Implementation of the 1993 System of National Accounts (1993 SNA) in Africa

Abstract

National accounts are essential tools for development planning and the development of regional integration but African governments have not given the issue the required attention on a sustainable basis.Even though a considerable number of countries in the region now carry out regular estimates of their gross domestic product, its distribution by industry, and final expenditure on an annual basis, few countries among them compile other basic indicators of GDP, input and output tables, institutional sector accounts or balance sheets.from sector institutions and balance-sheet accounts. Moreover, the effective integration of the informal sector in the national accounts is still a problem in most of the countries, owing to the lack of basic data.