AFDB experience in the use of basic economic statistics and in assistance to regional member countries __________________________________________________________ by B. Kokil Manager, Economic

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AFDB experience in the use of basic economic
statistics and in assistance to regional member
countries________________________________________
__________________byB. KokilManager,
Economic Social Statistics DivisionStatistics
DepartmentAfrican Development Bank
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Introduction_____________________________________
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• The Bank as a centre of knowledge
• Data at the core of the results agenda
• Banks Statistical capacity building activities

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The Bank as a centre of knowledge________________
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• ECON STANDING PUBLICATIONS
• Research
• African Economic Outlook (AEO)
• Technical skills development
• African Development Report (ADR)
• Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable
  Development in Africa
• African Development Review (ADRv)
• African Competitiveness Report (ACR)
• Development research Briefs

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The Bank as a centre of knowledge
(contd)_____________________________________

• Statistical
• Selected Statistics on African Countries
• Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators for
  African Countries
• Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group Operations
• ADB Statistics Pocketbook
• The Wall Chart on MDGs
• African Statistical Journal
• Cross-Country Comparison of Incomes, Output and
  Price Levels in Africa
• Development Data Platform
• Facilitate access to development data on Africa

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AfDB Results Agenda _____________________________
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• ADF X financing (2005-2007)
• Providing 3 bn UA interest-free credits and
  grants for programs aimed at boosting economic
  growth and improving living conditions in 40 ADF
  eligible countries
• Performance based country allocations
• Need for reliable data to monitor performance
• Growing demand for results
• Embodied in MDGs, Monterrey,
• ADF Results Monitoring Framework
• Key Instrument RB-CSP
• strong orientation for achieving realistic and
  measurable outcomes
• strong statistical, monitoring evaluation
  framework

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Indicators
Support for Strengthening National Statistical
Systems
Periodicity
Year
National Accounts
etc.
etc
Other Data Gaps Project Specific Surveys
Building Sound ME frameworks Statistical
Cycle in Project Cycle
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Statistical Cycle in the Project Cycle

• Project Design Data for
• Project preparation
• Analysis of
• prevailing situation

• Post Evaluation Data for
• Policy recommendations
• Project impacts
• - Design changes
• - etc.

Project Implementation - Surveys for monitoring
project implementation - Data for measuring
project outcomes - etc.
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Centrality of Data_______________________________
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• Data at the core of the results agenda
• Good statistics necessary for measuring progress
  or developing effective policies and programs to
  reduce poverty.
• Good statistics essential for measuring the
  effectiveness of donors policies development
  assistance.
• Good statistics foster good governance

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Data Challenges___________________

• Many RMCs lack capacity to provide timely good
  quality statistics
• Official statistics are generally public goods
  financed by governments
• Inadequate funding for statistics at country
  level
• Due to lack of prioritization and/or funding
  capacity.
• Need for additional external financial
  assistance.
• Estimates 75 million/year required in external
  financing.

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AfDB Contribution to Statistical Capacity
Building in Africa ________________________

• Capacity building under ICP framework
• US37m for 2004-2007
• 50 participating African countries
• Technical assistance financial support

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AfDB Contribution to Statistical Capacity
Building in Africa (Contd) _____________________
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1. Coordinate implementation of the Reference
   Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical
   Development in Africa (RRSF)
2. Assist RMCs to design National Strategies for the
   Development of Statistics (NSDS) in RMCs
3. Build RMC Capacity for Poverty Measurement
4. MDG Monitoring Statistical Literacy

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AfDB Contribution to Statistical Capacity
Building in Africa (Contd) ____________________
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1. Improve National Accounts Price Statistics
2. Support to all Statistical Training Centers in
   Africa
3. Other Planned Activities (population census,
   household surveys, Investment Climate Surveys,
   Infrastructure statistics, governance statistics
   etc)
4. Additional support as part of ADF XI

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Conclusion ________________________

• Statistics central to monitoring progress (PRSP,
  MDGs) and the Banks results agenda
• RMCs need to improve their statistical systems to
  respond to emerging policy challenges
• The Bank to coordinate is efforts with other
  donors to support statistical capacity building
  in RMCs

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• Thank you