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National statistical systems in the SDAC countries: diagnosis and relations with the development strategies. Regional Workshop for SADC countries. Maputo, 14-15 October 2013. Jean Le Nay PARIS21. Plan of the Presentation : Main features/constraints in the SADC countries; NSDSs; - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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National statistical systems in the SDAC countries: diagnosis and relations with the development strategies
Regional Workshop for SADC countries. Maputo, 14-15 October 2013.
Jean Le NayPARIS21
Plan of the Presentation :
1. Main features/constraints in the SADC countries; 2. NSDSs;3. The Users;4. The data production;5. Relations between NSSs and Development Units6. Conclusions .
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• Scope of the survey :12 countries – DRC and Madagascar participated in the Abidjan workshop
• Internal resources for NSOs: 5 million-12 million US $
• NSOs’employees: 230-540• Average per capita internal resources for NSOs:
0.50 $• External resources: needed in all but two
countries.• In 8 countries, resources are stable or decreasing
in 2010-2013.
1-NSSs: THE MAIN FEATURES IN THE SADC COUNTRIES
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• Human resources mentioned in 10 countries;• Insufficient equipment: 8 countries;• Demotivation of the employees: 5 countries;• Lack of production factors to provide the data
expected by the users;• Human resources: a quantitative and qualitative
dimension;• Need for a HR approach.
NSSs: THE MAIN CONSTRAINTS
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• NSDS is the reference framework for statistical programming in the SADC countries;
• Adopted by all the countries, with 3 countries at the design phase;
• 4 countries are implementing a first generation NSDS;
• NSDS improves the status of statistics in the country and increase the relations among the official data providers (NSS). Impact of NSDSs: the weakest point.
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2-THE NSDSs
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• NSDS approach implies a participative dimension;• Users are partners in the design phase in all the
countries. No details on the other phases;• Major partner among users: mass media;• Private sector, researchers/Universities, and civil
society: more difficult.
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3-THE USERS (a)
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• Specific initiatives vis-à-vis the users: – Media relations unit; – monthly meeting with the media; consultation with
users on statistics to be collected; – focus groups to identify gaps; – courses on statistical interpretation.
• NSO Websites: in 11 countries.
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3-THE USERS (b)
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4-DATA PRODUCTION : N.A.
• 8 countries have definitive accounts for 2011. • In 1 country the last definitive N.A. available is for
2008; • Base year of N.A.: 3 countries with base year older
than 10 years;• 11 countries use the 1993 SNA; • 2008 SNA: 1 country; • mix of 1968-1993: 1country.
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• PRSPs and HIPC initiative on debt relief;• PRSPs are very demanding: poverty profile, targets,
indicators;• Poverty remains an issue after the debt relief;• In 2013 all the countries implement or prepare
development strategies including a poverty reduction component with quantitative targets on specific poverty issues.
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5- NSSs AND PRSP OR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT UNITS (a)
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• NSDSs were responses to the data needs of the PRSPs :
In most of the SADC countries there is no formal articulation between NSDS and development strategy;
3 countries only have inserted the NSDS into the developement strategy (2 with an action plan and resources).
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5-NSDS AND PRSP OR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT UNITS(b)
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• NSOs are major partners in the design and monitoring/evaluation dimensions of the development strategy;
• NSOs provide data for the reference year, help to choose the targets, and to calculate the indicators;
• Strategic Development Units request: – more frequent data on poverty; – alignment of surveys with the planning cycle; – more timeliness, regularity;– reliability and credibility of the indicators.
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5-NSDS AND PRSP OR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT UNITS (c)
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• The expectations of the strategic development offices are strictly linked to the preparation and monitoring/evaluation of the development strategy.
• 1 office only expresses wider expectations: the statistics office is expected to promote wide access to and use of data, in order to foster dissemination and evidence-based dialogue.
• There are annual reports on the strategy implementation in most countries (5 do not prepare reports); 2 have specific websites.
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NSDS AND PRSP OR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT UNITS(d)
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CONCLUSION (a)
• Since 2000, an important evolution of the NSSs took place, mostly based on the NSDS approach: – more autonomy;– recognition of the importance of statistics; – more resources; – more open to users; – more data production; – new instruments and techniques.
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CONCLUSION (b)
Comparison with the 16 countries reviewed at Abidjan in September 2012;
At the Abidjan Workshop, the countries have:• Adopted the NSDS approach earlier; • More frequently integrated the NSDS in the strategic
development documents.
At the Maputo workshop, the NSOs: • have more resources and employees; • Are less dependent on external resources; • Have more relations with the media.
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CONCLUSION (c)
Challenges for the NSSs:
• Improvement of governance and independence;• Systematization of the programming approach; • Involvement of the users beyond the preparation phase; • Unification and coordination of the official data providers; • Coordination of the donors; • Dissemination of data to all the users based on the most updated
communication techniques;• Face the demands linked to« cross-cutting themes »: inequalities;
discrimination; environment and sustainability; population dynamics; governance; human rights…
• Prepare the new world challenges => Putting statistics at the heart of the post-2015 debate.
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