1. The Development of Statistical Business Registers in
CAMBODIA

2. Outline Introduction Structure of the SBR Information sources
Technological environment
Updating and maintenance processes
Uses of statistical business registers
Issues and challenges
Way forward

3. 1. Introduction
Cambodia jointed ADB pilot establishing Statistical Business Register for the first time.
The pilot project aims to establishing Cambodia SBR which can be use for many purposes such as :
1 Reduce response burden on business survey,
2 support national accounts and
other uses

4. 2. Structure of the SBR
Based on ADB SBR system the information collection such:
Business demographic information: Province, district, commune and village, names & codes, and business name & address,..
Main variables: Total employment, main economic activity, registered name, legal status, total assets, turnover
Years covered: year of starting operate business
Number of records
Changes in the number of records over the years
Sectors covered (primary, manufacturing, finance, services, government owned enterprises)and NGOs
Industry and product classifications used: CSIC, CPC 2.0/ HS
Local and foreign ownership of enterprises: Owner of business(Khmer or foreign)
Small, medium and large enterprises: Micro, small , medium and large
Enterprises engaged in international trade
The SBR team
The strength, structure, roles and responsibilities: NIS, MOC and General Department of Taxation

5. 3. Information sources Details of the sources of information
Economic census: CEC2011, Agriculture Census data
Surveys: Economic inter-censual survey
Administrative data: Registration data from MOC, MIH and data from Taxation agency (still negotiation)
Public information

6. 4. Technological environment
Since SBR is very new and based on ADB online system, Cambodia would request support IT and computing system to support the SBR system need:
Server
Computers
Computing system
Other IT equipments

7. 5. Updating and maintenance processes
Proposed quarterly update which in line with quarterly GDP

8. 6. Uses of Statistical Business Registers
The SBR will use for many purposes such as :
Business sample frame
National accounts
Reduce business survey
Other research / study purposes

9. 8. Issue and challenges
The main issues and challenges faced in developing, maintaining and using the SBRs:
Cooperation with line ministry, particular, tax authority
IT equipments and computing system
Resources

10. 7. Ways forward 1. The SBR team of NIS do the following:
Continues to work with relevant ministries to formalize the process of updating the SBR and make it alive.
Disseminate key information to stakeholders
Maintain and improve the SBR system
Validating the SBR data via census and survey
2. Relevant ministries and organization are expected to cooperate and provide agreed data regularly to NIS’s SBR team.
3. Will update with Agriculture Census data( agriculture sector), Economic Inter-censual survey 2014 and National Research and Development survey on Science and Technology 2015.
4. Plan to release in the first/ second quarter of 2017.

11. Thank You