Financing Statistics Development in Asia and the Pacific

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No WP/15/10, MPDD Working Paper Series from United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Abstract: The present paper discusses four main questions: 1. Scope of statistics development in Asia and the Pacific in the context of the post-2015 development agenda 2. Existing costing exercises for the improvement of national statistical systems 3. Estimated financing need for statistics development in Asia-Pacific in the period leading up to 2030 4. Ways of improving the estimates of financing needs for statistics development in the region and beyond Based on limited data, the lower bound figure required for statistics development in the region is calculated as between USD 370-380 million per annum for the period 2016-2030.

Keywords: Financing; Statistics; Development; Asia Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 C40 C50 C80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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