LAO_LSB_EC-2006_v1.0
Economic Census 2006
EC 2006
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | LAO |
Enterprise/Establishment Census [en/census]
The Economic Census 2006 is the first economic census in Lao PDR. The census received financial and technical support from the SIDA through the Statistics Sweden and some financial support from the Lao government. The census covered a wide range of economic units, including non-profit institutions operating in economic-related sectors, regardless of registration status. The census, however, excludes the entities as follows: household agricultural entities, household business with no permanent location, international organizations, representative offices, military camps, schools and hospitals located in the military camps, or police offices and other business entities that are temporarily closed down for more than three months. The economic census was carried on from 11 to 16 of December 2006.
The economic census is the first large enterprise survey in Lao PDR. The National Statistics Center (LSB) has conducted some small enterprise survey since 1997, but the findings of those surveys cannot fully fulfill the objectives and they have been mainly used for the calculation of the National Accounts (the Gross Domestic Product). Moreover, those surveys were based on the sample frame of the enterprise registration which is incomplete. The findings therefore could not capture the precise situation of the economic activities of both public and private entities at national as well as provincial level. Finally, the size of the sample for the annual enterprise survey is only 1 500 to 1 800, while the quarterly one is only 280 samples.
This economic census will collect information from all business entities across the country that have permanent location and are located in the village with road access and urban villages. The interview does not take place in the business entities located in the village with no road access and rural villages, and only keep a record of those business entities. The survey is interview-based.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
The Economic Census 2006 has the following units of analysis: establishments, state organizations, and nonprofit organizations.
Version 1.1 - Edited data, first version, for internal use only
2010-03-10
The Economic Census covers all economic entities operating during the time of the survey (including public, private, foreign investment and joint venture production units of all sizes; formal and informal units; the entities that involved management work, associations and non-profit organizations). The survey covered all economic activities based on the ISIC system except the embassies, international organizations and temporary as well as permanently-closed entities.
The survey is divided into two parts: (1) primary economic units (production business), and (2) non-profit organizations/institutions and non-government organizations. The surveyed entities are the primary business entities that have permanent location, engaged in some economic and management activities, and engaged in the production of goods and provision of services. The survey (interview) does not cover the business entities that are self-employed business, operate at the owner's residence, or do not have permanent office such as carpenter, taxi driver and mobile sellers.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| economic systems and development [1.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
National Urban/Rural Three Regions: North, Central, South
Lao PDR Northern Lao Central Lao Southern Lao
Every business entity either formal or informal including shops that operate any economic activities (based on ISIC system) and non-profit and non-government organizations.
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Lao Statistics Bureau | Ministry of Planning and Investment |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Finance | supervisors |
| Ministry of Industry and Commerce | supervisors |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency | SIDA |
| Lao government | Lao PDR |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish Statistics Central Bureau | SCB | technical |
| General Statistics Office | GSO | technical |
There are a total of 209 484 economic units registered. The registration includes primary economic units in every village across the country.
96 040 economic units or 46 percent are located in the urban area. 87 732 units or 42 percent have their permanent location in the rural village with road access while the remaining 25 712 units or 12 percent are located in the village with no road access
The majority of the economic units are located in the urban especially in the business area in big provinces. For instance, Vientiane Capital covers 18 percent of total economic units. The other big provinces are Champasack covering 12 percent, Savannakhet covering 9.9% followed by Vientiane province and Luangprabang each covering 9 percent.
The questionnaire covers the following information:
After the survey, the data was processed at the LSB applying modern techniques such as the scanner, statistical software like SPSS and data base software like SQL. To assure that the data are internationally-comparable, ISIC1 version 4 was used for the classification of the economic activities.
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2006-12-04 | 2006-12-08 |
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Lao Statistics Bureau | Ministry of Planning and Ivestment | LSB |
| Department of Tax | Ministry of Finance | DoT |
| Economic Research Institute for Trade | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | ERIT |
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Director General | Lao Statistics Bureau | https://www.lsb.gov.la |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes |
The Statistics Law of Lao PDR guarantees that identities of respondents are kept confidential. Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor. |
Authorization to use this data is granted to designated individuals in the concerned division of the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB). Under no circumstances shall the authorized user reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in the DoS.
"Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR, Economic Census 2006 (EC 2006), Version 1.1 (June 2010)."
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
(c) 2010, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Director | Services Division, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment | nscit@etllao.com | https://www.lsb.gov.la |
LAO_LSB_EC-2006_m_EN_v1.0
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Houmnylat RATTANAVONG | Lac | Data base specialist |
| Mr. Dueansavanh THAMACHACK | Duean | Data base specialist |
2010-02-10
Version 1.0 (February 2010)