country studies

PARIS21Partnership in Statistics for

Development in the 21st Century

Country Studies

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Where are the bottlenecks?

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New data processes in response to the need of users

YesNoNo Answer

How

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- User surveys- Stakeholder consultations- Downloads tracking- Requests through government agencies

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Design

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How

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Fully

implemented

Partially

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ented

Implemen

tation pla...

Not implemen

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Do not know

No Answer

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20Implementation of Standards

Agricultural Census Labor Force Survey Population Census DHS MICS

Income Expenditure Survey or similar

- Nationally adapted GSBPM- Committees and working groups along the statistical production line- Survey reviews and clearing systems

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Effective processes for request management

Fully implementedPartially implementedImplementation plannedNot implementedNo Answer

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Collect

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Less than 10 years

10 years More than 10 years

Irregular Do not know No Answer0

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10

15Frequency of data collection

Agricultural Census Labor Force Survey Population Census DHS MICS

Income Expenditure Survey or similar

Government Entities

International Organizations

Bilateral Donors

Private Business

Others Do not know No Answer0

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15Main financier

Agricultural Census Labor Force Survey Population Census DHS MICSIncome Expenditure Survey or similar

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Process

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Data quality is monitored at all stages

YesNoNo Answer

- Quality control tables- 4-eyes principle- Double entry- Pilot testing

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Analyse

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Adequate access to computer facilities

Yes NoNo Answer 11

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Adequate physical in-frastructure

0-20% 20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% No Answer0

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10Budget covered by Government

Recurrent Costs Development Budget

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Disseminate

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Disseminate

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Disseminate

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Disseminate

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Archive

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Archived (meta-)data follow international standards

Strongly agreeAgree to some extentNeither agree nor disagreeDisagree to some extentStrongly disagree

0-20% 20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% No Answer01234567

Data accessible via a national data archive

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Evaluate

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How

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Periodic evaluation of data processes

Fully implementedPartially implementedImplementation plannedNot implemented

- Regular internal and external audit- Review clearance system- Post-verification

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Main bottlenecks found so far

• Effective request management• Sufficient domestic funding• Standardized dissemination• Periodic process evaluation

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Where do you see areas for action?

Coordinating the national statistical

system

Managing relation-ships with data users

and data providers

Managing statistical standards

Top 3: Priorities for improving the quality of statistics

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Where do you see areas for action?

Update/new statistics law

Provide formal process or structure for coordinating

the NSS

Guidelines or protocols for the exchange of data

Establishing a formal cadre of statistics staff

Processes to ensure use of agreed standards and

classifications

Top 3: Priorities for improving the coordination of the NSS

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Where do you see areas for action?

Registers and sampling frames

for establishments and businesses

Household survey sampling frames

Database structures

Geographic Infor-mation Systems

Data warehousing

Top 3: New investments in statistical infrastructure

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Where do you see areas for action?

Access and dissemination policies

(Meta-)data documen-tation

Data digitalization

IT infra-structure

Data set preparation

Access interfaceUser support

Top 3: Priorities for improving accessibility to statistics