- Links to MECOVI-BID and MECOVI-CEPAL   - Quick Query and DDP: In 2008, the World Bank will launch the inclusion of a regional database with more than 400 household surveys from 1980 to the present. For users external to the World Bank, this data will be available through Quick Query (under construction); and for internal World Bank users, the statistical information can be found in DDP (under construction).  - SEDLAC: The Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS) of the National University of La Plata, together with the World Bank's Poverty and Gender Unit for the LAC region, has developed a socioeconomic database (SEDLAC) with the objective to improve access to key statistics. The website contains data on poverty and other social and distributional variables for 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries. The indicators were created from microdata obtained from the MECOVI household survey database. To enter the SEDLAC database: http://www.depeco.econo.unlp.edu.ar/cedlas/sedlac/  - LSMS: The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) is an important tool to measure and understand poverty in developing countries. The Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) of the World Bank has developed a website with data series, methods, tools and lessons learned from working with this type of surveys. For more information: LSMS.  -  Statistical Capacity Indicator: The World Bank has developed the Statistical Capacity Indicator to measure and compare the capacity of National Statistical Systems in developing countries. Since 2004 the indicator has been calculated on a yearly basis.  The indicator range from 0 to 100, where a score of 100 indicates that the country meets all the criteria and suggests good statistical standing.  It is a composite score that takes into account various aspects related to the national systems and statistical practices in the countries and the overall score is an average of the three aspects: statistical practice; data collection; and indicator availability. Statistical Practice: The ability to adhere to internationally recommended standards and methods. Takes into consideration national accounts, balance of payments manuals, reporting system for external debt, accountability, price indexes, etc. Data Collection: This category looks at the frequency of censuses/surveys and completeness of vital registration, including population censuses, poverty surveys, health surveys, administrative records, etc. Indicator Availability: The availability and frequency of key socioeconomic indicators such as income distribution, infant malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, gender equality, access to water, primary education.
In Latin America the category that shows most progress is indicator availability, while statistical practice is the weakest aspect. However, it should be pointed out that the calculation of the indicator focuses on frequency, and although most countries in the LAC region do employ the instruments specified in each category the data is not produced with the frequency required to reach a higher score.     The table below summarizes the Statistical Capacity Indicator in the Latin America and Caribbean countries where the World Bank supports the development of NSDS.   Source: World Bank, 2007. *The selected countries of South America are the ones included in the MECOVI Program:  Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.  To see the detailed information per country enter here.
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