Challenges and perspectives of the production and dissemination of economic statistics under the situation of COVID-19

This event aims to discuss the challenges associated with the production and dissemination of official and experimental economic statistics under the conjuncture of COVID-19, as well as the main adaptation mechanisms developed by the National Statistics Institutes of the region.

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE in Spanish) seeks to present two particular developments:

1. The integration of administrative records from the Integrated Contribution Settlement Worksheet with data from the Large Integrated Survey of households in order to estimate the condition formal / informal employment;
2. Early estimation model based on administrative data on electrical energy consumption to measure the behavior and evolution of the manufacturing sector in the country.

Participants:

- Arturo Blancas Espejo, General Director of Economic Statistics of the INEGI

- Juan Daniel Oviedo Arango, General Director of DANE

- Martha Tovar, ECLAC

၀ 12:45 - 12:50

Welcome and presentation of the event
- Martha Tovar, ECLAC

၀ 12:50 - 13:05      

DANE presentation
- Juan Daniel Oviedo, DANE Director

၀ 13:05 - 13:20

INEGI presentation
- Arturo Blancas, INEGI

၀ 13:20 - 13:30

Panel discussion and questions from attendees:
Question for all panelists:   ¿What are the main measurement challenges in terms of economic statistics that your offices face in the context of the emergency associated with Covid-19??

၀ 13:30

Closing of the event