Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programme18Table 3.11: Indicators estimated for observed economy in the year 2006.Indicators Nr of Nr of Turnover Production Intermediateenterpri employeeConsumptionStrata se sGrossValueAddedLarge 47 4,002 14,817,673 15,046,176 11,104,901 3,941,275Medium 730 9,373 34,343,449 34,964,896 25,009,409 9,955,487Small 1,310 3,012 13,343,238 13,444,600 9,823,045 3,621,556Total 2,087 16,387 62,504,361 63,455,672 45,937,355 17,518,318The end of this stage is the end of the estimate of indicators for the part of observedeconomy as well.3.3.2 Government (Public administration, Health, Education and Culture)The main source of the data is the structure of the expenditure by the Ministry ofFinances (budget database). This structure is available in monthly interval periodsand the data are available in the official website of this ministry. The structure ismainly based on the government accounting system. Each expense is detailed intoevery element from the institute to the main reason of this expenditure using NACEand COFOG classification.The Output of the government is an important step to be taken into account in theestimation. The Output is derived by the fields expressed below and in a formulaform it can be expressed:3.3.2.1 Value addedOutput = Value added + Intermediate Consumption + DeprecationA cost method is used to measure the value added of the Government. First, is startedby analyzing the structure of the government. For estimation of value added, data areused for the compensation of employees which is the cost paid by the government tothe specific institute (budget database) It is supposed that the value of the valueadded by the government is the amount paid for the worker that made the final“product”.The only information on wages and social securities comes from the Ministry ofFinances. An additional questionnaire was made in 1998 for further informationabout the structure of the government, but that practice was interrupted and not triedin the further steps.45/236