Reference Materials

Below is a list of resources designed to help develop activities to improve statistical capacity.

 

Guidelines 

 

• A Guide to Designing a National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS)
• A Guideline for Preparing a STATCAP Statistical Master Plan
• Guide to the General Data Dissemination System
• Guiding Principles for Good Practices in Technical Co-operation for Statistics
• PRSP Sourcebook Chapter 5: Strengthening Statistical Systems

Strategy papers and progress reports

• Building Statistical Capacity to Monitor Development Progress
• Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics (2004)
• Measuring Results: Improving National Statistics in IDA Countries (2004)
• A Progress Report (2006) on Statistical Capacity Improvements in IDA Countries

Studies and advocacy materials

• Measuring Up to the Measuring Problem: The role of statistics in evidence-based policy-making
• PARIS21 Task Team Reports on Monitoring Development Goals