Informal Cross Border Trade 2012, Second round

Kenya, 2012 - 2014

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

Identification

Survey ID Number

KEN-KNBS-ICBT-2012-v1.0

Title

Informal Cross Border Trade 2012, Second round

Subtitle

Second round

Translated Title

No translation

Country

Name	Country code
Kenya	KEN

Study type

Informal Sector Survey [hh/iss]

Series Information

The Informal Cros Border Border Trade 2012 is the Second round of ICBT surveys conducted from 2011. The ICBT was designed and implemented by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. It was designed to monitor informal cross border trade of commodities between countries.

Abstract

Not provided. The Survey Report is not yet out. Other areas will be added in the next version.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Version

Version Description

Version 1.0 (May 2014)

Version Date

2013-05-01

Version Notes

The structure of the ICBT survey 2012 was based on major border control points, same as the previous survey done in 2011.

Scope

Notes

The study collects data on types of commodities, price, quantity, country of origin or destination and mode of transport.
- Two questionnaires were used, Export and Import.
-The survey covers individual traders opersting at the border points.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary
Trade	World Bank

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage.

Universe

The survey covered major entry border points in the country.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)	Minstry of Devolution and Planning

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Kenya Revenue Authority	The National Treasury	Technical Assistance
Centra Bank of Kenya	The National Treasury	Technical Assistance
MINISTRY OF EAST AFRICAN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TOURISM		Technical Assistance

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Funding
Central Bank of Kenya	CBK	Funding
Kenya Revenue Authority	KRA	Funding

Other Identifications/Acknowledgments

Name	Affiliation	Role
Kenya Revenue Authority	The National Treasury	Technical Assistence
Central Bank of Kenya	The National Treasury	Technical Assistence
MINISTRY OF EAST AFRICAN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TOURISM	MEAACT	Technical Assistence

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Not available

Deviations from the Sample Design

None

Response Rate

None

Weighting

None

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2014-10-08	2012-10-22	15 days

Time periods

Start date	End date	Cycle
2012-10-08	2012-10-22	Quarterly-every three months

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Supervision

The survey was done by teams of interviewers posted at every border control point. Each team comprised of 3 interviewrers and one asaupervisor. The role of the supervisor was to ensure that the interviewers collected the correct information by checking the entries in the questionnaire, doing preliminary editing of the completed questionnaires.
The supervisor has the responsibility of compiling field progress reports and submitting completed questionnaires to the Head office.

Data Collection Notes

Interviewers were assigned to selected major border points. Supervisorsi were assigned to the intervieweres. Interviews were conducted in the languages understood by the people who were being interviewed, English and Kiswahili.

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Ministry of Devolution and Planning

Questionnaires

There were two types of questionnaires used
EXPORTS KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS
IMPORTS KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS

NOTE:
See the full questionnaire in the external resources.

Data Processing

Data Editing

Data editing was done and tables generated. Details of data editing are provided in the external resources

Other Processing

Data processing system was developed and tested by KNBS using CSPro software.
Data processing involved three major tasks namely;
· Minor questionnaire editing
· Data entry,
· Data editing and cleaning, and
· Data tabulation.

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error

Not available

Data Appraisal

Not available

Access policy

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	Ministry of Devolution and Planning	director general@knbs.or.ke

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Director General	Ministry of Devolution and Planning	directorgeneral@knbs.or.ke

Confidentiality

a. Data and other materials provided by KNBS shall not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without written authority from the Director General. b. Data shall be used for statistical purposes only and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations or any other purpose. c. No attempt shall be made to produce links among datasets provided by KNBS, or among data from the KNBS and other datasets with a view to identifying individuals or organizations. d. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the KNBS Data Archive will cite the source of data. e. Requests for micro-data shall be serviced upon completion of and submission of the Application Form for Microdata.

Access conditions

The following general cost-sharing principles will apply to the dissemination of data:
a. Open access data (Public use) - data posted in the KNBS website for download will be available at no charge.
b. Registered access (Licensed) data - data will be availed to sponsors as per agreement between the sponsor and KNBS. A sponsor is any party who contributes directly either materially or financially towards a data production process.
c. Users requesting for specialized services are expected to negotiate and agree on a cost recovery agreement with the Director General.
d. KNBS may levy fees on statistical information products depending on the type of product, effort expended and the dissemination medium.

Citation requirements

The data users shall acknowledge that any available intellectual property rights, including copyright in the data are owned by the KNBS. The data user or client is encouraged to provide KNBS with a copy of such report, paper or article.

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

In no event shall KNBS become liable to users of its data, or any other party, for any loss or damages, consequential or otherwise, including but not limited to time, money, or goodwill, arising from the use, operation or modification of the data. In using these data, users further agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless KNBS for any and all liability of any nature arising out of or resulting from the lack of accuracy or correctness of the data, or the use of the data.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI-KEN-KNBS-ICBT-2012-v1.0

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Ministry of Devolution and Planning	Documentation of Study

Date of Metadata Production

2014-05-16

DDI Document version

version 1.0 (May 2014)