ERF and CAPMAS training Course on The Analysis of the Egyptian Economic Census Survey 2012/2013 Egypt, Cairo, 17-19 October, 2015

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Overview of Uses of Economic Census
Data
Noha Samy§
,
Mai El Mossallamy§
,
and Tarek Moursi§
§
Department of Economic,
Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Cairo University

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 Economic Census (EC) data are used to
inform and support the decision-making
process in the private sector (businessmen
and entrepreneurs) and government
(central and local officials and agencies).
 Selected main uses of EC data for:
1. Government 2. Private Sector
1. Government
 Develop and adjust official statistics and
indices (in conjunction with information
and data from other administrative
sources)
 GDP, value added and other key
national accounts
 Production and employment and
wage structure

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 Intermediate inputs and non-
produced factors productivity
 Distribution of taxes and subsidies
 Construct national and regional input-
output models:
 Illustrate structure of inter-industry
linkages and activity
 Construct Social Accounting
Matrices and harmonize national
accounts
 Show investment and fiscal flows
 Determine leading sectors in the
economy
 Provide a sampling frame
 Improve reliability of official sample-
based surveys.

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2. Private Sector
 Compare firm performance vis-à-vis
national and regional industry norms
(profitability, sales, output per worker,
ownership patterns, etc...)
 Evaluate investment and marketing
strategies
 Explore new markets and current market
potentials
 Analyze industry structure and business
competitiveness potentials
 Promote small scale businesses and
entrepreneurs
 Assess government tax and subsidy
policy