Advocacy for statistics
Presentation by
PARIS21 Secretariat
High-level forum on strategic planning for
statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
OECD Countries and
Multilaterals
Developing Countries
Partnership: PARIS21 Constituencies and Linkages
Policy makers
Statisticians
Ministers of
Finance,
Sector
Ministers, etc.
Central Stat.
Office, Sector
Units, Central
Banks, etc.
Development
Agencies,
WB, IMF,
RDB, etc.
OECD Statistics
Office Mngers,
UN Specialised
Agencies; Stat.
units in intl orgs
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Why statistics?
• If statistics improve and are used to inform
decisions, policies are more likely to succeed
• Good statistics are essential for the design and
management of national policy frameworks
• Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Better
statistics needed by donors to inform aid
allocation and monitoring
• Investment in statistics will pay for itself many
times over by improving the efficiency of
resource allocation
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Why now?
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Greater emphasis on evidence and
managing for results :
More sophisticated policy analysis
Advances in ICT
Donor alignment and harmonisation
increase costs of making faulty policy
decisions
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Statistics through the policy cycle
• Need for careful and rigorous analysis, based on
good quality and transparent statistics,
throughout the policy cycle
• Statistics needed to :
– Identify issues
– Design policies
– Forecast the future
– Monitor policy implementation
– Evaluate policy impact
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Better Statistics for Better Policies
• So there is greater recognition of the need for better
statistics both for more effective aid as well as for more
effective national policies and development programmes.
• But in some countries, statistics are weak and policy
makers seldom use them, contributing to sub-optimal
policies and outcomes. Much more remains to be done to
ensure the ‘better use of better statistics’ as part of the
‘enabling environment for development’ and advocacy for
statistics remains an important challenge for PARIS21
partners.
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Making better statistics a reality:
advocacy challenges
Advocacy for:
– Better use of better statistics
– NSDSs
– More coherent donor support
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Advocacy: Currently Available Tools
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Making the Case: National Strategy for the Development of Statistics
Measuring Up to the Measurement Problem by Chris Scott
Better Statistics, Better Policies, Better Development Outcomes
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Advocacy: Currently Available Tools
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Films: (1) Measuring the Change in World Poverty, (2)
La Statistique au Service du Développement, and (3)
Food and Agricultural Statistics in support of
Development
Order free copies from [email protected]
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006
Some Questions For You
• What other advocacy tools and activities
are needed?
• Would more methodological guidance be
useful?
• What regional and/or national activities
should PARIS21 be undertaking?
We would be grateful for your thoughts
High-level forum on strategic planning for statistics: Ulaanbaatar, 9-11 October 2006