AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAYStatistics Department, ESTA Chief Economist Complex, ECON

Meeting of DGs of NBS - Gaborone,

Botswana 16 Feb. 2014

• Introduction

• Components of the Africa Information Highway System (AIH)

– Applications installed at the AfDB

– Applications implemented in RMCs, SROs & STCs

– Data Submission Tool & SDMX Implementation

• Benefits and Challenges

• New Initiatives: 2014 and Beyond

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AGENDA

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

• High Level Forum for Aid Effectiveness, Busan, Dec 2011 => Busan Action Plan for Statistics (BAPS)—call to promote full access to official statistics

• 4th Statistical Commission for Africa’s of 2012—request to AFDB

• AU Summit of July 2012 (AfDB, AUC, and ECA) to support countries to develop effective data management and dissemination systems

• G8 summit of June 2013—Good governance to scale up development effectiveness

• AFDB’s Statistical Capacity program

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INTRODUCTION – BACKGROUND

• Policy and other decision making not data-driven

• Data access by the general public quite limited

• Data access and exchange within and between RMCs difficult

• Data exchange between RMCs and regional/international organizations challenging

• Data reporting to international organizations a burden to RMCs

• Issues of data quality

• Lack of data for effective M&E of development outcomes

• Limited data within RMCs to support Bank operations

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INTRODUCTION – RATIONALE

• Increase data access thereby enhancing transparency, accountability, and governance

• Significantly improve data exchange among RMCs

• Improve data quality through enhanced adherence to international standards

• Make AfDB a hub/knowledge center for development data on RMCs

• Promote regional integration and harmonization

• Platform for the M&E of development outcomes

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INTRODUCTION – OBJECTIVES

AFRICA AFRICA INFORMATION INFORMATION

HIGHWAYHIGHWAY

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AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY (AIH)

Integrated Data Dissemination System in all 54 African countries, 9 Regional and Sub-regional organizations comprising:

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AIH SYSTEM COMPONENTS

• Controlled entirely by authorized RMC personnel. Official statistics only.

• Same as above but directly linked to Statistical Data Portal’s MDG indicators

• Open Data Platform (ODP) is open to all registered users

Statistical Data Portal

MDG Data Portal

Open Data Platform

• The Open Data Platform

• AfDB’s Data Portal System

– The AfDB Data Portal

– Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Data Portal

– Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Portal (AIKP)

– The Africa Food Security Monitor

– Regional Integration Portal

– Africa Trade Monitor

– The Africa Financials Markets Portal

– MFW4A Portal

– AfDB KPI Dashboard

– The Fragile States Portal

– Operations Database Portal

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AIH APPLICATIONS INSTALLED AT THE AFDB

• Country Data Portals

• The Country Open Data Platform

• Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Data Portal

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AIH APPLICATIONS IMPLEMENTED IN RMCs, SROs & STCs

As-is Process

•Organization specific data mapping and formats leading to repetitive work•Lack of common standards•Reporting burden

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DATA SUBMISSION TOOL

Proposed by AFDB

•Countries map data to international standards and load in the ODP•Data collecting organizations pick from the ODP•Common standards

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DATA SUBMISSION TOOL (contd)

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DATA SUBMISSION TOOL (contd)

AfDB/[Country]Open Data Platform

AfDB/[Country]Open Data PlatformCentral BankCentral Bank

National Statistical Office

National Statistical Office

Ministry Of Finance

Ministry Of Finance

othersothers

National Summary Data Page (SDMX)National Summary Data Page (SDMX)

WBWB

IMFIMF

Dashboards and Visualizations

Dashboards and Visualizations

Central Bank ODP

Central Bank ODP

Natl. Stat. Office ODP

Natl. Stat. Office ODP

Min. Of Finance ODP

Min. Of Finance ODP

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* Provided by AfDB under the Capacity Building Program to all African countries

ECOWASECOWAS

BENEFITS BENEFITS ANDAND

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

• Reduced data-reporting burden for RMCs

• Significantly improved data exchanges among RMCs

• Increased data access, transparency, accountability

• Enhancing RMCs’ access to capital markets

• Platform for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development outcomes

• Enhanced collaboration with the IMF and other partners

• Improving data quality through enhanced adherence to international standards

• Enhanced data support for Bank operations

• Promoting the regional integration and harmonization agenda

• AfDB as a hub/knowledge center for development data on RMCs

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BENEFITS

•Internet infrastructure still weak in many RMCs

•Information Technology (IT) staffing levels still very low in statistical offices

•Governments’ resistance to the release of data

•Data management challenges

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CHALLENGES

• Open Data platforms installed and operational in all 54 countries

• Statistical Data Portals installed in all but 5 countries—Somalia, Libya, CAR, Eritrea, Ethiopia

• Data submission tools piloted in 6 countries: Tunisia, Rwanda, Nigeria; Mauritius, Morocco, Zambia

• New initiatives being piloted

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IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

NEW INITIATIVESNEW INITIATIVES

2014 & BEYOND2014 & BEYOND

• Country Project Monitor

• E-Government Data Sharing Initiative (Situation Room, Data Portals for various government agencies)

• Open Data Solutions for Universities and Research Organizations

• Mobile Solutions

• Data Collection Applications

• Data Management Application

• Implementation of National Summary Data Pages (NSDP)

• DataM

• Stat TV and Africa Now

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PLANNED SYSTEMS BEING PILOTED IN SELECTED COUNTRIES

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COUNTRY PROJECT MONITOR

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E-GOVERNMENT

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SITUATION ROOM

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DATA PORTAL – MINISTRY OF FINANCE

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DATA PORTAL – MINISTRY OF TOURISM

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DATA PORTAL – NATIONAL REVENUE AUTHORITY

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DATA PORTAL – CENTRAL BANK

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OPEN DATA – UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

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MOBILE SOLUTIONS

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DATA COLLECTION APPLICATIONS

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DATA MANAGEMENT APPLICATION

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NATIONAL SUMMARY DATA PAGES (NSDP)

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DATAM FOR COUNTRIES

Implementation Schedule

In 2013:

Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

Mauritania

Cape Verde

Senegal

The rest (48 countries) within 2014

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DATAM FOR COUNTRIES

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STAT TV & AFRICA NOW

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