Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation ProgrammeCHAPTER 9: FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS9.1 IntroductionThere is a need for a long term plan for NA improvement, including tasks related tothe statistical infrastructure required to meet NA needs. This will require agreementand significant input from other Divisions of INSTAT and from other agencieswhich supply data for NA purposes. For example, to ensure that NA Divisiondevelops institutional sector accounts or supply-use tables, it is essential thatINSTAT adopts an appropriate economic statistical unit model and implement it inthe Business Register, including the creation of local units or establishments forindustrial statistics (and sub-national statistics) and an institutional sectorclassification. The plan needs to be practical, sequential and incorporate steps tosatisfy the needs for achieving at least the minimum Eurostat requirements.The last project of TA of IMF developed a summary outline of such a plan whichINSTAT needs to consider adopting and developing the additional details needed tobe implemented. The outline is included as Annex G. This requires a considerableamount of planning and commitment of resources, both within INSTAT and in otheragencies, over a number of years. This report provides a proposed plan which wouldachieve Eurostat requirements in 2016 if sufficient resources are consistently appliedduring this period and if relevant TA can be arranged at appropriate times. Most ofthe required NA developments depend on significant improvements of statisticalinfrastructure (Business Register, classifications, surveys, staff skills, quality control,planning etc.) and their development requires substantial planning, coordination andTA.Further improvement in exhaustiveness of GDP related to estimation of Nonobservedeconomy: Use of Labor Force Survey (LFS) carried out by INSTAT in 2008 (Labor Input method)Increase of labor input data using the information already available inGeneral Directorate of Taxation and Social Security Institute.Introduction of further methodological innovations in particular byimplementing a check procedure on economic data declared byenterprises in order to correct/estimate the underreporting of valueaddedIntroduction of the Tabular Approach of Eurostat for exhaustiveness.117/236