Household Budget and Labour Statistics CEO
To produce high-quality, timely, and reliable socio-economic data that supports national welfare monitoring, poverty and unemployment reduction strategies, and evidence-based policy and development planning.
Core Objective
The Household Budget and Labour Statistics (HBLS) program is designed to measure the population’s living standards and economic participation. It generates accurate and policy-relevant data on labour markets, household consumption and expenditure, welfare, poverty, and child labour.
The objective is to:
- • Support evidence-based decision-making
- • Strengthen national statistical sovereignty
- • Enhance integrated socio-economic development planning
Major Functions, Responsibilities and Activities
A. Data Collection and Survey Implementation
- • Implement labour force and household budget surveys
- • Generate welfare monitoring data
- • Collect and analyze household consumption and expenditure data
- • Conduct child labour studies (prevalence, causes, and impacts)
B. Indicator and Metric Development
- • Calculate poverty levels and employment statistics
- • Produce indicators for policy and development monitoring
C. Data Quality Assurance
- • Ensure compliance with international standards (e.g., ILO, World Bank)
- • Maintain national relevance and consistency of data
- • Strengthen data quality control systems
Key Statistical Surveys and Key Statistical Outputs (Indicators)
- • Labour Force Survey (LFS): Tracking employment, unemployment, underemployment, working conditions- working hours and income.
- • Urban Employment Unemployment Survey (UEUS): Tracking employment, unemployment, underemployment, working conditions- working hours and income in urban Areas.
- • Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey (HCES): Mapping Consumption patterns expenditure structure, food security
- • Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS): Assessing access to basic social services (health, education, water) and also tracks poverty and inequality
- • Child Labour Survey (CLS): Identifying risks and prevalence to protect future human capital moreover captures children’s involvement in economic and hazardous work conditions.
- • Policy briefs and analytical reports for decision-makers