Related Links

• PRSP website – A site which compiles information on national PRSPs, guidance, reviews, etc.
• World Bank site on Statistical Capacity Building
• Improving Statistics for Measuring Development Outcomes June 4-5, 2003 – documents from the conference.
• OPCS LogFrame - A logistical framework for designing monitoring & evaluation for investment operations from Operation Policies and Country Services.
• Managing for Development Results – how countries and agencies are working together in a global partnership on managing for development results.
• Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) encompasses a number of types of action to build and strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems in borrowing countries, and has particular focus on the national and sectoral levels. It is fostered by the World Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED), an independent unit. See the Diagnostic guide and the assessment of Uganda’s system .
• European Commission site on Social Inclusion with National Action Plans against poverty and social exclusion, Joint Reports on social inclusion, and common indicators for European Union member states.
• EUROSTAT's page on Structural Indicators take a look at the structural indicators used by European Commission to assess the progress of European Union member states.
• Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation gives a review of tools and techniques.
• For a list of sources of household surveys, please see Accessing Surveys.
• U.S. Census Bureau page on Poverty

Statistical Systems:

• International Statistical Agencies
• African Statistical Offices
• The IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) provides access to the sites for:
  • Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
  • General Data Dissemination System (GDDS)
  • Data Quality Reference (DQRS) sites
• PARIS21
• IADB MECOVI's website on Latin American Countries’ National Statistical Institutes

Related Sections:

See Data on Poverty for an extensive guide to poverty indicators.

For links on related topics, see:

• Related Links under Poverty Analysis
• Related Links under Impact Evaluation