a r g e s t a f f i s n o t required e i t h e r i n obtaining t h i s information o r i n i t s processing. The success i n expanding s t a t i s - t i c s r e l a t i n g t o e n t e r p r i s e s depends t o a l a r g e extent on the co-operation of t h e firms concerned.

66. r p r i s e s a r e already covered by current r e t u r n s and t h i s coverage i s s t e a d i l y increasing. I t i s d e s i r a b l e t h a t data on in- d u s t r i a l production should be obtained and it i s hoped t h a t arrangements f o r these records w i l l be put i n t o operation shortly. A f u r t h e r r e v i s i o n of the r e t u r n s used i n obtaining information from firms i s being undertaken and the r o u t i n e analysis of t h e r e t u r n s w i l l be developed.

67. Many organisations including t h e Ministry of Trade and a d u s - t r i e s , the National Research Council and t h e University a r e concerned with t h e a c t i v i t i e s of e n t e r p r i s e s . Up t o the present time no comprehensive l i s t of e n t e r p r i s e s has been a v a i l a b l e t o these o r g w i s a t i o n s . It i s hoped t h a t the Government S t a t i s t i c i a n ' s Office w i l l s h o r t l y be permitted t o undertake t h e publication a t regular i n t e r v a l s of a Directory of f i t e r p r i s e s . Such a d i r e c t o r y would c o n s i s t of a l i s t of names and adresses of firms and e s t a - blishments c l a s s i f i e d by type of business. It should meet t h e needs of tho- s e concerned with i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n t o business a c t i v i t i e s and i t should a l s o be of value t o the f i

PUBLIC SECTOR

h e next consideration i s the development of infoma$ion about e c t o r which, a t t h e present time, i s l a r g e l y of a f i n a n c i a l nam- r e .

69. Ghana i s now making every e f f o r t t o promote the economic.and s o c i a l development of t h e country. In mobilising t h e resources needed f o r t h i s purpose, Governement t r a n s a c t i o n s a r e playing and increasingly dominant p a r t i n key areas of t h e economic l i f e . Through t h e i r e x t e n t and charac- t e r Government t r a n s a c t i o n s a r e of major importance i n shaping general economic and f i n a n c i a l conditions and, a s p a r t of the process of develop- ment, t h e y a f f e c t a l l branches of economic and s o c i a l a c t i v i t y .

70

.

^In view of t h e r o l e and objectives of public finance it is e s s e n t i a l t h a t those having t o take policy decisions should be able t0

form a c l e a r p i c t u r e of t h e immediate and secondary e f f e c t s of Government expenditure, methods of r a i s i n g revenue and the u t i l i z a t i o n of a v a i l a b l e balances. N a t e r i a l i s needed f o r analysing p a s t events and f o r assessing c u r r e n t trends and f u t u r e requirements.

71.

The development of public finance s t a t i s t i c s i s concerned p r i n c i p a l l y with t h e ways i n which d e t a i l e d information about government t r a n s a c t i o n s , contained i n the accounts of government organisations, can most u s e f u l l y be summarised and presented

i n

a form which w i l l a s s i s t i n the t a s k of policy formation.

72. ^{A t} present government accounts a r e k e p t primarily t o ensure : ' a ~ c o u n t a b i l i t y ' ~ and a r e not designed t o show c l e a r l y and conveniently t h e implications of the t r a n s a c t i o n s involved. Only by c - - s ~ i n i n g t h e e x i s t i n g accounts and regrouping t h e items according t o uniform c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s appropriate f o r economic a n a l y s i s i s it possible t o compile f i n a n c i a l statements u s e f u l f o r p o l i c y decisions.

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73. F i r s t l y , it i s necessary t h a t the policy accounts made avai- l a b l e t o government should be linked with a system of n a t i o n a l accounts.

By t h i s means the policy maker has a view of the economy a s a whole. I t enables him t o see each s e c t o r i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e e n t i r e economy and places government transactions i n t h e i r n a t i o n a l context. The e s s e n t i a l require- ments from these accounts a r e a c l e a r indication of t h e trend of t h e d r a f t

t h a t Government i s making on the m a t e r i a l resources of t h e country, t h e proportion of Government expenditure going t o d i f f e r e n t uses and t h e direc- t i o n s i n which i t i s expanding f a s t e s t . It i s a l s o necessary to a s s e s s the influence of Government a c t i v i t y on t o t a l income and i t s d i s t r i b u t i o n and i t s influence on output and employment and on t h e volume of cash held by t h e public. In developing policy accounts on the l i n e s indicated the United Nations standard system w i l l be applied with a d d i t i o n a l breakdowns t o meet the requirements of Ghana.

7&. It i s t o be remembered t h a t t h e e x i s t i n g budget accounts do n o t cover a l l government transactions. This exclusion a r i s e s mainly from t h e d e s i r e t o give c e r t a i n bodies, such a s , public e n t e r p r i s e s , a l a r g e measure of f i n a n c i a l autonomy and t o segregate c e r t a i n other a c t i v i t i e s

i n t o separate funds. The f i r s t o b j e c t a f t e r t h e r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of Central Government accounts w i l l therefore be t h e a d d i t i o n a l consolidation of t h e accounts of those bodies n o t covered by the c e n t r a l records i n order t o o b t a i n a comprehensive p i c t u r e of Government transactions with the p r i v a t e s e c t o r and the r e s t of the world.

75. In t a c k l i n g these t a s k s means w i l l become apparent of mo- difying the e x i s t i n g system of Government accounts and Government finan- c i a l reporting i n order t o meet t h e information requirements f o r policy making purposes.

76. It i s t o be pointed out t h a t t h e economic and functional r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of Central Government accounts i s based on t h e infor- mation available i n the normal o f f i c i a l records and t h e usefulness of t h e r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s t h e r e f o r e dependent on t h i s material. Given the speedy provision of adequate d e t a i l s of Government transactions it w i l l be possible t o provide the economic and f u n c t i o n a l t a b l e s needed f o r plan- ning purposes.

77. K comprehensive review of the public finance information a t present being re-eived i n t h e s t a t i s t i c s o f f i c e i s now being undertaken' and returris and methods of c o l l e c t i o n a r e being modified. In addition t o the monthly r e t u r n s t h e following publications w i l l be prepared.

( a ) Central Sovernment Accounts, covering ordinary, e x t r a o r d i n a r y and developmert budgets, wi%h funct'onal and econovic

accounts.

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e n t Economic Survey i s : s e service which w i l l a v a i l a b l e provisional monthly t r a d e f i g u r e s and other data whi

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87. ^{. . .} It has been suggested. t h a t t h e . . . .Office shbiLd.. .@ respon- s i b l e f o r the' ~ u b l i ~ ~ ~ t ~ o ~ . . o f . a : , D i r e ~ t o r y of Fh5erprises based on i n f o r - mation i n t h e index of e n t e r p r i s e s .