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II. H.HEADER DATA

III. 0. PREREQUISITES

A. 0.2 Resources

0.2.1 Staff, facilities, computing resources, and financing (Encouraged)

[Staff, facilities, computing resources, and financing for statistical programs currently available as well as what would be required for programmed statistical outputs.]

IV. 2. METHODOLOGY

A. 2.1 Concepts and definitions

2.1.1 Concepts and definitions (Required)

[Degree to which the overall structure of concepts and definitions follows internationally accepted standards, guidelines, or good practices.]

The estimates are based on the concepts and classifications of the “1993 System of National Accounts” (“1993 SNA”). Value added by industrial activity is calculated as gross production less intermediate consumption. GDP by expenditure category is calculated as the sum of the final use of goods and services through final consumption, capital formation, and exports less imports.

Frequency and types of data produced: The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) produces and disseminates the following data on an annual basis covering the fiscal year July-June:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current market prices by:

Industrial activity

15 major industrial activities17 sub-activities

Expenditure categories

Private final consumption expenditurePublic (general government) final consumption expenditurePrivate investment (gross capital formation)Public (general government) investment (gross capital formation)Exports of goods and servicesImports of goods and services

Gross Domestic Product at constant prices (base year 1995-96) by:

Industrial activity

15 major industrial activities17 sub-activities

Expenditure categories

Public (general government) final consumption expenditurePrivate investment (gross capital formation) Public (general government) investment (gross capital formation)Exports of goods and servicesImports of goods and services

B. 2.2 Scope

2.2.1 Scope (Required)

2.2.1.1 Scope of the data

[Scope of the data.]National accounts cover the whole territory of Bangladesh.

At present, estimates are limited to value added by economic activity and expenditure in current and constant prices, for the total economy. Estimates are produced for gross national product (GNP), gross disposable income (GDI), gross domestic saving, and gross national saving. Fixed capital formation includes construction, machinery and equipment, and transport equipment.

The national accounts in principle cover the economic activity of all Bangladesh residents in conformity with the “1993 SNA”.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) produces and disseminates on an annual basis covering the fiscal year July-June gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by industrial activity and expenditure categories and GDP at constant prices (base 1995/96) by industrial activity and expenditure categories. Data are also produced and disseminated on Gross National Income (GNI), Gross Disposable Income (GDI), and Domestic and National Saving. GDP estimates are also compiled annually for 20 regions and divisions using the production approach at current and constant prices following the same industrial classification of GDP for the total economy. The sum of the independently estimated regional /divisional domestic product is not adjusted to the level of overall GDP estimate. GDP estimate is also disaggregated into rural-urban.

Data are shown in millions of taka.

2.2.1.2 Exceptions to coverage

[Exceptions to coverage.]

2.2.1.3 Unrecorded activity

[Unrecorded activity.]

A significant portion of output is accounted for by informal, unrecorded activity. In all such areas, indirect methods are used to estimate the value of unrecorded output.

C. 2.3 Classification/sectorization

2.3.1 Classification/sectorization (Required as relevant to data category)

[Broad consistency of classification/sectorization systems used with internationally accepted standards, guidelines, or good practices.]Industrial activity is classified and estimates published according to the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) of All Economic Activities, Revision 3. The 15 ISIC categories are used with sub-activities as follows:

1. agriculture and forestry (a) crops and horticulture, (b) animal farming , and (c) forest and related services;2. fishing; 3. mining and quarrying (a) natural gas and crude petroleum and (b) other mining and quarrying; 4. manufacturing (a) large and medium scale and (b) small scale; 5. electricity, gas, and water supply (a) electricity, (b) gas, and (c) water; 6. construction; 7. wholesale and retail trade; 8. hotels and restaurants; 9. transport, storage, and communication (a) land transport, (b) water transport, (c) air transport; (d) support transport services, storage, and (e) post and telecommunications; 10. financial intermediation (a) monetary intermediation, (b) insurance; and, (c) other financial intermediation; 11. real estate, renting, and business activities; 12. public administration and defense; 13. education; 14. health and social works; and, 15. community, social, and personal services.

D. 2.4 Basis for recording

2.4.1 Valuation (Required as relevant to data category)

[Types of prices (market, historical, administrative, basic, purchasers’, producer, etc.) used to value flows and stocks.]Output is valued at producers’ prices and domestic uses are valued at purchasers’ prices. Imports are valued c.i.f. and exports are valued f.o.b.

2.4.2 Recording basis (Required as relevant to data category)

[Degree to which recording meets requirements for accrual accounting.]Most transactions are recorded on an accrual basis in conformity with the 1993 SNA, but government and financial sector transactions are largely on a cash basis.

2.4.3 Grossing/netting procedures (Encouraged)

[Broad consistency of grossing/netting procedures with internationally accepted standards, guidelines, or good practices.]

V. 3. ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY

A. 3.1 Source data

3.1.1 Source data collection programs (Required)

[Comprehensiveness of source data from administrative and survey data collection programs, and appropriateness of the collection modality for country-specific conditions.]The national accounts of Bangladesh are compiled by the National Accounts Branch of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

1. GDP by production approach is based on data derived from a variety of sources such as annual or periodic censuses and surveys and administrative records. Ad hoc surveys or special studies are also used for benchmark estimates or for deriving parameters for indirect estimation.

Agriculture: Data on production volume of about 100 crops, representing 100 percent of total crop output, are taken from BBS based on field reports; for tea, cotton, and rubber, data are taken from the respective development boards; data on livestock and poultry are based on the 1996 agricultural census as benchmark and extrapolated by survey on population of livestock and poultry; animal by-product are estimated by applying fixed coefficient taken from occasional special studies (the last one was undertaken in 1976). Producers' prices of crops and livestock, poultry and by products are supplied by the Directorate of Agricultural Marketing. Forestry output is based on a benchmark production estimate of the Ministry of Forestry that was based on the 1990 Census of Agriculture and extrapolated annually using the production volume of crops as an indicator; the estimates are validated by periodic survey of farm forest and Household Expenditure Surveys (HES). Technical coefficients derived from the most recent Input- Output table for 1995-96 compiled by the Planning Commission are used to estimate gross value added.

Fishing: Data on fishery production are taken from the Directorate of Fisheries based on administrative reports; the data are validated by results of HES and foreign trade statistics.

Mining and quarrying: Basic data (production, intermediate input and prices) for mining and quarrying of natural gas, limestone and white clay are taken from state corporations engaged in the activity; output of sand and gravel are indirectly estimated as a fixed ratio of cement; other products of quarrying are collected by BBS through an annual survey.

Manufacturing: Final estimate of gross value added of large manufacturing (10 or over employed persons) enterprises, which represents 71 percent of total manufacturing value added is based on BBS Annual Census of Manufacturing Industries (CMI); preliminary estimates are extrapolated based on quantum index of industrial production compiled monthly by BBS based on national sample survey. For small scale manufacturing, benchmark estimate of value added was based on 1991 census of small scale cottage industries conducted by Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC); the benchmark estimates are extrapolated based on growth rates of value added of large manufacturing enterprises.

Construction: Gross value of construction is derived from commodity flow of construction materials that serves as the basis for the estimate of gross value added in construction; technical coefficient of construction activity in the input output table compiled by the Planning Commission provides the parameter for estimating gross value added. Building material price index compiled by the BBS is used as deflator.

Electricity, gas, amp; water: Basic data for direct estimates of gross value added of these sectors are taken from government enterprises and local governments providing the services; private enterprises generating electricity are not included as the numbers of such enterprises are believed to be insignificant. Electricity, gas, and water price indices are used to obtain value added at constant prices.

Transport storage and communication: Transport data are divided into air, land and water; differentiated into public and private transport. Data on public transport including air (Biman Airways, Bangladesh Air) are taken from financial reports and balance sheets of government corporations engaged in these activities. Gross value added for private transport is derived on the basis of number of vehicles registered with the relevant government units multiplied by a fixed value added per vehicle estimated from periodic surveys (the most recent one was conducted in 1993-94) or special studies.. Price index on fare and freight are used to inflate the estimates to current price. Basic data on storage, communication and other support services are taken from budget documents of the corporations and government enterprises engaged in the activities and gross value added is directly estimated.

Wholesale and retail trade services: Output of distribution is estimated from value of traded commodities derived from commodity flow of domestically produced goods and imports; trade mark-up ratio is derived annually from special studies and expert opinion. Value added ratios, taken from the BBS Annual Integrated Survey of Non-Farm Economic Activities and input-output table, are multiplied to the estimated value of trade margins to derive gross value added.

Hotel and restaurant services: Output in this sector is estimated from the Annual Integrated Survey of Non- Farm Economic Activities which covers all types of units. The output of hotels and restaurants is measured by the service charge which is the value of sales receipts net of food costs plus receipts from other services rendered, rentals, etc.

Public administration and defense: Budget and actual government expenditure of central and local government serve as the basis for estimation of gross value added; data on central government are taken from the Ministry of Finance while those of the local government are based on annual questionnaire distributed to local government units by the BBS.

Financial intermediation: Financial statements from public and private banks and insurance corporations provide the basic input for direct estimates of gross value added for banking and insurance; estimates excludes small and other informal units engaged in intermediation services such as pawn shops and non- governmental institutions engaged in small deposit and lending operations.

Education, health, community, and social services: Data on employed person in private health and educational services, legal, recreational, personal, religious services and domestic services are used in estimation of value added; labor force survey, population census and administrative data are the sources of data on persons employed either as benchmark or as extrapolation indicators of number employed, data on persons employed in general government are deducted. Output and value added data for the most recent benchmark year, 1995-96, were obtained from the Population Census, the Labor Force Survey and the Survey of Non-Farm Economic Activities for education; from the budget for health; from welfare institutions, religious institutions and professionals for the community and social services.

GDP by expenditure covers private final consumption expenditure, government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation and export and imports of goods and services.

Private final consumption expenditure: The value of final consumption expenditure on goods and services by households and private nonprofit institutions serving households. Private consumption is first estimated as the residual taking GDP by production as control total; separate direct estimates are made using the commodity flow approach, supplemented by data from the Household Expenditure Survey.

General government consumption expenditure: Estimates for central government are based on actual current expenditure less sale of goods and services including expenditure on defense; local government consumption expenditure is estimated based on an annual questionnaire on revenue and expenditure records of local government distributed by the BBS.

Gross domestic capital formation: includes gross fixed capital formation and change in inventories. Gross fixed capital formation is estimated by commodity flow of construction materials, and by production and imports of machinery, equipment and vehicles. Public sector capital formation is estimated independently from government and public corporation accounts and the residual is taken as private fixed capital formation. Change in inventories is computed for finished products, goods for resale, work in progress and raw materials based on the annual Census of Manufacturing Industries and selected traders.

Export and imports of goods and services derived from the Balance of Payments statistics compiled by the Bangladesh Bank

External transactions of goods and services, primary income and current transfers from the Balance of Payments are used to derive gross national product, gross national disposable income and to cross check estimates of domestic and national savings.

3.1.2 Source data definitions, scope, sectorization, classifications, valuation, and time of recording (Encouraged)

[Degree to which source data approximate definitions, scope, sectorization, classifications, valuation, and time of recording required (as described in 2.1.1-2.4.3).]

3.1.3 Source data timeliness (Encouraged)

[Source data timeliness relative to what is required for producing statistical outputs whose timeliness meets applicable data standard (SDDS requirements or GDDS recommendations).]

B. 3.2 Assessment of source data

3.2.1 Source data assessment (Encouraged)

[Routine assessment of source data—including censuses, sample surveys, and administrative records (e.g., for coverage, sample error, response error, and nonsampling error); whether assessment results are monitored; how results are used to guide statistical processes.]

C. 3.3 Statistical techniques

3.3.1 Source data statistical techniques (Required as relevant to data category)

[Statistical techniques in data compilation to deal with data sources (e.g., to align them with target concepts from 2.1.1).]Compilation of GDP by production approach is done by direct and indirect methods as dictated by the availability of basic data for compilation. Results of sample surveys or special studies are not adjusted for under coverage but are used to extrapolate existing estimates or to update estimation ratios and coefficients. Attempts are not made to estimate value added of economic activity with no available data or for which indirect estimation is not possible. These activities are considered insignificant.

Current account estimates for most of agricultural crop production are based on volume of harvest multiplied by prices and value added ratios. For other sectors where estimates are started at constant prices, current price estimates are derived by inflating with price relatives or price index, depending on the type of available price data, Outside of banking and finance, public administration and defense, electricity gas and water amp; sanitary, value added are indirectly estimated. No imputation is made for

under coverage of sectors for which data are directly estimated. When the data used as basic input for final estimates are not yet available, simple extrapolation of previous estimates are practiced using relevant indicators.

Constant price estimates: One of two methods is used for compiling constant price data, depending on the industry.

For agriculture, livestock, fishing, portions of manufacturing, and telecommunications, constant price value added is computed by deflating current price value added by a price index of commodities produced (base year 1985-86). For general government services, value added is deflated by an index of labor input costs for the wage and salary component of government expenditure combined with the CPI for the goods and services component to obtain constant price value added. Deflation of current price value added by a price index of inputs is also used for construction and wholesale and retail trade.

For forestry, mining and quarrying, portions of manufacturing, electricity and water, hotels and restaurants, road, sea, and air transport, post offices, banks, insurance, and real estate and owner occupied dwellings, constant price value added is computed by extrapolating a reference year current price estimate of value added by an output volume index of physical indicators.

For GDP by expenditure approach:

Estimation at current prices: Government final consumption expenditure, public sector capital formation, and export and imports and part of change in inventory are estimated directly from source data; private gross fixed capital formation and most of the estimate of change in inventory are derived indirectly by commodity flow and extrapolation; private consumption expenditure is estimated residually.

Estimation of constant price data: GDP at constant prices is derived from the production approach as described above. Private consumption is determined residually after removing from GDP at constant prices the other expenditure components at constant prices. The other components of expenditure at constant prices are estimated via deflation. The deflator for government consumption is a wage index for government employees. For gross fixed capital formation, the deflator for transportation equipment investment is the transportation and communications index from the CPI, and for other equipment investment is the all-items CPI. For the construction component of capital formation, the deflator is the same as that for the construction industry in the production approach to GDP compilation. The deflators for exports and imports are, respectively, the export and import unit value indices.

3.3.2 Other statistical procedures (Required as relevant to data category)

[Statistical techniques employed in other statistical procedures (e.g., data adjustments and transformations, and statistical analysis).]

D. 3.4 Data validation

3.4.1 Validation of intermediate results (Encouraged)

[Assessment and investigation of statistical discrepancies in intermediate data.]

3.4.2 Assessment of intermediate data (Encouraged)

[Assessment and investigation of statistical discrepancies in intermediate data.]

3.4.3 Assessment of discrepancies and other problems in statistical outputs (Encouraged)

[Investigation of statistical discrepancies and other potential indicators of problems in statistical outputs.]

E. 3.5 Revision studies

3.5.1 Revision studies and analyses (Encouraged)

[Periodicity with which studies and analyses of revisions and/or updates are carried out; whether and how they are used internally to inform statistical processes (see also 4.3.3).]The most recent comprehensive revision of methodology and changes in concepts and classifications took place in 1999-2000. The principal areas of improvement were in the methodologies used for compiling valued added for agriculture and for construction and the estimates for the gross capital formation. A revised time series is available from 1995-96.

VI. 4. SERVICEABILITY

A. 4.1 Periodicity and timeliness

4.1.1 Periodicity (Required)

[Periodicity of statistical outputs relative to applicable dissemination standard (SDDS requirement or GDDS recommendation).]Annual

4.1.2 Timeliness (Required)

[Timeliness of statistical outputs relative to applicable dissemination standard (SDDS requirement or GDDS recommendation).]8 months for preliminary estimates and 20 months for final estimates.

Preliminary projections for the reference fiscal year become available within the period 15 March-31 May of reference year. First estimates are released within the period October-November of the next fiscal year and final estimates are released sometime in March to May of the next fiscal year.

B. 4.2 Consistency

4.2.1 Internal consistency (Required as relevant to data category)

[Consistency of statistics within the dataset.]

4.2.2 Temporal consistency (Encouraged)

[Consistency or reconcilability of statistics over a reasonable period of time.]

4.2.3 Intersectoral and cross-domain consistency (Encouraged)

[Consistency or reconcilability of statistics with those obtained through other data sources and/or statistical frameworks.]As private consumption is determined as a residual both in the current and constant price accounts, the estimates from the production and expenditure approaches are not independently determined and they reconcile by definition. Exports and imports of goods and services used in the calculation of GDP and net factor incomes from abroad used in the calculation of GNP (GNI) are taken from the Balance of payments, and therefore they reconcile with those data by definition.

C. 4.3 Revision

4.3.1 Revision and/or update schedule (Required)

[Transparency and regularity of revision/update schedule.]

4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised/updated data (Required)

[Identification of preliminary and/or revised/updated data.]

4.3.3 Dissemination of revision studies and analyses (Encouraged)

[Dissemination of revision studies and analyses (see also 3.5.1).]

VII. 5. ACCESSIBILITY

A. 5.1 Data

5.1.1 Statistical presentation (Required)

[Statistics are presented in a way that facilitates proper interpretation and meaningful comparisons (layout and clarity of text, tables, and charts).] The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) produces and disseminates on an annual basis covering the fiscal year July-June gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by industrial activity and expenditure categories and GDP at constant prices (base 1995/96) by industrial activity and expenditure categories. Data are also produced and disseminated on Gross National Income, Gross Disposable Income, and Saving. GDP is also compiled for 20 regions and divisions using the production approach at current and constant prices following the same industrial classification of GDP for the total economy.

Data are shown in millions of taka.

5.1.2 Dissemination media and format (Required)

5.1.2.1 Hard copy - New release

[Hard copy - New release.]

5.1.2.2 Hard copy - Weekly bulletin

[Hard copy - Weekly bulletin.]

5.1.2.3 Hard copy - Monthly Bulletin

[Hard copy - Monthly Bulletin.]

5.1.2.4 Hard copy - Quarterly bulletin

[Hard copy - Quarterly bulletin.]

5.1.2.5 Hard copy - Other

[Hard copy - Other.]"National Accounts Statistics of Bangladesh", Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

5.1.2.6 Electronic - On-line bulletin or data

[Electronic - On-line bulletin or data.]http://www.bbsgov.org/

5.1.2.7 Electronic - Other

[Electronic - Other.]

5.1.5 Dissemination on request (Encouraged)

[Dissemination on request of unpublished but non-confidential statistics.]

B. 5.2 Metadata

5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques (Required)

[Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques, including annotation of differences from internationally accepted standards, guidelines.]The methodology and data sources used in the compilation of National Accounts Statistics are documented in the publication "National Accounts Statistics of Bangladesh (Revised Provisional Estimates, 1989-90 to 1998-1999)". This document is available from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

VIII. 9. PLANS

A. 9.1 Recent

9.1.1 Plans for improvement - Recent improvements

[Plans for improvement - Recent improvements.]

B. 9.2 General

9.2.1 Plans for improvement - Short-term

[Plans for improvement - Short-term.]

(i) Improve data sources by:- Implementing an annual enterprise survey program.- Increasing the use of administrative data sources.

(ii) Initiate work on institutional sector accounts, focusing on the household, government, and financial corporation sectors.

9.2.2 Plans for improvement - Medium-term

[Plans for improvement - Medium-term.](1) Improve the methodology for estimating gross capital formation.(2) Collect and use improved primary data in the compilation of GDP by income and expenditure approaches.(3) Develop supply and use tables.(4) Compile quarterly national accounts.(5) Continue implementing the 1993 SNA.

C. 9.3 Financial

9.3.1 Plans for improvement - TA/financing needs - Short-term

[Plans for improvement - TA/financing needs - Short-term.]IMF Long-term Advisor

9.3.2 Plans for improvement - TA/financing needs - Medium-term

[Plans for improvement - TA/financing needs - Medium-term.]

IX. CONTACT PERSON(S):

[Please provide information below as relevant]

Contact 1Prefix/First Name/Last Name: Mr. Satya Ranjan Mondol

Title: DirectorDivision:      Department: National accounting WingAgency:      Address1:      Address2:      City/State:            Postal Code:      Phone: Country Code /Number 880 2-

8181430

Fax: Country Code/Number            Email: mondol1964@hotmail.com

Contact 2Prefix/First Name/Last Name:                  Title:      Division:      Department:      Agency:      Address1:      Address2:      City/State:            Postal Code:      Phone: Country Code /Number            Fax: Country Code /Number            Email:      

Contact 3Prefix/First Name/Last Name:                  Title:      Division:      Department:      Agency:      Address1:      Address2:      City/State:            Postal Code:      Phone: Country Code/Number            Fax: Country Code/Number            Email:      

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Table Of Contents

I. Bangladesh...........................................................................................................................................................1II. H.Header data......................................................................................................................................................1III. 0. Prerequisites...................................................................................................................................................1

A. 0.2 Resources.................................................................................................................................................10.2.1 Staff, facilities, computing resources, and financing (Encouraged)....................................................1

IV. 2. Methodology..................................................................................................................................................1A. 2.1 Concepts and definitions..........................................................................................................................1

2.1.1 Concepts and definitions (Required).....................................................................................................1B. 2.2 Scope........................................................................................................................................................3

2.2.1 Scope (Required)...................................................................................................................................32.2.1.1 Scope of the data...........................................................................................................................32.2.1.2 Exceptions to coverage..................................................................................................................32.2.1.3 Unrecorded activity.......................................................................................................................3

C. 2.3 Classification/sectorization......................................................................................................................42.3.1 Classification/sectorization (Required as relevant to data category)....................................................4

D. 2.4 Basis for recording...................................................................................................................................42.4.1 Valuation (Required as relevant to data category)................................................................................42.4.2 Recording basis (Required as relevant to data category)......................................................................42.4.3 Grossing/netting procedures (Encouraged)...........................................................................................5

V. 3. Accuracy and reliability..................................................................................................................................5A. 3.1 Source data...............................................................................................................................................5

3.1.1 Source data collection programs (Required).........................................................................................53.1.2 Source data definitions, scope, sectorization, classifications, valuation, and time of recording (Encouraged)..................................................................................................................................................73.1.3 Source data timeliness (Encouraged)....................................................................................................7

B. 3.2 Assessment of source data........................................................................................................................83.2.1 Source data assessment (Encouraged)..................................................................................................8

C. 3.3 Statistical techniques................................................................................................................................83.3.1 Source data statistical techniques (Required as relevant to data category)...........................................83.3.2 Other statistical procedures (Required as relevant to data category)....................................................9

D. 3.4 Data validation.........................................................................................................................................93.4.1 Validation of intermediate results (Encouraged)..................................................................................93.4.2 Assessment of intermediate data (Encouraged)....................................................................................93.4.3 Assessment of discrepancies and other problems in statistical outputs (Encouraged).........................9

E. 3.5 Revision studies......................................................................................................................................103.5.1 Revision studies and analyses (Encouraged)......................................................................................10

VI. 4. Serviceability...............................................................................................................................................10A. 4.1 Periodicity and timeliness......................................................................................................................10

4.1.1 Periodicity (Required).........................................................................................................................104.1.2 Timeliness (Required).........................................................................................................................10

B. 4.2 Consistency............................................................................................................................................104.2.1 Internal consistency (Required as relevant to data category)..............................................................104.2.2 Temporal consistency (Encouraged)...................................................................................................114.2.3 Intersectoral and cross-domain consistency (Encouraged).................................................................11

C. 4.3 Revision..................................................................................................................................................114.3.1 Revision and/or update schedule (Required)......................................................................................114.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised/updated data (Required)................................................114.3.3 Dissemination of revision studies and analyses (Encouraged)...........................................................12

VII. 5. Accessibility...............................................................................................................................................12A. 5.1 Data........................................................................................................................................................12

5.1.1 Statistical presentation (Required)......................................................................................................125.1.2 Dissemination media and format (Required)......................................................................................12

5.1.2.1 Hard copy - New release.............................................................................................................125.1.2.2 Hard copy - Weekly bulletin.......................................................................................................125.1.2.3 Hard copy - Monthly Bulletin.....................................................................................................135.1.2.4 Hard copy - Quarterly bulletin....................................................................................................13

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5.1.2.5 Hard copy - Other........................................................................................................................135.1.2.6 Electronic - On-line bulletin or data............................................................................................135.1.2.7 Electronic - Other........................................................................................................................13

5.1.5 Dissemination on request (Encouraged).............................................................................................14B. 5.2 Metadata.................................................................................................................................................14

5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques (Required)...........................................................................................................14

VIII. 9. Plans..........................................................................................................................................................14A. 9.1 Recent.....................................................................................................................................................14

9.1.1 Plans for improvement - Recent improvements..................................................................................14B. 9.2 General...................................................................................................................................................14

9.2.1 Plans for improvement - Short-term...................................................................................................149.2.2 Plans for improvement - Medium-term..............................................................................................15

C. 9.3 Financial.................................................................................................................................................159.3.1 Plans for improvement - TA/financing needs - Short-term................................................................159.3.2 Plans for improvement - TA/financing needs - Medium-term............................................................15

IX. Contact Person(s):...........................................................................................................................................15