Provision of Individual Consultancy Services Tender - 2803096

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Country: Liberia

Summary: Provision of Individual Consultancy Services

Deadline: 30 Apr 2015

Posting Date: 28 Apr 2015

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 2803096

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Competition: ICB

Financier: World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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63510000 - Travel agency and similar services

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Expression of Interest (EOI) are invited for Provision of Individual Consultancy Services. Additionally, the consultant will beexpected to work with the staff at the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS)to: To carry outan in-depth assessment of the System of National Accounts in Liberia and identify strengths and weaknesses ofmacroeconomic aggregates and compile a detailed set of recommendations to improve the system and the validity and accuracy of theproduced aggregates; To improve internal and external organizational structure by strengthening links to internal and external data providers inorder to improve availability of relevant input data; To analyse the HIES data and to conduct the full set of National Accounts in termsof income and expenditure for thehousehold sector; To build thecapacity of the staff of the National Accounts Unit in with particular emphasis on the expenditure approach, andhow the National Accounts for the household sector was constructed; To compile aplan for mid to long-term development of national accounts in Liberiawith emphasis on improving input data, methodology, processing software and hardware, and strengthening of technical and human resources, for the householdsector. Develop the framework for constructing the 2014 SUT The consultancy can be conductedremotely, however travel to Liberia is expected for at least one-month in order to conduct an in?country assessment of data sourcesfor national accounts compilation, data validation and to conduct a capacity building workshop onhow the household component of theNational Accounts was conducted using the HIES data.

Working in close collaboration with the staff of LISGIS National Accounts unit, thetasks to be carried out by the HIES International NA Consultant include the following: Assessment of the state of theNational Accounts in Liberia. The consultant will carry out a thorough review ofthe current system of national accounts in Liberia.A special emphasis should be given to the coverage, adequacy and accuracy of input datain key industrial branches such asagriculture, mining and manufacturing industries, in addition to assessing the validity of adjustments and aggregation procedures.An assessment of compliance with international standards such as COICOP, CPC, ISIC, and any other relevant standards should beconducted. Also, a general assessment of compliance withSNA 2008 in terms of concepts and definitions of institutional units andsectors, enterprises, establishment and industries, stocks, flows and accounting rules, valuation of transactions, and time ofrecordingcould be included. Analysis of HIES data. Theconsultant will assist the national accounts unit in analyzing the available HIES survey in order to assess the relevance of eachdata set for national accounts purposes. Useful data will be processed to feed into a commodity-flow based supply-use tableframework. The survey data will also provide information on household consumption, real estate and renting activities, andself-employment and household economic activities. In general the HIES is expected to provide data which could be used to constructthe full set of accounts for the household sector. Assessment of the availability of routine data for householdsector national accounts purposes. The consultant will examine the availability of routine data for national accounts purposes, inparticular the expenditure approach, and assist LISGIS in getting access to useful data. Assessment of data gaps. Upon analyzing the current datasourcesand available data (routine and survey based) the consultant will identify any gaps in data that need to be covered. Datagaps will be identified along with a proposal for remedies. Assessment of the informal sectorbased on available HIES survey data. Economic activity of certain sectors in the nationalaccounts is unlikely to be fully capturedby existing data sources, e.g. construction and retail trade. The consultant will use the HIES data to estimate the extent ofinformal activities and suggest adjustments to aggregates of relevant sectors. Ensure sustainability in the capacity building exercise byoffering on the job and in-house training to the national accounts staff during the project period. All activities carried out bythe consultant during the consultancy must be done with a view to sustainability and capacity building. Capacity building shouldpreferably be done throughon-the-job training. Presentations and other forms of one-way communication should be kept to a minimum.Sustainability also implies thoroughly documenting sources and methods in easy to use manuals.

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