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BOX 6.4 (continued)
Table B6.4.1 Summary of the Availability and Quality of Administrative Data in Tunisia, 2019 Administrative data and administrator Overall Wage earnings and assimilated Taxpayers (Direction A reliable source, Générale des Impôts) but not accessible Social security contributions and reported earnings (CNSS, CNRPS)
Coverage
Quality
In electronic Inter operability form?
Good coverage and quality for wage earners, 3 million partial info. on contributors self- entrepreneurs
Social protection transfers Pensions (CNSS, CNRPS)
Social assistance transfers (MAS)
Reliable data for 50% of the population 60 years old or more
1 million pensioners
AMEN Social program: (1) quality info. for the permanent cash transfer (PNAFN), (2) less so for subsidized health card (AMG2)
Agriculture income Ministry of Agriculture
Information at the level of the Ministry of Agriculture, not centralized, partial and in paper form
Assets and capital Land ownership title (Conservation de la propriété foncière)
Kept in paper form in regional offices
Car title/carte grise (Agence Tunisienne des Transports Terrestre)
Information on 2 million vehicles and their characteristics
3 million vehicles
Legend Coverage
Data quality
In electronic form?
Interoperability
Low Medium High Source: Centre des Recherches et des études Sociales (CRES) and World Bank 2018. Note: AMEN = safety (in Arabic); AMG2=Assistance médicale gratuite 2; CNRPS = caisse nationale de retraite et de prévoyance sociale/social fund for the public sector; CNSS = caisse nationale de sécurité sociale/social fund for the private sector; PNAFN = programme national d’aide aux familles nécessiteuses; MAS = ministère des affaires sociales/ministry of social affairs.
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