B6.4.1 Summary of the Availability and Quality of Administrative Data in Tunisia, 2019

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Table B6.4.1 Summary of the Availability and Quality of Administrative Data in Tunisia, 2019

Administrative data and administrator Overall Coverage Quality Wage earnings and assimilated Taxpayers (Direction Générale des Impôts)

A reliable source, but not accessible

Social security contributions and reported earnings (CNSS, CNRPS)

Good coverage and quality for wage earners, partial info. on self- entrepreneurs

3 million contributors

Social protection transfers Pensions (CNSS, CNRPS)

Reliable data for 50% of the population 60 years old or more

Social assistance transfers (MAS)

AMEN Social program: (1) quality info. for the permanent cash transfer (PNAFN), (2) less so for subsidized health card (AMG2)

1 million pensioners

In electronic form?

Agriculture income Ministry of Agriculture

Assets and capital Land ownership title (Conservation de la propriété foncière) Car title/carte grise (Agence Tunisienne des Transports Terrestre)

Information at the level of the Ministry of Agriculture, not centralized, partial and in paper form

Kept in paper form in regional offices

Information on 2 million vehicles and their characteristics 3 million vehicles

Interoperability

Legend

Low Coverage Data quality In electronic form? Interoperability

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.