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 Reported problems Mali -Lack of trained staff -Lack of technical expertise -Outdated computer systems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