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Capacity Building for Labour Statistics

Explore reported problems and thoughtful reflections from the Capacity Building for Labour Statistics ILO-PARIS21 Seminar held in Geneva on December 3, 2003. Learn about issues faced by Bolivia, Mali, and Thailand, key reflections on stakeholder engagement, data quality, and income distribution, and strategies for improvement.

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Capacity Building for Labour Statistics

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  1. Capacity Building for Labour Statistics ILO-PARIS21 Seminar Geneva 3 December 2003

  2. Presentation • Reported problems • Reflections

  3. Reported problems Bolivia: • Discontinuity in management in the Ministry of Labour • Little awareness of need of high quality labour statistics • Budget cut leading to unability to collect data

  4. Reported problems • Mali • Lack of trained staff • Lack of technical expertise • Outdated computer systems

  5. Reported problems • Thailand • Statistics is manifold but few is of high quality • Lack of coordinated plan for labour market data

  6. Problems in brief • Lack of trained staff • Lack of financial resorces • Insufficient infrastructure • Legislation • Organisation • Responsibilities

  7. Reflections • Important to: • Identify stakeholders/potential partners • Build an infrastructure • Find trained staff/arrange staff training • Establish user dialogues

  8. Reflections • Income distribution • Finding: There correlation between economic growth and reduction of poverty • Thus: Important to study factors fostering growth

  9. Reflections • Income distribution • Researchers warn for ”elite separation” • Thus: Important to study also the very highest income levels

  10. Reflections • Demand for labour • Simple survey: Labour Market Tendency Survey • Gives quick information on employers´ demand for educated labour

  11. Reflections • Statistical quality • Customer/user satisfaction can be measured by means of survey on quality/service • Customer satisfaction index • Study on public confidence

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