Transcript ICP Africa Objectives

ICP-Africa
objectives
M. Mubila
African Development Bank
ICP-Africa Aims:
 to
strengthen Countries in the
collection of
statistical data for
generating PPPs for cross-country
economic comparisons
 to meet the urgent demand for reliable
and timely data to support the
monitoring of progress on the MDGs.,
PRSs, the NEPAD
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ICP-Africa Country Specific Elements
 establishing
the greatest possible
synergy between the ICP data
collection efforts and routine national
statistical programs
 strengthening institutional capacity
through technical and managerial
training and assistance
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ICP-Africa Country Specific Elements
 providing
financial, technical and
material
assistance,
including
hardware and software for data
collection,
verification,
and
processing,
 promoting the use of data for policy
making and monitoring of progress.
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ICP-Africa: Sub-regional Level
 to
assist the SROs in building up their
internal capabilities for planning,
executing and monitoring surveys in
order to help countries.
 Four
(4) SROs - AFRISTAT,
COMESA, ECOWAS and SADC –
have been selected to assist NSOs in
ICP activities.
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ICP-Africa: Participating Countries
 48
out of 53 countries are confirmed
participants
 47
countries have started data
collection
 5 countries not participating (Algeria,
Eritrea,
Libya,
Somalia
and
Seychelles)
 One country (Ethiopia) preparing
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ICP Partners
 ADB
(staff & consultants)
 SROs: AFRISTAT, COMESA,
ECOWAS, SADC
 All participating countries
 International partners: The
World Bank; INSEE-France; ONSUK; Others
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ECOWAS
INSEE-France
AFRISTAT
ONS-UK
ADB
COMESA
Countries
Countries
Others
World Bank
SADC
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Main activities
ICP Africa:
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4.
(Price statistics)
Launching nationwide price
collection
Collecting internationally
comparable data
Enhancing international
exchange of experiences
Integration of CPI & ICP
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Main activities
1.
ICP Africa:
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(National accounts and oth.)
Assist countries to implement SNA93
Disaggregating GDP expenditures
Comparing expenditure data
internationally
Enhancing international comparability
of data
GDP breakdown
methodology - seminar in
September 2005
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Main Activities (Capacity Building)
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Supporting countries to design
NSDS
Support the implementation of
NSDS
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Status of Implementation
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Countries have started
submitting price data
Sub-regional Workshops on
Data Quality Control have been
organised
Addis Ababa Workshop to brief
consultants for NSDS
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The way forward
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Long term perspective:
ICP as integrated part of national
statistical work-programme
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Sources of Finance for ICP-Africa
(2004-2007)
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ADB: $28.17 million
The World Bank
DFID
ACBF
Norad-Norway
Indian Trust Fund
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Thank You
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