PARIS21 Secretariat (Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21 st Century) Millicent Gay Tejada 12 June 2014 6 th SAARCSTAT Meeting, Kathmandu,

PARIS21Partnership in Statistics for

Development in the 21st Century

PARIS21 Support for Statistics Cooperation

in South Asia

PARIS21 Secretariat(Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century)

Millicent Gay Tejada12 June 2014

6th SAARCSTAT Meeting, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Statistics development in South Asia: some insights

How PARIS21 can contribute to stronger statistics cooperation and development in the region?

The concept of National and Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics RSDS/NSDS

Key Points

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Statistics situation in South Asia 1/

1. Subscription to GDDS/SDDS: 100%

2. CRVS Coverage over 90%: 25%

3. Population census in the last 5 years: 75% (6 out of 8 countries)

4. Agriculture census in the last 5 years: 75% of countries

5. Industrial data: no latest data in the last 5 years

6. Trade data: 87.5% of countries with latest data in the last 5 years

1/ The information contained in the statistics situation in the region is sourced from publicly available information on the structure, activities and outputs of statistical systems (from websites of international agencies and national statistics office websites).

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Statistics situation in South Asia 1/ (cont’d)

7. Consumer Price Index base year from within last 10 years: 50%

8. SNA 2008 or chained-weighted GDP data: 50%

9. MDG: 75% of countries have one-tenth of MDG data as country data

10. Ave. number of accessible micro data sets per country: 24.9

Sources of data (accessed through the PARIS21 Metabase)1. International Monetary Fund 2. United Nations Statistics Division3-6. World Bank7-8. International Monetary Fund 9. United Nations10. International Household Survey Network

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PARIS21 Mission

1. Improve the provision and availability of data to users

2. Increase transparency and accountability

3. Reduce poverty through contributing to the achievement of national and international development goals

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PARIS21 collaboration in South Asia

1. Assistance in NSDS roadmap design and preparation of funding proposal for NSDS formulation – Bangladesh (2009), Nepal (2013)

2. Review of the draft NSDS – Pakistan (2011)

3. Assistance on statistical advocacy and communication (advocacy material) – Sri Lanka (2010)

4. Data management & dissemination – Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

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Strategic areas of support:

NSS Development National strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS)

Establishing dialogue mechanisms for effective NSS coordination

Peer review of NSS

Technical advisory services (statistics law, capacity building, etc.)

User-producer engagement


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Resource mobilization Partner report on support to statistics (PRESS)

Country report on support to statistics (CRESS)


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Statistical advocacy Country advocacy

Regional advocacy

Area or sector-specific

Data management and dissemination

Regional strategies for the development of statistics (RSDS)


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The concept of National and Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics NSDS/RSDS

RSDS (Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics)

Essential in regional integration/cooperation processes as it responds to statistical needs of a regional agenda

Ensure comparable statistical indicators and harmonised methodologies across countries

Build efficient regional statistical system

Action plan to meet regional integration/cooperation policies (with consensus among member countries)

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Why an RSDS? Produces data with strict regional dimension addressing

regional policy-making needs

Coordinates national and regional statistical programmes aimed at producing regional data (including surveys, census programs) synchronized

Harmonises conceptual frameworks and methods for comparability

Promotes statistical regulations to comply with international standards

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Why an RSDS? Provides for regional representation to external partner

organizations (adoption of joint positions in major meetings of the global statistical system)

Establishes venue for exchange of best practices (in coordination, statistical capacity building)

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RSDS Design and Implementation Process* Strong political will and validation by authorities

Establishment of an overall process

Participatory methodology

Stage-based organization

* Similar to NSDS Process

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NSDS (National Strategy for the Development of Statistics)

Allows the strategic planning of statistical activities, capacity development, and infrastructure improvements in the NSS

Facilitates stakeholder coordination between NSS actors (line ministries, central bank, NSO) and between development partners and other data users

Assists in building reliable statistical system that produce data for designing, implementing and monitoring national development policies and programmes

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New (updated) NSDS Guidelines

Defines the permanent steps; the various phases in designing NSDS; and implementation principles

Adapted to changing context to take into account country experiences

More user-friendly and flexible tool

Allows for sharing of best practices and country experiences

Responds to specific issues (i.e., regional approach; sectoral statistics; fragile/post-conflict states; federal states; small island states)

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PARIS21 Recommendations for Support to SAARC

Formulation of an RSDS for the region

Informing the Data Revolution Project (cross-country; in-depth country analysis)

Forum on the Post-2015 Development Goals

Country support on NSDS formulation

Support for data development (policy, quality, dissemination)

Support for regional or country level advocacies on statistics

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PARIS21 Secretariat (Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21 st Century) Millicent Gay Tejada 12 June 2014 6 th SAARCSTAT Meeting, Kathmandu,