The Central Statistical Agency is the statistical
arm of the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia. Since its establishment in 1960 it has been and
is involved in socio-economic and demographic data collection,
processing, evaluation and dissemination that is used for
the country’s socio-economic development and planning,
monitoring and policy formulation. This main function of the
Agency is performed through running National Integrated Household
and Enterprise Survey Program (NIHESP), undertaking ad-hoc
surveys, conducting census, and compilation of secondary data
from administrative records.
Considering
the limited resources available in a developing country like
Ethiopia, the NIHESP enabled CSA to run a number of annual national
socio-economic and demographic surveys using the office’s
available infrastructure, field staff (enumerators, supervisors,
drivers…etc), logistic support (field equipment and vehicles),
data processing facilities, …etc. This definitely helps
in the effective and efficient use of the available limited
and financial resources.
Under
the umbrella of the National Integrated Household and Enterprise
Survey Program, the Agency plans and executes a number of national
socio-economic and demographic surveys on annual basis. The
surveys included in the program are:
