Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity BuildingReport of the Second Meeting of the Consultative Group

World Bank European Office, Paris, 66 Avenue d'IenaOctober 2, 2001,

BackgroundThe second meeting of the Consultative Group (CG) of the World Bank’s Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) was held at the World Bank’s European Office in Paris on Tuesday October 2. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Shaida Badiee, Director of the Development Data Group of the World Bank and the list of members attending is set out in Attachment One. The agenda for the meeting is provided in Attachment Two.

TFSCB was established in 2000 and the first CG meeting took place in Washington on October 31, 2000. This meeting therefore, reviewed the first year of operation of the Trust Fund. The Consultative Group is the highest decision making body of the Trust Fund and includes representatives of the contributing donors, the international agencies active in statistical capacity building and the PARIS21 Secretariat. Other structures include an international Advisory Panel that reviews operations and advises the CG, the Internal Management Committee that makes decisions about each project proposal and the Management Unit that looks after the day to day operations.

Review of Operations from October 2000 to September 2001The annual report from the Internal Management Committee was presented by the Chairman, Misha Belkindas1. The first year of operation has exceeded expectations in terms of the demands from countries and regions for projects and the number of projects approved. A total of 15 projects were approved in the year, representing a total investment in statistical capacity of almost $9 million, of which $3.7 million was provided from the trust fund. Thus not only has the number and value of projects financed exceeded the levels anticipated in the work program approved a year ago, the fund has also proved successful in being able to mobilize additional resources. The demands upon the fund have accelerated during the year, with more requests being received and more projects being approved in the second half than in the first. There is also a healthy pipeline of known projects in preparation.

Of the 15 project approved, 11 or 73 per cent were country projects, being implemented by national statistical agencies of one kind or another, three were regional projects and one operated at the global level. Only the one global project, the Poverty Analysis Initiative is being implemented by the World Bank (the World Bank Institute). The projects cover all regions of the world and a wide range of topics and issues. Of the 11 country projects, six were in countries that are already involved in the PRSP process or will be in the near future.

1 The full report is set out in Attachment Three.

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The trust fund has also proved to be a successful vehicle for financing specific activities and two contributions have been received from the United Kingdom earmarked for two special programs. Additional funds have also been secured from within the World Bank, both from the Development Grant Facility, to support the activities of the PARIS21 consortium and secretariat and from the administrative Bank budget to cover the management of the trust fund facility and to meet the costs of supervision of projects.

The meeting also received a report from the Convenor of the Advisory Panel Mr. Chandrakant Patel, prepared on behalf of the whole panel2. Since Mr. Patel was unable to be present in person, the report was summarized by Shaida Badiee. However, the meeting did receive verbal comments from Mr Jean-Louis Bodin, another member of the panel.

Overall, the panel concluded that TFSCB had had a successful first year. They considered that 13 of the 15 approved projects directly met the objectives and purpose of the trust fund, but there were some questions over two: Evaluation of job training and food/nutrition policies and especially the component

on the measurement of corruption in municipalities in Paraguay; Follow-up study of administrative barriers to investment in Russia. Development of information and evaluation systems for training and food/nutrition

policies and programs operated by the Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social in Uruguay.

In these cases the panel thought that the link to statistical capacity building was not well identified and that there were insufficient links to mainstream statistical processes,

Finally a brief presentation was made by Graham Eele from the World Bank on the Poverty Analysis Initiative (PAI). This is one of the projects approved last year and operates at the global level. It is the only project that is currently being implemented by the World Bank itself; in this case the global component of the project is being managed by the World Bank Institute. PAI is a global program to strengthen demand for statistics by building capacity in poverty analysis through training at three levels. It works at the regional and global level and works through a number of regional and national training centers. Training activities are focused on overall policy coordination, the management of poverty information systems and technical data analysis.

Following the presentations there was a wide ranging discussion. The key points raised were as follows: How can Trust Fund projects be more directly linked to the strengthening of national

statistical systems and how can they be more focused? (Advisory Panel, Netherlands, UK, UNDG, France,)

To what extent should the geographic coverage of the trust fund be limited, for example, should transition countries be targeted along with those involved in developing poverty reduction strategies? (UNECE, UNDG, Switzerland, UK, Eurostat)

2 The report of the Advisory Panel is provided in Attachment Four.

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How are projects emerging, what is the role of the World Bank and how can the links with the PARIS21 process be strengthened? (Switzerland, France, Eurostat, UK)

How can national coordination be strengthened and how can TFSCB projects relate to existing donor coordination mechanisms, for example, through the UN resident coordinator? (UNDG, Netherlands, UK)

How can the links between projects be strengthened and synergies captured? (Netherlands, UK, Eurostat)

Should there be guidelines or targets for the proportion of projects and/or finance allocated to regional and global projects? (UNECE, France, Eurostat)

Is there a need to clarify the roles of the CG, Advisory Panel and the Internal Management Committee with respect to project review and approval? (Advisory Panel, Switzerland, France, UK)

How can the activities of the Trust Fund be better coordinated with other statistical capacity building initiatives? (UK, France, UNECE, UNDG)

How should the Trust Fund activities be evaluated? (WB)

Conclusions and Recommendations1. The CG reconfirmed that the scope of TFSCB is to strengthen statistical capacity

generally and this requires investment on both the supply and demand side.2. The emphasis of projects should be on building capacity of statistical systems and

while this does not necessarily mean that projects will only work with national statistical agencies, it is important to ensure that projects are discussed and coordinated with these agencies.

3. Projects to be financed by the Trust Fund should focus on the production and use of statistics and less on data analysis.

4. Projects should continue to operate at the national, regional and global levels, but with the majority working at the national level. There is a need for guidance on the level of resources to be allocated to global and regional projects. Ultimately the success of the Trust Fund will be determined by the extent to which statistical capacity is strengthened within countries.

5. More emphasis should be placed on developing projects through the PARIS21 process. Funds may be needed to support project preparation in less statistically developed countries with limited capacity.

6. The trust fund should continue to have a global coverage and support projects in transition countries as well as those involved in the PRSP process. However, all projects should be able to demonstrate a link with national statistical development processes and to contribute to poverty reduction generally.

7. There is a need to stimulate the demand for projects from countries with limited statistical capacity. It is recognized that some countries with limited capacity may need help and support during the project preparation process.

8. There is a need to develop links between projects so that lessons and experiences from one activity can be disseminated elsewhere, at the national level this can be done through the UN resident coordination process and other existing donor coordination mechanisms. Globally the World Bank should aim to highlight lessons and disseminate experience; it will also be important to develop links with other

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processes such as the IMF’s GDDS and their evolving data quality assessment framework (DQAF).

9. There should be close coordination between the Poverty Analysis Initiative and other global and regional statistical training programs.

10. Project review and approval is the responsibility of the internal management committee. The Advisory Panel will be asked to review projects and to comment on the work program as a whole, but is not involved in decisions about the management or implementation of projects. The Consultative Group reviews activities on an annual basis, but also receives six-monthly interim reports. In order to improve information the Management Unit should investigate whether more information about potential projects can be made available to interested agencies before projects are formally approved

Follow-up ActionsBased on these conclusions and recommendations, it was agreed that the Management Unit would undertake the following follow-up actions: The TFSCB Guidelines and Procedures, including the application form will be

revised to ensure that all applications define the links of the project to the national statistical system and specify how activities will be coordinated.

A paper will be prepared for discussion with the CG that will identify how the trust fund could be more proactive in project development and how resources could be targeted, but still allowing flexibility in day to day operations.

The annual report as well as the report of the CG meeting will be disseminated through the World Bank external web site as well as the PARIS21 web site. The Management Unit will also investigate how more information about projects can be disseminated at an earlier stage, while still ensuring that sensitive material is kept confidential.

The Management Unit will consider how best to assist with the development of project proposals and will make proposals to the CG.

The Financial Status of the Trust FundMisha Belkindas reported on the financial status of the trust fund. As of September 30, 2001, TFSCB had received a total of $9.19 million including a pledged amount from Germany that has not yet been received. This amount includes DGF grants of $1.25 million and $2.81 million of earmarked contributions from DFID for specific projects. Leaving aside the earmarked contributions and the DGF funding, which is allocated for the PARIS21 secretariat, this means that $5.13 million is available for statistical capacity building projects at national, regional and global levels.

Of this amount, $3.72 million has already been committed to the 15 projects that have been approved (Table 1). If the three projects under review at the end of September are also approved, that will account for a further $0.89 million. Thus unallocated funds as at September 30, 2001 amount to $527,781. Projects in preparation (stage 2) amount to $2.98 million. If all these eventuate in formal proposals, then there will be a financing gap of almost $2.5 million. Given the increasing rate at which proposals are being prepared and submitted and the increasing level of activity planned by PARIS21, there is

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an need now to replenish the funds. If the rate of progress in the first year is maintained, then it may be expected that future demands on the trust fund may amount to about $4 million per year, not counting any earmarked funds.

The donor members of the CG then identified the expected level of future contributions to the trust fund. The responses were as follows. Germany has made an existing pledge of 800,000 German Marks (about $370,000)

over two years in two equal tranches to be paid in 2002 and 2003. Switzerland has provided a contribution of $200,000 and in order to trigger any new

funds will require a statement to indicate that these funds have been utilized. Any new contribution will be decided after mid-November.

The Netherlands made an initial contribution of $2 million. They are not yet in a position to make any new contribution, but hope to be able to identify this soon. They would prefer to broaden the range of donors contributing to the fund.

The United Kingdom is ready to make a contribution of $2 million in 2002, but would want to do this in collaboration with other donors. They believe there is a need to reaffirm high-level political support for the PARIS21 concept and statistical capacity building more generally.

France has an annual budget of about €6 million per year for statistical capacity building, of which about 10 per cent is allocated for multilateral programs. This year the majority of these funds is allocated for the PARIS21 Secretariat. They hope to be able to make a further contribution to the trust fund towards the end of this year, when the spending position is clearer.

Eurostat has only a small discretionary budget for statistical capacity building, since most development assistance is provided through the Directorate General for Development. They may be able to participate in the joint funding of projects through, for example, the ninth European Development Fund.

Conclusions and Recommendations11. The CG agreed that there was a need to generate new funds and new donors to the

trust fund and this will require that TFSCB is made attractive to donors.12. There is a need to mobilize high-level political support for statistical capacity

building and the PARIS21 process generally. As part of this process, opportunities should be taken to make the case for more sustained funding at appropriate meetings. A key target should be to ensure that the issue of statistical capacity building is on the agenda for the high-level DAC technical meeting scheduled for December.

13. In order to broaden the partnership it may be helpful to develop a joint PARIS21/TFSCB financing proposal that makes the links between networking and investments in statistical capacity explicit.

14. There is a need to make the links clear between what the PARIS21 secretariat does, the role of the Trust Fund and how they both relate to other bilateral and multilateral programs.

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Follow-up ActionsBased on these conclusions and recommendations, it was agreed that the Management Unit would undertake the following follow-up actions: In conjunction with the PARIS21 Secretariat, the Management Unit will prepare a

funding strategy paper for discussion with donors before this is submitted to the DAC technical meeting in December.

The Management Unit will follow up with individual donors about the renewal of pledges.

The Management Unit will initiate discussions with potential new donors on how to broaden the partnership.

Future Plans and Priorities

UN Trust Fund for StatisticsSome discussion had taken place earlier about the possibility of setting up another trust fund for statistical capacity building to be managed by the UN Statistical Division. While this may still be under consideration, it was not possible to pursue the matter in great detail at the meeting because of the absence of a representative from UNSD. In discussion it was agreed that if this was pursued, then it would be important to build in coordination mechanisms with TFSCB and to make sure that the purposes and objectives of the funds were clear and distinct.

Strengthening Agricultural and Rural Statistics in AfricaA brief presentation on this issue was made by Graham Eele, reporting on discussions that had taken place between the World Bank and FAO. It was agreed that this is an important area for future attention because of the decline in capacity in many countries and the need for improved data systems to support poverty reduction strategies. It was agreed that further discussions would take place at the PARIS21 Consortium meeting and the establishment of a task team focusing on this area would be encouraged.

Earmarked ContributionsTwo earmarked contributions have been received in the trust fund to support specific activities in poverty monitoring. The possibility of using the fund as a vehicle for financing specific programs through earmarked contributions was noted.

Next Meeting of the Consultative GroupIt was agreed that is was useful to organize the meeting of the Consultative Group in conjunction with the PARIS21 Consortium meeting in order to minimize travel. It was suggested, therefore, that the 2002 meeting should take place at the beginning of October. The representative of Switzerland extended an invitation to the CG to hold the next meeting in his country.

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ATTACHMENT ONE

List of Attendees

Shaida Badiee World Bank (Chair)Misha Belkindas World Bank (Chair of the IMC)Brian Hammond OECDRaul Suarez de Miguel SwitzerlandGilles Rambaud-Chanoz EurostatRoger Edmunds UKJulia Bunting UKPhilippe Pommier FranceRichard Leete UNDGJean-Etienne Chapron UNECEGeorg Luhrs GermanyFritz Meijndert NetherlandsAntoine Simonpietri PARIS21 SecretariatMary Strode PARIS21 SecretariatBahjat Achikbache PARIS21 SecretariatJean-Louis Bodin Advisory PanelGraham Eele World BankMakiko Harrison World Bank/PARIS21 Secretariat

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ATTACHMENT TWO

Agenda9:30 Welcome and Introduction-- Shaida Badiee 9:45 Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building: Annual Report, Misha

BelkindasAdvisory Panel: Evaluation of the first year of TFSCB

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 Consultative Group: General Discussion

12:30 LUNCH

2:00 Funding needs of the TFSCB and replenishment

3:30 Coffee Break

3:45 Future Plans and priorities of the Trust FundLink to PARIS21Rural and agricultural statistics issuesEarmarked contributionsUN Trust Fund for statistics

4:45 Closing Remarks

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ATTACHMENT THREE

Report of the Internal Management Committee and Management Unit

SummaryThe first year of operation of the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) has been remarkably successful, at least in terms of the demands from countries and regions for projects and the number of projects approved. A total of 15 projects were approved in the year, representing a total investment in statistical capacity of almost $9 million, of which $3.7 million was provided from the trust fund. Thus not only has the number and value of projects financed exceeded the levels anticipated in the work program for the first year, the fund has also proved successful in being able to mobilize additional resources. The demands upon the fund have accelerated during the year, with more request being received and more projects being approved in the second half than in the first. There is also a healthy pipeline of known projects in preparation.

Of the 15 project approved, 11 or 73 per cent were country projects, being implemented by national statistical agencies of one kind or another, three were regional projects and one operated at the global level. Only the one global project, the Poverty Analysis Initiative is being implemented by the World Bank (the World Bank Institute). The projects cover all regions of the world and a wide range of topics and issues. Of the 11 country projects, six were in countries that are already involved in the PRSP process or will be in the near future.

The trust fund has also proved to be a vehicle for financing specific activities and two contributions have been received from the United Kingdom earmarked for two special programs. Additional funds have also been secured from within the World Bank, both from the Development Grant Facility, to support the activities of the PARIS21 consortium activities and secretariat and from the general budget to cover the management of the trust fund facility and to meet the costs of supervision of projects.

While the current financial position of the trust fund is quite strong, given the number of projects approved and the number in the pipeline, a financing gap is likely to occur within the next few months and a decision will need to be made on whether or not finances are to be replenished. The anticipated level of demand seems to be of the order of $4 million per year, although more information is needed to see if this can be sustained, both in terms of the quality of projects and the capacity for management and supervision. The current pipeline of known projects in preparation indicates that there is likely to be a financing gap of about $2.5 million within the next four to six months.

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IntroductionThis is the first annual progress report of the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) and covers the period from October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001. The report provides information on the progress that has been made since October 2000 and plans for the future. The report is organized in four further sections. Section 2 provides some background and outlines the links between TFSCB and the PARIS21 Consortium. Section 3 provides details on the activities of the trust fund over the year. Section 4 outlines the financial situation, while Section 5 presents some proposals for future activities.

Background

OverviewThe Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) was set up to respond to the situation where many developing countries have very limited capacity to collect, process, analyze, disseminate and use good quality statistical data. In particular, the trust fund was established to help meet the anticipated demand for data arising from countries preparing poverty reduction strategies. In many countries domestic resources are limited and external support is required to provide the investments needed to improve the capacity of statistical systems and to help reduce the imbalances between the supply of and demand for statistical data.

TFSCB shares the same vision and mission of the PARtnership In Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), a global consortium of policy makers, statisticians, and users of statistical information. Both the consortium and the trust fund work to strengthen national statistical capacity in developing countries and to promote a culture of evidence-based decision making. Since their inception, efforts have been made to link the two initiatives in terms of organization, management and governance.

The first meeting of the TFSCB Consultative Group of took place at the headquarters of the Word Bank in Washington DC on October 30 and 31, 2000, with participation from the World Bank, IMF, OECD/DAC, EU, UN, PARIS21 Secretariat, Canada, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK and Germany. The meeting discussed and agreed on the guidelines and procedures of the Trust Fund, its management structure, the work programs for the first two years and the links with PARIS21.

The Consultative Group agreed that it is important to ensure that all stakeholders are clear about the relationship between TFSCB, PARIS21 and the programs of other agencies. It also agreed that the link between PARIS21 and TFSCB should be strengthened. The Consultative Group also agreed that the Internal Management Committee would manage the Development Grant Facility (DGF) grant, the World Bank's own contribution to statistical capacity building.

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The Consultative Group endorsed the work plan of the Trust Fund for both FY01 and FY023. In particular, it was agreed that country specific projects will focus on a number of pilot countries in different regions; regional activities will include PARIS21 seminars and training events initiated by WBI; and global projects will include support for the PARIS21 Secretariat, the work of the Task Teams, and data tools for poverty, development and growth monitoring.

Relationship Between TFSCB and PARIS21The basic principles, agreed by the Trust Fund’s Consultative Group, are as follows. PARIS21, the consortium as a whole, involving global, regional and national

meetings, the knowledge activities of the task teams, advocacy and networking, supported by the Secretariat in Paris, is a process and does not implement statistical capacity building projects or programs. Hence, the role of the PARIS21 Secretariat will be to coordinate, to promote the exchange of information and to initiate meetings, including both regional and national seminars.

Statistical activities and investments to build capacity are primarily financed by national governments, with additional resources being made available from multilateral and bilateral aid as well as technical support from the United Nations and other agencies. These programs all have their own separate management structures and reporting processes.

PARIS21 is concerned with all aspects of statistical capacity building. An initial emphasis has been placed on statistics to support poverty reduction and the poverty reduction strategies, because this process, which is owned and managed by developing countries, represents a major opportunity to raise the profile of statistics and to mobilize new resources. The poverty reduction strategy process has been supported by the UN and most donors as a country led process that places emphasis on setting goals and targets and on monitoring progress.

Thus, within this framework, it has been agreed that the main role of the TFSCB is to support and put into effect capacity building projects that have been identified through the PARIS21 Consortium. In conjunction with national governments, the programs of bilateral donors as well as other international initiatives, TFSCB is now one of the practical mechanisms to achieve the PARIS21 vision. In line with the priorities identified by the contributing donors, the emphasis is on strengthening statistical systems in support of national poverty reduction strategies.

3 Fiscal year starts on July 1 of each year and ends on June 30 of the following year. FY01 covers, for example, the period from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001.

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Activities

Administration and PublicitySince the first meeting of the Consultative Group, the Guidelines and Prospectus of the TFSCB have been updated. The Bank’s Statistical Capacity Building web site has been improved and links have been provided to and from the PARIS21 web site. A bank-wide advertisement campaign through a kiosk announcement and e-mails to country and sector directors has been carried out. A brochure has been prepared and has been widely distributed in international meetings, seminars and workshops. Wherever possible, Bank staff have attended PARIS21 meetings and have made presentations about the trust fund.

Following the last meeting and based on recommendations received from CG members, the Technical Advisory Panel has been set up. The composition of the panel is provided in Annex 1. The first report from the Panel will be presented at the annual meeting in Paris, France on October 2, 2001.

During the year, one change was made to TFSCB procedures, to provide for a fast-track process for small projects of less than $50,000. Details were provided in the first progress report.

The Administration Unit prepared an application to the Development Grant Facility for funding for statistical capacity building for FY02. A sum of $500,000 was approved and has been included in the financial statements below. This money will be made available to the PARIS21 Secretariat to cover Consortium activities as well as some of the costs of the proposed evaluation.

In a related move, the bank has now undertaken a review of all recent projects, including active lending, Institutional Development Fund (IDF) and TFSCB funded projects and have identified activities with statistical components. Based on this information, a statistical capacity building project database has been developed and will be made accessible on the Statistical Capacity Building external web site soon. As of September 2001, 235 World Bank projects with at least one statistical component have been included in the database.

Tied FundsIn agreement with the donor (DFID), two contributions have been received to TFSCB that are tied to specific activities (see Box 1). They are both involved with aspects of statistical capacity building, but the funds are dedicated for specific purposes agreed in advance. The first one is “Strengthening Poverty Monitoring Capabilities of National Statistics Offices in Africa” project with a total amount of over $3 million. Of this amount $400,000 comes from the Bank budget. The second project is “Poverty Mapping Initiative” project developed by the World Bank Research Group and partly funded by DFID through TFSCB. The cost of workshops and pilots of the project funded by DFID earmarked contribution is $150,000.

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Projects For management purposes, the Administrative Unit classifies TFSCB projects into one of five stages, depending on their progress4. As of September 30, 2001, 15 projects have been approved and are in operation (stage 4) and three more were under consideration (stage 3). These projects are listed below in Tables 1 and 2, more details are provided in Annex 2. The total budget for all of these projects is more than $9.2 million, of which TFSCB contribution is $4 million or 44 per cent. The remaining 56 per cent will be provided from other sources, including contributions from the recipients as well as funds from other donors. The World Bank has allocated $612,000, 7 per cent of the total, from its own budget for supervision of projects, and additional $250,000 for administration of the trust fund and related activities.

The rate of application to the trust fund has increased during the year. As indicated in Table 1, during the first six months of operation four projects were approved with a total budget of $2.8 million, of which $1.4 million, or 50 per cent, was to be provided by TFSCB. During the second six-month period, 12 projects were submitted and 10 had been approved by September 30, 2001. The total budget for these 12 projects was $6.1 million, of which $2.3 million, or 38 per cent was to be provided by TFSCB. Thus not only has the number of projects increased, but so has the level of additional funds generated. Four projects were approved under the fast-track procedure.

4 Stage 1 denotes projects at the idea or concept stage, in stage 2 a proposal and budget are prepared, stage 3 denotes projects that have been formally submitted to TFSCB and are being considered by the Internal Management Committee, stage 4 projects have been approved and are in operation, stage 5 projects are those that have been completed.

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Box 1 Tied FundsStrengthening Poverty Monitoring Capabilities of National Statistics Offices in Africa The purpose of the project is to create a regional capacity to support national statistical agencies to carry out and analyze surveys to monitor rapidly the effectiveness of PRSPs by measuring simple leading indicators of poverty impacts. This is seen as part of a three pronged development to strengthen the capacity of statistical agencies to collect, analyze and use statistics for poverty monitoring; other initiatives will support capacity development for household income, consumption and expenditure (HICE) surveys and for the dissemination and analysis of poverty statistics, including poverty mapping.

Poverty Mapping Initiative The objectives of the exercise are twofold: to develop poverty maps that will improve the quality of data feeding into the poverty dialogue; and to build the capacity of statistical agencies to construct their own maps. A team from the Poverty Unit in the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank has been working on linking census data with household income and consumption data to produce poverty maps at low level of spatial disaggregation. The process of the project will be discussed at the workshops and conferences (Amsterdam and SADC/EASTC). The developed model will be implemented in Cambodia, Madagascar and one SADC country to produce country poverty maps.

Table 1 Active TFSCB Funded Projects (Stage Four)

Country / Region Title Approval

DateProject Amount TFSCB Other Bank

Budget Implementing Agency

Chad Strengthening Institutional Statistical Capacities Nov-00 $429,500 $295,000 $134,500 $62,000Department of Statistics

Angola INE Statistical Capacity Building Jan-01 $1,382,300 $362,500 $1,019,800 $20,000Institut Nacional de EstatisticaMongolia Strengthening Institutional Statistical System Jan-01 $401,150 $367,000 $34,150 $60,000National Statistical OfficePhilippines Statistical Capacity Building in Rural Sector Mar-01 $578,500 $376,900 $201,600 $20,000National Statistics Office

Uganda Workshop on participatory and survey-based approaches to poverty monitoring May-01 $43,900 $43,900    DFID Uganda

Paraguay Statistical Capacity Building in Economic and Social Data Jul-01 $266,105 $200,000 $66,105 $20,000General Directorate of

StatisticsKarnataka, India

Karnataka Poverty and Human Development Monitoring System Jul-01 $195,000 $195,000   $10,000Department of Planning

Regional-Africa

CODI Workshop on enhancing statistical capacity for poverty monitoring Jul-01 $149,824 $49,824 $100,000 $2,500UN Economic Commission for

Africa

Global Poverty Analysis Initiative Phase One Jul-01 $596,000 $396,000 $200,000 $140,000WBIEP and local and regional research institutions

Peru Economic and Social Data about Afro-Peruvians Aug-01 $199,600 $49,600 $150,000 $2,500National Institute of Statistics

Dominican Republic

Program for the Improvement of Surveys of Living Conditions Sep-01 $2,600,000 $350,000 $2,250,000 $60,000Oficina Nacional de

EstadísticaRegional-SADC

Statistical Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction Strategies – Phase One Sep-01 $400,150 $393,050 $7,100 $20,000SADC Secretariat

Russia Follow-up to Study of Administrative Barriers to Investment Sep-01 $371,300 $48,800 $322,500 $40,000FIAS and Russian Committee

for Statistics Regional-Europe & Central Asia

Information Needs of Local Governments and Statistical Capacity Building at Sub-national Level

Sep-01 $720,000 $320,250 $399,750 $110,000WBIEP / OECD

UruguayDevelopment of Information Systems for the Evaluation of Job Training and Food/Nutrition Policies

Sep-015 $577,000 $270,000 $307,000 $40,000Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social

TOTAL     $8,910,329 $3,717,824 $5,192,505 $607,000 

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The projects under review at the end of September 2001 are listed in Table 2.

Table 2 Projects Under Review as at September 30,2001

Country / Region Name Project

Amount TFSCB Other Bank Budget

Implementing Agency

Regional-Transition Countries

Seminar - Application of Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics in the Context of Transition

$133,000 $133,000   $5,000

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

South Africa Development of the National Statistical System $637,500 $350,000 $287,500 $40,000Statistics South Africa

GlobalGovernance Capacity Building and Monitoring Initiative

$889,900 $399,900 $490,000 $260,000World Bank Institute + 6 national agencies

Total $1,660400 $882,900 $777,500 $305,000

The 15 approved projects cover all regions of the world; Table 3 shows the distribution. Most projects are located in Africa and this is also reflected in the proportion of TFSCB finance going to this region.

Table 3 Distribution of TFSCB Projects by Region

Region Percentage of Projects

Percentage of Total Budget

Percentage of TFSCB Funding

Africa 33% 27% 33%Asia 20% 13% 25%Latin America & Caribbean 27% 41% 23%Europe 13% 12% 10%Global 7% 7% 10%Total 100% 100% 100%

Approved projects cover a wide range of topics (see Box 2) from support to the development of statistical development plans (Chad, Mongolia, Angola and SADC) to support for specific subject areas (Philippines – agriculture, Dominican Republic – living conditions surveys, Uruguay – evaluation) to strengthening data collection capacity (Peru, Paraguay) to small projects for meetings and workshops.

Table 4 indicates that approved projects have been roughly equally distributed between poor countries in IDA and hence involved or expected to be involved in the preparation of poverty reduction strategies, other countries and those operating at the regional or global level. IDA/PRSP countries accounted for 57 per cent of the total resources generated for statistical capacity building and 43 per cent of TFSCB funds allocated. When countries benefited from the regional and global projects distributed to the categories shown in Table 4, the share of IDA/PRSP countries increase to around 70 percent of the total.

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Table 4 Distribution of Projects by Type of Country

Country Type Percentage of Projects

Percentage of Total Budget

Percentage of TFSCB Funding

IDA/PRSP countries 40% 57% 43%Non-PRSP countries 33% 22% 25%Regional/global projects 27% 21% 31%Total 100% 100% 100%

DGF Funded ActivitiesIn addition to the TFSCB funded projects in Tables 1 and 2, in FY01 five other projects have been funded through DGF of which one is country specific (Chad-AFRISTAT) and others are regional (WBI, ICP, and CIS) and global (PARIS21) projects (Table 5). In FY02, the Bank will allocate $500,000 from DGF, of which $400,000 will go to support the PARIS21 secretariat and $100,000 will be used for an evaluation of the PARIS21 activities.

Box 2 Details of Approved ProjectsChad: Strengthening Institutional Statistical Capacities The development objective of this project is to provide assistance to the Government of Chad for designing and building a comprehensive, integrated, well managed, and sustainable statistical system. The project-supported activities include technical assistance, staff training, sector studies, and equipment. The activities will be implemented in two phases, preparatory activities and implementation.Angola: Statistical Capacity BuildingThe project aims at strengthening the capacity of INE and other Angolan institutions involved in generation of statistics, to analyze data and make it available in usable forms to policy makers, through data dissemination, training and system development. Mongolia: Strengthening the Institutional Statistical SystemThis project will support three activities to strengthen the capacity of the statistical system. The first group of activities consists of the development of a strategic plan and the timetable to implement it. The second group involves the improvement of data collection methodologies. The final group of activities deals with building a poverty monitoring and data base management system.Philippines: Statistical Capacity Building in the Rural SectorThe purpose of the project is to transfer the an existing agricultural database system to the National Statistics Office (NSO), and to provide relevant agencies with technical assistance in developing a system that will aid the government in monitoring the progress of poverty reduction in the rural area.Uganda: Combining Participatory and Survey-based approaches to Poverty Monitoring and Analysis Workshop: Outputs from the workshop will feed in to the work plans of UBOS and UPPAP. These will set out a plan for surveys in the future and how the two organizations will work together when designing, implementing and disseminating information on poverty. Republic of Paraguay: Statistical Capacity Building in Economic and Social DataThe objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the DGEEC to produce reliable, high-quality data on a timely basis. It also aims to consolidate gains made in earlier statistical capacity building efforts in order to respond proactively to the information needs for the government to prepare the PRSP.

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Box 2 ContinuedKarnataka, India: Poverty and Human Development Monitoring System: The objective of the proposal is to enhance poverty monitoring statistical capacity in the state of Karnataka. The specific objective of this project is to help support the establishment of an effective Poverty and Human Development Monitoring System (PHDMS). The proposed monitoring system will have multiple objectives and multiple users. Africa: CODI Workshop on Enhancing Statistical Capacity for Poverty Monitoring: The grant will be used to supplement other funds provided by Paris21 and in-kind resources of the ECA to cover the costs of preparing and delivering a technical workshop prior to the CODI meetings. The output from the workshop will contribute to the development of national statistical development plans, which in turn will help strengthen national capabilities for monitoring and evaluating PRSPs. Global: Poverty Analysis Initiative: The Poverty Analysis Initiative (PAI) responds to the demand for various types of capacity building products of PRSP countries. The objectives of PAI are: to support Governments in the PRSP process with a sustained capacity-building effort in the areas of poverty measurement and diagnostics, poverty monitoring and poverty impact assessment; to build the analytical capacity of a variety of groups closely involved in the PRSP process; to promote closer collaboration among producers of information and technical analysts, policy makers and other users of poverty data; and To develop regional networks of communities of practice and provide a platform for exchange of experience and knowledge.Peru: Building Economic and Social Data about Afro-Peruvians: This grant aims to generate a body of information and analysis about the social and economic situation of Afro-Peruvians as a basis for the definition of anti-poverty program policies and initiatives addressed to this impoverished and excluded sector of the Peruvian population. Dominican Republic: Program for the Improvement of Surveys of Living Conditions: The objectives are to generate adequate information about living conditions in the region. The information should be relevant in terms of coverage, quality and most of all, geared towards the design of poverty alleviation and inequality reducing policies. It covers two main data producers, the Central Bank and Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). Southern African Development Community (SADC): Statistical Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction Strategies: The goal of the project is to support the development and implementation of evidence-based poverty reduction strategies in SADC Member States. The project purpose is to strengthen national statistical systems in the SADC region by assisting them to develop statistical development plans and sequenced information strategies for poverty monitoring and evaluation. The project will be implemented in two phases lasting about 12 months each, with six components being implemented in each phase. Russia: Follow-up to study of administrative barriers to investment: The project has three components: development of a survey instrument; development of survey methodology and design; and field-testing of the survey design and approach. Regional: Information Needs of Local Governments and Statistical Capacity Building at Sub-national Level: The primary objective of the grant is to promote sub-national level demographic, social, economic, and fiscal data collection efforts in individual countries. The program has three major components: needs assessment activities, training seminar, and action plan preparation.Uruguay: Development of Information Systems for the Evaluation of Job Training and Food/Nutrition Policies: The objective is to develop information and evaluation systems for training and food/nutrition policies and programs operated by the Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.

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Table 5. DGF Funded Projects in FY 01 and FY02

Name Country/Recipient AmountStrengthening Institutional Statistical Capacities in Chad

Chad (AFRISTAT) $85,000

PARIS21 Secretariat PARIS21 (OECD) $315,000Poverty Analysis Initiative Philippines Institute for Development Studies, and

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics $200,000

International Comparison Program

ESCAP/ADB $100,000

Regional Workshop for CIS countries and Mongolia

EUROSTAT and CIS Statistical Committee $50,000

PARIS21 Secretariat PARIS21 (OECD) $400,000Evaluation of PARIS21 $100,000Total $1,250,000

Projects in the PipelineThe list of known projects at Stage 2 (proposals in preparation) set out in Table 6 shows that there are eight projects soon will be submitted for the review of Internal Management Committee. In addition, there are two projects that discussion between the Bank and recipient is continuing and more likely to be materialized. Further, discussions continue between relevant parties for preparation of projects in ten countries; Kyrgyz Republic, Senegal, Tajikistan, Yemen, Croatia, Nepal, Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mauritius and Tunisia. It is expected that at least four of the ten, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Equatorial Guinea and Tajikistan, will become stage-3 projects in the next few months.

Table 6 Proposals under Review or Preparation as of September 30, 2001Country/Region Title Project

Amount TFSCB Other Bank Budget

Implementing Agency

KosovoSupporting the formulation of a medium-term statistical development plan

$45,150 $45,150   $10,000Statistical Office of Kosovo

AlbaniaCapacity Building and Sustainability of Agricultural Statistical Services

$400,000 $400,000    Directorate of Statistics and Information

IndonesiaPromoting the use of Statistical data for local policy decision making

$538,740 $345,640 $193,100 $40,000BPS-Statistics Indonesia

Global Development of a Labor Market Indicators Library Network $730,000 $400,000 $330,000   ILO

Global Poverty Analysis Initiative: Phases two and three $792,000 $792,000    

WBIEP and local and regional research institutions

Regional-SADC

Statistical Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction Strategies: Phase two

$404,850 $397,750 $7,100 $20,000SADC Secretariat

Bolivia Statistical Capacity Building $250,000 $250,000     Tbd

Vietnam Statistical Capacity Building in Rural Sector $350,000 $350,000     Tbd

Total $3,510,740 $2,980,540 $530,200 $70,000

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Financial Status of TFSCB

ContributionsSince it was established, four countries have made contributions to TFSCB and another one has made a commitment to contribute. The total amounts to more than $8 million, of which $2.8 million is earmarked for specific projects. In addition, the World Bank has provided $1.25 million from the Development Grant Facility (DGF) for fiscal years 2001 and 2002. These funds are to support the PARIS21 consortium and statistical capacity building projects under the PARIS21 umbrella. Although for accounting purposes these funds are separated from the TFSCB money coming from donors, for reporting purposes they are combined. With the World Bank's contribution, the trust fund has received almost $9.19 million (Table 7).

Table 7 Contributions to TFSCB

Country Date To Be Used By ContributionWorld Bank-DGF June 00 June-01 $750,000World Bank-DGF June-01 June-02 $500,000United Kingdom6 Apr-00 Dec-05 $1,222,000United Kingdom Apr-00 Dec-05 $1,465,200United Kingdom7 Jun-01 Dec-05 $2,660,000Netherlands-BNP Nov-00 Dec-05 $2,000,000France Jan-01 Dec-05 $141,305Switzerland Dec-00 Dec-05 $200,000Germany8 Dec-05 $250,000

Total $9,188,505

Current Financial Status of TFSCBAs of September 30, 2001, TFSCB had received a total of $9.19 million including pledged amount from Germany. This amount includes the DGF grant of $1.25 million and $2.81 million of earmarked contributions from DFID for specific projects. Leaving aside the earmarked contributions and the DGF funding, which is allocated for the PARIS21 secretariat, this means that $5.13 million is available for statistical capacity building projects at national, regional and global levels.

Of this amount, $3.72 million has already been committed to the 14 projects that have been approved (Table 1). If the three projects under review are also approved, that will account for a further $0.89 million. Thus unallocated funds as at September 30, 2001 amount to $527,781. Projects in preparation (stage 2) amount to $2.98 million. If all these eventuate in formal proposals, then there will be a financing gap of almost $2.5 million. Given the increasing rate at which proposals are being prepared and submitted

6 The amount committed is £805,000, which has been converted to dollars at an average exchange rate. $150,000 of this amount is earmarked for DECRG Poverty Mapping project. 7 The total amount is £1.9 million, which has been converted to dollars at an average exchange rate. This amount is earmarked for AFTQK Poverty Monitoring program. So far £500,000 has been received.8 Pledged but not received yet.

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and the increasing interest in the trust fund from outside the World Bank, there is an urgent need to replenish the funds.

If the rate of progress in the first year is maintained, then it may be expected that future demands on the trust fund could amount to about $4 million per year, not counting earmarked funds for special activities.

ConclusionWhile it is too early to judge the success or failure of the trust fund in terms of meeting its long-term goal, it is clear that it has been successful in generating a demand for finance for statistical capacity building projects. Demand has been at a high level, consistently above that expected in the initial work programs discussed a year ago. All the signs are that this level of demand is increasing. Interest in accessing the trust fund has been increasing especially from outside the Bank and in conjunction with PARIS21 events and meetings.

An important issue for both the Bank and contributors to the trust fund is whether the current rate of disbursement is sustainable and whether it will be possible to provide of the order of $4 million per year for statistical capacity building. If it does not prove possible to generate this level of resources, then decision will need to be made about how the available funds are to be targeted.

Clearly it will be important to monitor projects and to evaluate whether or not they are achieving or are likely to achieve their objectives and goals. All projects are required to identify indicators of success and to identify how these will be monitored. As more information becomes available it should be possible to identify those characteristics of projects that are associated with success and those that lead to problems in implementation.

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Annex 1 Composition of the Technical Advisory Panel

Members of the Panel

Ms. Denise Lievesley d.lievesley@unesco.org

Mr. Jean-Louis Bodin Jean-louis.bodin@adetef.finances.gouv.fr

Mr. Paul Cheung Paul_Cheung@Singstat.Gov.Sg

Mr. Ben Kiregyera phidam@africaonline.co.ug

Mr. Chandrakant Patel patelchandrakant@yahoo.com

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Annex 2 Details of Approved Projects

Republic of Chad: Strengthening Institutional Statistical Capacities The development objective of this project is to provide assistance to the Government of Chad for designing and building a comprehensive, integrated, well managed, and sustainable statistical system. The system should be capable of collecting, processing, analyzing, disseminating, and using data for monitoring the impact of the national Poverty Reduction Strategy. The system should also be capable of measuring government's performance and outcomes through timely, relevant, and reliable data. The project-supported activities include technical assistance, staff training, sector studies, and equipment. The activities will be implemented in two sub-sequent phases, Preparatory Activities and Implementation.

Preparatory Activities aim to assist the DSEED developing the long-term multi-sector statistical development plan. Given that the Department of Statistics has initiated the formulation process of the plan, this phase is mainly concerned with providing technical expertise to DSEED and sector ministries to evaluate and consolidate such a plan. AFRISTAT will be executing this phase, which is financed through DGF.

The objective of the implementation phase is to provide resources to assist the DSEED and sector ministries in implementing activities scheduled in the long-term statistical development plan. The Department of Statistics would be directly responsible for executing the activities scheduled under this phase.

Summary Budget of the projectResource AmountTrust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) 295.000Development Grant Facility (DGF) 84.500Government of Chad 50.000TOTAL 429.500

Cost breakdownSummary Cost Total (US$) %Goods 74.100 19.5Services 305.400 80.5Total Cost 379.500 100.0

Mongolia: Strengthening the Institutional Statistical SystemThis project will support three activities that will strengthen the overall capacity of the statistical system. The first group of activities consists of the development of a strategic plan and the timetable to implement it, which includes technical assistance, and seminars for users and stakeholders. The second group involves the improvement of data collection methodologies that will cover technical assistance, training and procurement of required equipment. The final group of activities deals with building a poverty monitoring and data base management system. Technical assistance, training in sampling frame design

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and questionnaires, conducting household interviews and survey analysis, workshops and procurement of equipment are components of this group.

Summary Budget of the projectResource AmountTFSCB 367,000Government of Mongolia 34,150TOTAL 401,150

Cost breakdownSummary Costs Total (US$) %

Goods 63,600 17.3Services 303,400 82.7Total Costs 367,000 100

Angola: Institut Nacional de Estatistica (INE) Statistical Capacity BuildingThe purpose of the grant is to finance activities identified by the Government of the Angola (GOA), through the Ministry of Planning as critical to the achievement of a sustainable information generation system at its Institute Nacional de Estatistica (INE). The capacity building phase of the project aims at strengthening the capacity of INE and other Angolan institutions involved in generation of statistics, to analyze data and make it available in usable form to policy makers, through data dissemination, training and development. Capacity building under the grant will be limited to short term training, which should take the form of Study Tours or other regional training. This component will finance international and local consultants to deliver hands-on training to staff from the institute and line ministries, in 3 key areas: Manpower and Labor statistics, National Accounts and Social Statistics. The first phase of the capacity building strategy will be completed by September 2001 and this will lead to a Technical Assistance Credit in fiscal 2001/2002.

Summary Budget of the ProjectResource AmountTFSCB $362,500Government of Angola $200,800Other Sources: IDA, SIDA $819,000TOTAL $1,382,300

Cost breakdownSummary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $40,000 11Services $73,400 20.2Technical Assistance $249,100 68.7Total Costs $362,500 100

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Philippines: Statistical Capacity Building in the Rural Sector

The purpose of the project is to transfer the existing data collection system to the National Statistics Office (NSO), and to provide relevant agencies with technical assistance in developing a system that will aid the government in monitoring the progress of poverty reduction in the rural area. The project will assist National Statistical Coordinator Board (NSCB) and sector ministries to formulate and implement sector and national medium – and long-term statistical plan, which would set up a sustainable statistical infrastructure in all sectors of the economy. Currently, the limited government analytical capacity and lack of reliable up-to-date rural statistics hamper the ability of policy-makers to design an appropriate, tailored strategy and to monitor its impact on the rural poor. The project will consist of two phases. The first phase will basically involve identifying the problems and needs of the system. The second phase will address the adequacy and quality of rural statistics. This will introduce new or improved data frames, collection, validation, processing, storing and dissemination methods.

Summary budget of the projectResource AmountTFSCB $376,900Government of Philippines $201,600TOTAL $578,500

Cost breakdownSummary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $70,000 18.6Services $221,500 59Training (Institutional Capacity Building) $85,400 22.7Total Costs $376,900 100

Republic of Paraguay: Statistical Capacity Building in Economic and Social DataThe objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys and Census (DGEEC) to produce reliable, high-quality data on a timely basis. It also aims to consolidate gains made in earlier statistical capacity building efforts in order to respond proactively to the information needs for the government to prepare the PRSP. The project consists of three main components. The first component is production of statistical information on important emerging topics, and development of concepts, measurement, and methodologies for their analysis. The second component addresses the training needs of the technical staff of the DGEEC and the users of the statistical information in other institutions and agencies. The third component of the project improves the analytical capacity of the country in utilizing the statistical information to evaluate and formulate the public policies to reduce poverty and increase social justness.

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Summary budget of the project

Resource AmountTFSCB $200,000Government of Paraguay (DGEEC) $66,105TOTAL $266,105

Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $37,700 18.9Services $162,300 81.1TOTAL COSTS $200,000 100

Dominican Republic: Program for the Improvement of Surveys of Living Conditions (Mejoramiento de las Encuestas de Condiciones de Vida, MECOVI – DR)The objectives of the MECOVI Program are to generate adequate information about living conditions in the region. The information should be relevant in terms of coverage, quality and most of all, geared towards the design of poverty alleviation and inequality reduction social policies.

The DR MECOVI envisions capacity building for the two main data producers in the DR, namely the Central Bank and Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). While ONE is the public entity formally in charge of conducting surveys and generating most economic indicators, the absence of adequate resources and a clear mandate for poverty monitoring have prevented systematic recollection of information by the ONE.

The MECOVI-DR will support the process of developing a new integrated household survey unit, it will also help ONE in addressing its systemic weaknesses and improve its links with other line ministries, in order to elaborate an Integrated system of household surveys. Part of the process involves collaboration with and gradual transfer of resources from the Central Bank to the ONE. To this effect, the project will work with both entities. To this effect, an Institutional Development Fund grant was obtained to work with the Central Bank survey unit on methodologies for the on-going LFS, field procedures and data quality control, as well as training for analysis. The TFSCB grant is directed towards the ONE to strengthen capacity, take advantage of the census information in order to generate a new master sample frame and undertake LSMS type surveys.

Summary Budget Resource Amount

TFSCB $350,000Recipient $1,200,000 mostly in kindIDF grant World BankIDB loan componentOther donors (EU, Spain)

$350,000$300,000$400,000

TOTAL $2,600,000

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Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $70,000 20Services $280,000 80Total Costs $350,000 100

Karnataka, India: Poverty and Human Development Monitoring SystemThe general objective of the proposal is to enhance poverty monitoring statistical capacity in the state of Karnataka. The specific objective of this project is to help support the establishment of an effective Poverty and Human Development Monitoring System (PHDMS) in Karnataka. The proposed monitoring system will have multiple objectives and multiple users. Collecting better poverty and social information, compiling it, and analyzing it will be helpful in achieving a number of goals, including:

provide information on the impact of policies, reforms and services on the poor provide additional information needed to design measures to mitigate any negative

impacts support informed decision making within the Government of Karnataka inform public debate from the perspective of poverty reduction

The GoK Planning Department has set up the PHDMS to enable the government to link policies and expenditures to poverty and human development outcomes, whether in terms of rising incomes, better educational opportunities, or healthier lives. The proposed monitoring system is essentially a system of consistent, periodic data gathering for a set of core indicators. These include indicators of poverty, income, wages and prices, employment status, access to services, demography, and health, as well as education (copy of draft list attached), and include both outcome and intermediate indicators to be systematically monitored over time. In addition to drawing upon existing sources of data and further strengthening existing data systems where needed, GoK also plans to collect new data where gaps currently exist in the available information base, where data are not available at the desired degree of disaggregation, or where existing sources of information are not reliable.

Summary Budget

Resource AmountTFSCB $195,000Recipient All data collection costs will be

borne by the recipientTOTAL $195,000

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Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Services $195,000 100Total Costs $195,000 100

Peru: Building Economic and Social Data about Afro-PeruviansThis grant aims to generate a body of information and analysis about the social and economic situation of Afro-Peruvians as a basis for the definition of anti-poverty program policies and initiatives addressed to this impoverished and excluded sector of the Peruvian population.

Specific Objectives are: i) to gather information among Afro-Peruvian population in relation to labour market participation, household social and economic dynamics, gender relations; ii) to compare the results of the information gathered among Afro-Peruvian population with overall social and economic trends in the country; and, iii) to produce data analysis with the view of informing the definition of anti-poverty programmes to be addressed to Afro-Peruvian poor and excluded communities.

Main components of the grant are to:i. Design a module specially targeted to a specially selected Afro-Peruvian

population sample in urban and rural Peru and to expand the sample of the Survey as to include at least 3 Afro-Peruvian sites; data analysis.

ii. Dissemination among the Government of Peru, local and national NGOs and other International Development organizations (IDB, Development Private Foundations, etc.)

Summary Budget

Resource Amount:TFSCB Grant: $49,600Recipient: $150,000TOTAL $199,600

Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Services $49,600 100Total Costs $49,600 100

Uruguay: Development of Information Systems for the Evaluation of Job Training and Food/Nutrition PoliciesThe general objective of the Project is to develop information and evaluation systems for training and food/nutrition policies and programs operated by the Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.

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The specific objectives for each component are:

1. To develop information and monitoring system of job training task Management. The component will identify the information and monitoring requirements for task management by responsible offices and executing agencies. The system will include the existent RUEC (Registro de Entidades de Capacitación – Registry of Training Agencies) as one of the instruments for the collection and production of information.

2. To design and implement a system to evaluate the results and impact of job training programs and policies. A new, updated system for evaluation will be designed, based upon analysis of previous ones. This new system will include the situation of beneficiaries both at the time of entry and exit, which will be compared against control populations.

3. To develop an information technology tool which may serve as basis for the information, monitoring and evaluation system. A tool will be developed in order to support the information and evaluation systems. Pilot tests will be done and users will receive appropriate training.

4. To design and implement a Registry of food services executing agencies. This component will include the development of the instrument, its testing, application to INDA counterparts, and preparation of instruments to allow continuous up-date of registry based upon performance of registered agencies; it will also be used in the process of service contracts.

5. To develop information and monitoring system of the management of food/nutrition services and education tasks. The component will identify the information and monitoring requirements needed for an adequate management of activities by INDA and by implementing agencies.

6. To design and implement a system to evaluate results and impacts of food/nutrition programs and policies. This system shall include the degree of satisfaction of nutrition needs, and the linkages with other social policies. The development of the system will also include the installation and starting-up of databases applying all of the developed instruments for collection and analysis of information.

7. To install an information technology capacity (hardware) to support the information, monitoring and evaluation system.

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Summary Budget

Resource AmountTFSCB Grant: $270,000Recipient: $307,000TOTAL: $577,000

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $15,000 5.6Consulting Services $255,000 94.4Total Costs $270,000 100

Uganda: Combining Participatory and Survey-based approaches to Poverty Monitoring and Analysis WorkshopThe ultimate objective is to improve information provided for monitoring of indicators relating to levels of poverty, better understanding of poverty, and improved information for the formulation of policies to help reduce poverty in Uganda. Outputs from the workshop will feed in to the work plans of UBOS and UPPAP. These will set out a plan for surveys in the future and how the two organizations will work together when designing, implementing and disseminating information on poverty. These plans will feed into the Poverty Monitoring strategy for Uganda (which we can view). In the medium term, it is possible to monitor the survey reports produced by UBOS and UPPAP to see how they combine results; and in the longer term, both UBOS and UPPAP will receive feedback from policy makers and planners on the use of data from these combined methods.

Summary Budget

Resource: Amount:TFSCB Grant: $43,900TOTAL: $43,900

Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs: Total %Goods: $3,900 8.8Consulting Services: $40,000 91.2Total Costs: $43,900 100

Africa: CODI Workshop on Enhancing Statistical Capacity for Poverty MonitoringThe grant would be used to supplement other funds provided by Paris21 and in-kind resources of the ECA to cover the costs of preparing and delivering a technical workshop prior to the CODI meetings. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will use their enhanced knowledge in poverty monitoring to contribute more effectively to the discussions of CODI on information for decision-making, the institutional requirements

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and methodological improvements. The output from the workshop will contribute to the development of national statistical development plans, which in turn will help strengthen national capabilities for monitoring and evaluating PRSPs. A special feature of this year’s CODI will be a session on country reports. Some of these will address the role of PRSPs in strengthening statistical capacity and therefore provide an opportunity for learning and building on other’s experiences.

Summary BudgetResource: Amount:

TFSCB Grant: $49,824Recipient: $50,000 (in kind)Paris21 $50,000TOTAL: $149,824

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Services $49,824 100Total Costs $49,824 100

Southern African Development Community (SADC): Statistical Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction StrategiesThe goal of the project is to support the development and implementation of evidence-based poverty reduction strategies in SADC Member States. The project purpose is to strengthen national statistical systems in the SADC region by assisting them to develop statistical development plans and sequenced information strategies for poverty monitoring and evaluation. The project will be implemented in two phases lasting about 12 months each, with six components being implemented in each phase.

Component 1: Project management

Component 2: Regional workshops to monitor progress. This component provides for two regional workshops to monitor progress on the development of national statistical strategies and poverty monitoring activities. The meetings will be hosted in different member states and will take place towards the end of the year about six months after the SADC Statistics Committee annual meeting.

Component 3: Assist SADC Member States to develop and implement information strategies and statistical development plans being developed through national workshops, and other consultative processes, and lead to the restructuring of institutions, and the development of training programs. This component will provide technical assistance to Member States, on demand, to support these processes. The component includes technical assistance in the form of short-term missions and the dissemination of best practices for information strategies through the SADC web site, which will be linked to the PARIS21 web site.

Component 4: Assist SADC Member States to develop and implement poverty monitoring systems. Poverty monitoring systems include nationally representative household surveys, as well as other specific surveys and censuses, the use of data derived

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from management information systems and participatory assessments involving civil society. This component will include an assessment of data availability on poverty in the SADC region, together with technical support aimed at improving regional harmonization of methods, the dissemination of best practices and support for statistical capacity building (linked to component 3).

Component 5: Assist SADC Member States to improve the evaluation of their poverty reduction strategies. Evaluation includes the assessment of the overall impact of country strategies: both economic and social, taking into account the analysis of national budgetary spending, as well as the performance in social sectors such as education, heath and other public services.

Component 6: Establish and manage a regional information network and develop technical capacity in Member States. This component will support the development of a regional network involving policy makers, civil society organizations, the media, cooperating partners, and statisticians from SADC countries. Links with other networks will also be developed primarily through PARIS21.

Summary Budget

Resource: Amount:TFSCB Grant: $790,800Recipient: $14,200 (in kind)TOTAL: $805,000

Cost Breakdown – First Phase

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $5,000 1.3Services $388,050 98.7Total Costs $393,050 100

Regional: Information Needs of Local Governments and Statistical Capacity Building at Sub-national LevelThe primary objective of the grant is to promote sub-national level demographic, social, economic, and fiscal data collection efforts in individual countries. The program has three major components: needs assessment activities, training seminar, and action plan preparation.

I. Needs Assessment Activities

The purpose of the needs assessment activities is to assess the current situation of sub-national data collection and the needs of local governments. These activities will include all the key stakeholders such as statistical offices, local governments, representatives of civil society institutions and universities. The sequence of needs assessment activities is:

1) Preparation of needs assessment strategy in consultation with country team

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2) Identification of local consultants (or local partners) to analyze the existing sub-national statistics

3) Organizing Needs Assessment Workshop: The workshop will help to identify the information needs of local governments to design effective policies and action plans. In addition, the workshop will promote coordination and collaboration between local governments and statistical offices.

4) Writing Needs Assessment Report

II. Training Seminar

Training seminar will strengthen the skills required to undertake subnational statistics collection. To achieve this objective, the seminar will:

Train a group of targeted staff on the critical areas as part of capacity building: Train trainers who will train others; Demonstrate direct application of data collection techniques under the supervision

of external experts; Aim to improve the existing statistical infrastructures.

III. Action Plan Preparation

The last component of the program activities is to develop country action plans for establishing sub-national statistics database. Based on the issues identified in the country needs assessment report, the action plan will provide a comprehensive framework in taking further steps to establish sub-national statistics database. Such further actions include seeking funding to implement action plan, searching resources to deliver training courses by using trained trainers in this program, and promoting further cooperation and coordination among relevant stakeholders.

Summary Budget

Resource Amount TFSCB $320,250WBI $110,000OECD $305,000Soros Foundation $94,750Total $830,000

Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Services $320,250 100Total Costs $320,250 100

Global: Poverty Analysis InitiativeThe Poverty Analysis Initiative (PAI) responds to the demand for various types of capacity building products of PRSP countries. The objectives of PAI are:

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To support Governments in the PRSP process with a sustained capacity-building effort in the areas of poverty measurement and diagnostics, poverty monitoring and poverty impact assessment;

To build the analytic capacity of a variety of groups closely involved in the PRSP process which include government officials at central/regional/local level, NGOs and civil society representatives, and the research community.

To promote closer collaboration among producers of information (statisticians and government bureaucrats), and technical analysts (economists and social scientists), policy makers and other users of poverty data;

To develop regional networks of communities of practice and provide a platform for exchange of experience and knowledge.

The Poverty Analysis Initiative contemplates three phases through which participating countries would undergo:

Phase one: supports the training of policy analysts, researchers and staff from statistical bureaus in methods for poverty analysis and impact evaluation of anti-poverty programs and policies. The goal is to help establish regional centers of excellence and networks of experts in each region that could provide the sustained technical assistance to client countries.

Phase two: guides and supports those individuals trained through the Initiative in the application of policy analysis methods to specific policy/strategic issues in their countries. The goal is both to solidify the training and to demonstrate the value of good analysis (and open access to data) to decision-makers.

Phase three: supports outreach efforts by those centers of excellence and regional networks to further local capacity building, promote more open and transparent access to data at the country level, and more intensive use of poverty analysis in the formulation of policies and strategies. The goal is to facilitate the interaction between data collectors, data users and decision-makers as a way of building a friendlier environment for effective poverty analysis produced and owned by countries.

Summary Budget

Resource AmountTFSCB $1,200,000Netherlands $150,000SISERA $150,000Others $200,000 (in kind)TOTAL $1,700,000

Cost Breakdown – First Phase

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Services $396,000 100Total Costs $396,000 100

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Follow-up to Study of Administrative Barriers to Investment within Subjects of the Russian Federation

The objective of this project is to improve the capacity to continuously monitor the reforms, involving both the public and private sectors, for improvement of the business environment (which is especially important for small and medium enterprises) providing reliable evidence of which reforms are working well and which ones are not. The project has three components.

a). Development of the survey instrument: This component aims at creation of an instrument, which can be used to access the status of reforms in Russian regions and provide a basis for statistical analysis. It will be loosely based on the existing World Bank private sector survey questionnaires and adopted by the local consultant to reflect Russian realities and specifics.

b) Development of the survey methodology and sample design: This component aims at piloting a cooperative approach to development of statistical surveys between Russian Goskomstat and other Russian institutions involved in generation of statistics, to analyze data and make it available in usable form to policy makers, through data dissemination, training and development. Capacity building under the grant will be limited to a pilot exercise of development of the methodology for an administrative cost survey.

c). Field testing of the instrument and the sampling framework: To assure viability of the survey instrument and the sample design, RIISNP in cooperation with Goskomstat and regional statistical offices, and under overall supervision of the FIAS project team, will pilot the new methodology in 2-3 Russian regions.

Summary BudgetResource AmountTFSCB $49,200Recipient (regional governments) $10,800Other Sources: FIAS, DFID, other bilateral donors9 $311,700TOTAL $371,700

Cost BreakdownSummary Costs Total (US$) %Services $49,200 100Total Costs $49,200 100

9 The sub-total of $311,700 represents the two most relevant components of the larger FIAS project of Follow-up to the Study of Administrative Barriers to Investment within Subjects of the Russian Federation: the development of the survey methodology and the implementation of the survey in six regions in Russia.

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Annex 3 Tied funds

Regional: Strengthening Poverty Monitoring Capabilities of National Statistics Offices in Africa The purpose of the project is to create a regional capacity to support NSOs to carry out and analyze national surveys for rapidly monitoring the effectiveness of PRSs by measuring simple leading indicators of poverty impacts. This is seen as part of a three pronged development to strengthen the capacity of NSOs to collect, analyze and use statistics for poverty monitoring; other initiatives will support capacity development for household income, consumption and expenditure (HICE) surveys and for the dissemination and analysis of poverty statistics, including poverty mapping.

Capacity building will based on the Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ), an innovative survey package developed collaboratively by the World Bank with other international partners, as a survey for the rapid monitoring of the effectiveness of the delivery of development programs and services to different population groups - particularly the poorest and most vulnerable. The CWIQ uses survey best practices and innovative technology such as optical scanners for data entry and commercially available software for system development to produce survey results quickly - 3 to 4 months from preparation to final report.

Summary Budget

Resource AmountDFID through TFSCB $2,660,000The World Bank $400,000TOTAL $3,060,000

Cost Breakdown

Summary Costs Total (US$) %Goods $333,200 10.8Services $2,726,800 89.2Total Costs $3,060,000 100

Global: Poverty Mapping InitiativeThe objectives of the exercise are twofold: to develop poverty maps that will improve the quality of data feeding into poverty dialogue; and to build the capacity of local offices to construct their own maps. A team from the Poverty Unit in the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank has been working on linking census data with household income and consumption data to produce poverty maps at low level of spatial disaggregation. The process of the project will be discussed at the workshops and conferences (Amsterdam and SADC/EASTC). The developed model will be implemented in Cambodia, Madagascar and one SADC country to produce country poverty maps. These workshops and pilots will be financed by the earmarked contribution of DFID, $150,000.

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ATTACHMENT FOUR

Report of the Advisory PanelThis report reviews the proposals for 15 active TFSCB funded projects which consist of 1 global, 3 regional and 11 country projects (of which 3 were entirely sub-regional). Total allocated funding for these projects is $8.9 million of which TFSCB would provide $3.7 million. During the first year of TFSCB operations, its management has been successful in coherently considering and agreeing to the global, regional, national and sub-national statistical projects that are aimed at strengthening the capacity and the institution building of the statistical systems (Angola, Chad, Dominican Republic, Mongolia, and Paraguay), increasing the supply of data (Peru, Philippines, Uganda) and promoting their demand and usage (global poverty initiative, SADC, Karnataka-India, CODI Workshop, and Europe and Central Asia) for poverty reduction and economic and social development.

ObjectiveOut of 15 agreed projects, 13 ideally meet the main objective of strengthening the capacity of the statistical systems in the developing countries. The project on the development of information systems for the Evaluation of Job Training and Food/Nutrition Policies and the component on the measurement of corruption in municipalities in Paraguay do not involve use of statistical techniques and methodologies nor the National Statistical office and therefore do not strengthen national statistical capacity. The project for the Russian Federation although plans to use survey methods, the scope of the project is not easily amenable to economic and social data compilation. Moreover, the information to be collected is not relevant to poverty reduction. This project, as well as the Europe and Central Asia project on the information needs of local governments raises the question of whether the developing countries for TFSCB financing include transition countries.

The projects for Angola and Uruguay do not mention at all how the outputs to be generated through the projects would meet the statistical needs for poverty measurement, monitoring, or impact assessment. The projects for Angola, Chad, Dominican Republic, Mongolia and Paraguay and the regional SADC project address the issues on overall statistical systems, institutional strengthening, selected important topical areas of statistical and data dissemination. Thus, they are aimed at the improvement of statistics systems and the supply and demand of timely and quality data. On the other hand, the project for Peru on the building of economic and social data about Afro-Peruvians and Paraguay’s project component on social capital in “Mennonite” colonies are highly specific, without well quantified universe for sampling framework, and somewhat vague on output. The review somehow gives the impression that the proposals on the projects selected for Latin America should have been critically examined as regards their scope, contribution to statistical capacity building and feasibility although they may have some usefulness for poverty reduction programs.

Some projects are interlinked to each other as they have a common objective of generating statistics for poverty reduction. The country projects for Karnataka (India)

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and Mongolia, regional projects for SADC and CODI workshops in Africa, and the global project on poverty initiative should be closely monitored as output for one can be input for the other and they can help in generating the models for the compilation of statistics on poverty measurement, monitoring and impacts.

StrategyThe process on agreeing to the projects has prudently and flexibly followed the main objectives of the TFSCB. But, as the trust progresses, there may be competitive demands for funds and it may prove difficult to prioritize and schedule them in relation to the urgency and gravity of demands and the availability of funds. There may be a case for avoiding projects that are of peripheral nature to statistical capacity building (e.g. Russia’s on market reforms and Uruguay’s on job training and food nutrition) and relate to topics that are not easily measurable with standard statistical methodologies (e.g. corruption in municipalities in Paraguay).

There could also be competitive demands among global, regional, national and sub-national projects and some global and regional projects, due to their vast coverage, may require large resources. Moreover, the demand for country projects is bound to grow when the effectiveness of TFSCB is widely known. Therefore, the management may wish to follow up developments and gain experience in flexibly and judiciously using the current strategy and guidelines on the allocation of resources.

DesignMost of the agreed projects aim to use well established statistical concepts and methodologies during implementation. On the other hand, there are a few projects/components dealing with relatively inaccurate universe on sampling framework, techniques, and methodologies (e.g. Peru and Paraguay). Each project design should have sound modules on each aspect of methodologies so that the targeted outputs can be generated with a good quality and in a timely manner. It should be noted that in the case of Mongolian supply and use tables and the Peruvian survey on Afro-Peruvians, the timing of the compilations and outputs are not well-coordinated with the internal and external developments. In the design and the contents of the project, its relevance to other TFSCB projects, with the exception of the Karnataka-India project, is currently not mentioned. An overall look at the basket of projects indicates that the Global Poverty Initiative, SADC, CODI workshop and Karnataka-India projects have relevance to each other. Several of them could utilize the products and expertise generated by the Global Poverty Initiative in providing guidelines on the indicators on poverty. Similarly, the Karnataka-India project could provide a model for poverty indicators at the sub-national level.

Budget StructureIn some projects on the modernization of the national statistical system, adequate resources have not been allocated for institution building, restructuring and strengthening through training on reorientation, management and organization (e.g. Dominican Republic and Mongolia).

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Moreover, a few projects plan to achieve an ideal database and timely system (e.g. Karnataka-India) without seeking any resources for equipment. There are a couple of projects which fail to address issues of data dissemination (e.g. Angola). Currently, there is a TFSCB guideline that the allocation of resources on the equipment in a project should not exceed 20 percent.

SustainabilityThe agreed project proposals are currently not specific on what are the expectations from the technical assistance experts, which can eventually get embedded in the TORs. In order to have the sustainability of a project, an emphasis on hands-on training and well-documented methodological and procedural documents and guidelines by the TA experts should be encouraged. For some projects, particularly for those which are somewhat academic in nature, there is no recipient financing and in several countries, there is no mention of the government’s commitment to meet the recurrent costs on completion of a project.

Recommendations

Objective of the TFSCB1. To be consistent with the TFSCB objective, each and every proposal agreed for

financing should contribute to the strengthening of the capacity of the statistical systems on economic and social data and simultaneously generate timely and quality statistics to support poverty reduction and economic and social development. Therefore, every project should have involvement and participation of established statistical institutions and professionals. Moreover, non-statistical projects (e.g. Development of Information Systems for the Evaluation of Job Training and Food Nutrition Policies in Uruguay) that may have potential for poverty reduction may be referred elsewhere for financing and execution.

2. When a proposed project is focused on a narrow or a specific area (e.g. a household survey for a particular socio/ethnic/geographical group) its relevance and linkages to the macroeconomic and social statistics and the entire national statistical system should be examined to establish whether its output would foster evidence-based decision-making.

3. Every TFSCB funded project which supplements the national funds on the improvement of data or the collection of new data contributing to the increased supply of data must be supported by a strong component on the dissemination and uses of data to improve demand for statistics.

Strategy4. When the TFSCB has gained adequate experience, some strategy and general

guidelines, for the allocation of priorities and resources among global, regional, national and sub-national statistical programs be devised to facilitate decision-making and coordination by the TFSCB management without losing flexibility to meet changing and emerging needs and resources.

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Design5. In the selection process, preference should be given to the proposals which are

designed to use well established concepts, methodologies, and frameworks rather than to the projects which propose to use or experiment with relatively unknown universe, frameworks, techniques and methodologies so that expected output could be achieved.

6. The design and contents of each TFSCB project should examine its linkage and relevance to the other TFSCB projects, as there is always a possibility of using the experience and output of one project as input in the other projects (e.g. the products of the global project on the poverty analysis initiative) are highly useful for the SADC’s project on statistical capacity building for poverty reduction strategies and the CODI workshop on Enhancing Statistical Capacity for Poverty Monitoring.

7. The sequencing of the various modules of the components and the project needs to be coordinated with internal and external factors and developments so that the timing of the delivery of output can be realistically targeted (e.g. the timing of the Mongolian supply and use tables and the Peruvian survey results seems to be optimistic).

Budgeting Structure8. In any TFSCB financed project on the modernization of the statistical system

supported by institutional restructuring or strengthening (e.g. Dominican Republic and Mongolia), adequate financial resources should be allocated for logistics and training in strategic and change management to impart effective outlook and management for implementation.

9. In providing TFSCB funding for any project, an appropriate balance should be struck in the allocation of resources among consultancies, training, and equipment so that the balanced development of the statistical infrastructure and capacity grow to promote sustainability of targeted statistical compilation. In fact, there is a TFSCB guideline that the share of funding on equipment in a project should not exceed 20 percent.

Sustainability10. Although most of the agreed country projects have a great possibility of technical

sustainability as they involve technical assistance experts (who are expected to leave behind well-documented methodological, procedural and training manuals) and training, efforts should be made to get them institutionalized within the country’s own budgetary structure by getting government’s commitment to meet the recurrent costs on completion of a project.

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