paris21/unescap sub-regional workshop on nsdss: colombo, 13-15 december 2005 why statistics? why...

PARIS21/UNESCAP sub-regional workshop on NSDSs: Colombo, 13-15 December 2005

Why statistics? Why NSDS?

Presentation byPARIS21 Secretariat

PARIS21/UNESCAP sub-regional workshop on NSDSs for South Asian Countries

Colombo, 13-15 December 2005


Why now?

• Greater emphasis on evidence and managing for results

• Good statistics increasingly recognised as essential for PRS and MDG processes

• Opportunity to review data needs and priorities for statistical development


Increased costs of getting it wrong

• Rapid development of policy analysis• Advances in ICT• Donor alignment and harmonisation

increase costs of making faulty policy decisions

• Concerns about aid effectiveness


Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

• Paris Forum (2005) participants included:– 35 donors– 26 multilaterals– 56 partner countries – 14 civil society orgs

• Aim: Mutual accountability between donors and partner countries to deliver more effective aid


From donorship to ownership

Development Results

Resu

lts &

Mu

tual

accou

nta

bility

4

Ownership(Partner countries)

Partners set the

agenda

1

Aligning with

partners’ agenda

Using partners’ systems

Alignment(Donors - Partner)

2

Harmonisation(Donors - Donors)

Establishing common

arrangements

Simplifying

procedures

Sharing information

3


Statistics needed at all stages of policy cycle

• The need for statistics for monitoring has attracted much attention because of PRS and MDG monitoring

• But development outcomes are also crucially affected by the use of statistics in the ‘upstream’ stages of policy design and decision-making:– Achieve issue recognition– Inform programme design and policy choice– Forecast the future

• As well as for monitoring and evaluation


Statistics matter

Statistics make a real difference to development outcomes, examples:

• Indian population figures• Mozambique floods• Wheat flour ration shops in Pakistan• Poverty reduction in Mexico


Why NSDS?

How can strategic planning help?• Addressing data limitations • Prioritising use of resources • Looking across whole NSS• Integrating statistics within policy processes

• Providing a robust framework and action plan for statistical capacity building

• Acting as a catalyst for change to build confidence and break the vicious cycle


Value added of NSDS approach

NSDS Design and Implementation

Participatory development

Organisational development and

management

Statistical Capacity Building best practice

Integrating NSDS into Development Policy Processes


NSDS as a country-levelcoherence framework

ICP DHS MICS


NSDS as a country-levelcoherence framework

ICP DHS MICS

ICP DHS MICS

National Strategy for the Development of Statistics


Making better statistics a reality

• Advocacy for:– better use of better statistics– NSDSs– More coherent donor support

• Technical as well as financial assistance

• Guidance, documentation

• Regional programmes

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