International community works through variety of partnerships to support country statistical development and strengthen global monitoring of development progress.  Health Metrics Network is a global collaboration focused on strengthening country health information systems to generate sound data for decision-making at country and global levels.  IMF Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board provides access to information on country statistical standards and quality based on Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS), the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), and the Data Quality Reference (DQRS).  International Comparison Program is a global initiative to produce price levels, economic aggregates in real terms, and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) estimates through a series of statistical surveys.  International Household Survey Network brings survey producers, sponsors, and users together, to foster collection of more and better data, and better use of available data for policy making and monitoring.  Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics (MAPS) is a set of six key actions to improve development statistics at both the national and international level, agreed at the Second Roundtable on Measuring for Development Results in February 2004.  Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) is an international partnership of policymakers, analysts, and statisticians from all countries of the world who are interested in promoting high-quality statistics, making these data meaningful, and designing sound policies.  |
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