64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

IPS 133 - Challenges of measuring specific economic activities of sub-regional West African countries: The Gambia, Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana

Category: IPS
Thursday 20 July 2 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. (Canada/Eastern) (Expired) Room 104

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Reliable and adequate statistical measuring of economic activities of countries in line with United Nations Systems of National Accounts 2008 is the cornerstone of any meaningful planning and development. However, experience in compiling national economic aggregates, in particular, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in most Anglophone West Africa are faced with profound challenges to adequately measure specific industrial economic activities such as; construction own account, production of housing and agriculture, informal sector activities, and so on. These difficulties emanate due to multiple reasons key among which are the availability of comprehensive data, weak regulations, and human and financial resources. A case study was conducted in Nigeria, The Gambia, Liberia, and Ghana, and the findings of each of the thematic areas are presented as follows: 1. Estimation of own Account production of the agriculture or any other challenging sector in Ghana (Ghana) 2. Challenges of measuring imputed rent, construction on own account economic activities in Real Estate sector in Nigeria (Nigeria) 3. Estimation of the Informal sector activities using an indirect method (Gambia)

 

Organiser: Dr Chigozie Kelechi Acha 

Chair: Dr Chigozie Kelechi Acha 

Speaker: Mr Francis Bright Mensah 

Speaker: Baba Madu 

Speaker: Samba Barrow 

Discussant:  Mr Boima Sonii 

Discussant: Chigozie Kelechi Acha  

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