Transcript AFDB experience in the use of basic economic statistics and in assistance to regional member countries __________________________________________________________ by B.

AFDB experience in the use of basic
economic statistics and in assistance to
regional member countries
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by
B. Kokil
Manager, Economic & Social Statistics Division
Statistics Department
African 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
• Bank’s 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 (cont’d)
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– 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
National
Accounts
etc
Other Data Gaps:
Project Specific
Surveys
Periodicity
Year
etc.
Building Sound M&E
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
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• 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
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Capacity building under ICP framework
US$37m for 2004-2007
50 participating African countries
Technical assistance & financial support
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AfDB Contribution to Statistical
Capacity Building in Africa
(Cont’d)
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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
(Cont’d)
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5. Improve National Accounts & Price Statistics
6. Support to all Statistical Training Centers in
Africa
7. Other Planned Activities (population census,
household surveys, Investment Climate
Surveys, Infrastructure statistics, governance
statistics etc)
8. Additional support as part of ADF XI
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Conclusion
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• Statistics central to monitoring progress (PRSP,
MDGs) and the Bank’s 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
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