Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics

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Improving Statistical Capacity for Better
Development Results Shaida Badiee Director,
Development Data Group World Bank
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Key areas of statistical work

• Data gathering and publication
• International Comparison Program (ICP)
• Debt statistics
• World Development Indicators
• Data for research and analysis (e.g. Living
  Standards Measurement Study surveys)
• Investment Climate Surveys and Doing Business
  Indicators
• Improving statistical capacity
• Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics

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Key areas of statistical work

• Data gathering and publication
• International Comparison Program (ICP)
• Debt statistics
• World Development Indicators
• Data for research and analysis (e.g. Living
  Standards Measurement Study surveys)
• Investment Climate Surveys and Doing Business
  Indicators
• Improving statistical capacity
• Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics

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International Comparison Program
The ICP and PPPs

• To obtain internationally comparable price
  levels, Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) conversion
  factors, and economic aggregates in real terms
• PPP-based data are in high demand
• Involves globally-coordinated price surveys by
  National Statistical Offices of 150 countries
• Helps improve statistical capacity in the areas
  of prices and national accounts
• ICP is a global partnership World Bank houses
  the ICP Global Office

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External debt statistics

• Global Development Finance (GDF)
• A unique publication and database with debt
  stocks and flows data from the Banks Debtor
  Reporting System
• Little Book on External Debt
• A quick reference version of GDF with individual
  country tables
• Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX)
  initiative
• Partner in development of SDMX, particularly for
  its application in the Joint External Debt Hub
  with BIS, OECD and IMF

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World Development Indicators Database

• A comprehensive set of global statistics for
  monitoring development progress
• Data are collected through an extensive
  partnership
• 1,000 indicators for 210 economies
• 22 regional and income aggregates

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Other WDI products

• Little Data Book, Little Green Data Book, Mini
  Atlas series, WDI Online
• Launching April 2007, co-published with
  Harper-Collins

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• Agreed at the 2nd Roundtable on Managing for
  Development Results, Morocco, 2004
• Clear message from data users
• Better statistics are needed to achieve better
  development results
• Six actions form a time-bound and costed plan
• Something for everyone
• National and international agencies
• Has helped mobilize effort

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Strategies for better statistics

• Many countries now have a National Strategy
  (NSDS) for the Development of Statistics
• Advocacy and guidance from PARIS21
• Need to set out realistic, prioritized and costed
  development plans, aligned with the needs of
  users

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Investment in statistical systems

• Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building
• Support for strategies and small projects
• GDDS project for Anglophone Africa
• Since 2004, large-scale projects in several IDA
  countries
• Burkina Faso (10m)
• Nigeria (18m)
• Kenya (10m donor cofinancing)
• Tajikistan (1m donor cofinancing)
• Current IDA pipeline Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
  India, Madagascar, Mongolia, Kyrgyz Republic

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Investment in statistical systems

• Definitely not enough
• To meet the additional funding requirement
  identified in Marrakech (120m per year globally)
• And to ensure that all national statistical
  strategies are implemented
• 3rd Roundtable in Hanoi Feb 5-8
• Reaffirmed relevance of Marrakech
• New campaign for financing

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Participation in the 2010 Census

• UN is leading global advocacy and technical
  support effort through a World Programme, with
  some World Bank funds
• Country-led regional initiative also underway in
  Africa
• But funding gaps possible in some countries

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Better household surveys

• International Household Survey Network
• A network of international agencies, Secretariat
  at World Bank
• Better coordination of international survey
  programs and sharing of best practices

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Measuring key topics and the MDGs

• The Accelerated Data Program
• a new initiative supported by the Marrakech
  Action Plan to improve the use and quality of
  household survey data at country level
• Creating country capacity to
• Task 1 Better document and disseminate survey
  microdata
• Task 2 Analyze and assess survey quality
• Task 3 Improve survey design and data
  collection

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Measuring key topics and the MDGs
Results from the pilot of the Accelerated Data
Program Accessible, documented datasets
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Accelerating Progress

• Long term Need greater levels of investment to
  implement national strategies for statistics
• More support for Census 2010
• Near term Improvements in data availability,
  dissemination and quality (the Accelerated Data
  Program and other initiatives)
• More can be done to harmonize effort

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Thank you