Country statistical capacity: a recent assessment tool and further reflections on the way forward

Hai-Anh Dang (), Dean Jolliffe, Umar Serajuddin and Brian Stacy

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Abstract: A country's statistical capacity takes an indispensable part in its development. We offer a comprehensive comparison between the World Bank's Statistical Performance Indicators and Index (SPI) and its predecessor, the Statistical Capacity Index (SCI) regarding different conceptual and empirical aspects. We further examine the relationships of the two indexes with some agriculture development indicators such as food security, food sustainability and productivity as well as other key indicators including headcount poverty, GDP per capita, and an SDG progress index. Our analysis employs the latest SPI data update in 2022, which were not available in previous studies. We also propose clear guidelines on how the SPI can be maintained and updated in the future to ensure that this process is transparent, replicable, safeguarded with high quality, and provides comparable data over time.

Keywords: food security; national statistical system; Statistical capacity; statistical capacity index; statistical performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2024-05-31
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Published in Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 31, May, 2024, 40(2), pp. 211 - 225. ISSN: 1874-7655

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Working Paper: Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward (2024)
Working Paper: Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward (2024)
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