FAO/PARIS21 REGIONAL WORKSHOP
ON THE INTEGRATION OF AND ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR
BETTER FORMULATION AND MONITORING OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Algers, Algeria 8-9 December 2007
Back-to-back with the 20th AFCAS
AW-07-02-1
Accelerated Data Program
ADP
François Fonteneau, PARIS21/OCDE
Accelerated Data Program
ADP
Rationale
Why can’t we better measure and monitor results?
3 issues :
1
Existing data are not always fully exploited
2
Methods and concepts are not harmonized
3
Scope, timeliness and frequency are not optimal
Goal and Objectives
To strengthen country capacity in producing
statistical data relevant for policy design, monitoring
and evaluation, by :
1
Better documenting, preserving, and disseminating
existing microdata
2
Better exploiting existing datasets (quality assessments,
further analysis)
3
Better strategizing and aligning survey programs and
statistical outputs to priority data needs
Implementation:
Pilot Countries
Implementation:
Pilot Countries
Africa
Asia
Central and
South America
Middle-East
Cameroon
Congo (DR)
Ethiopia
The Gambia
Kenya
Liberia
Mali
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Uganda
Bangladesh
Fiji
Indonesia
Mongolia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Guatemala
Honduras
Peru
Yemen
Expressed interest:
Bolivia, Colombia, Guinea, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Palestine
Implementation:
Partners
Core partners
• PARIS21 Secretariat
• World Bank
• International Household Survey Network (IHSN)
Other international partners
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA)*
…
Implementation
Based on Country demand
Simplified and standardized for fast execution :
• Initiation
– Request of participation from country
• Preparation
– Development of a country-specific ADP work program
• Ideally: explicitly linked to the NSDS
• Preferably : all key microdata producers involved
• Implementation
– Technical assistance, training, and financial support
– Regular technical follow-up and supervision by the ADP team
– Administrative modalities may vary from country to country
• Evaluation (later)
Activities: Task 1
Documentation, preservation and dissemination of
existing survey microdata
• Complete inventory of existing microdata
• Documentation of existing datasets following
international standards/best practices
• Definition of a microdata dissemination policy, in
accordance with the national legislation
• Anonymization of microdata
• Establishment of national microdata archive
Activities: Task 1
Implementation
Tools
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Microdata Management Toolkit (with related guidelines)
Dissemination of Microdata Files: Policy Guidelines *
Anonymization tools *
National Data Archive template
Progress
• Full support proposals implemented in 9 countries, 6 others
being designed/adopted
• Data inventories completed or underway in 15 countries
• 250 staff trained on the Toolkit (50 institutions in 15 countries)
• Surveys being Toolkited, dissemination policies being designed
• National Data Archive being developed, first live in December
Activities: Task 1
Implementation
Progress
? ‘Known surveys’
60
are Best Estimates
Available
?
50
?
40
?
?
?
30
Known Surveys
Documented
Publicized
20
10
0
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Mali
Nigeria
Uganda
Activities: Task 2
Analysis of existing survey data and assessment of the
past survey programs
• Focuses on priority issues identified in PRSP and other
sector strategies
• Expected outputs :
• detailed assessment of the weaknesses of
data/survey instruments and improvement
• analytical work and policy briefs
Activities: Task 2
T1 shows the need to improve reliability
Are you currently attending school or, if school is not in session, did you
attend school in the session just completed and plan to attend next session?
2004 HIS, Malawi
Is school in session?
Yes
No
Are you currently
attending school?
Yes
Did you attend school
last year?
No
No
NO
Yes
Do you intend to
attend school next
year?
No
YES
Yes
Activities: Task 2
T1 shows the need for harmonization
Measuring access
to improved water
sources in Ghana
CWIQ 2003
CENSUS 2000
GLSS 1998
DHS 2003
Activities: Task 2
Implementation
Tools
• Question-Bank, under development
• Later, support to national question banks:
– consistency between different national sources
– reuse and harmonization of literal questions, enumerator instructions,
response categories , etc.
Progress
• Identification of activities: dependent on country situation and
priorities
• ADP focus on T2 will be increasing
Activities: Task 3
Development of improved survey program and data collection.
Restricted to a few countries (budget constraints)
• Definition of more modular survey programs, aligned to clearly defined
priorities
• Data collection: complements other sources of funding
Implementation: Tools
• Survey Quality Assessment Framework * ; Question-Bank *
Implementation: Progress
• Niger: support for TA and data quality management
• Haiti: upcoming
Implementation:
Lessons learnt so far
• Microdata production is huge and ‘hidden’
• Microdata dissemination is limited and mostly ad-hoc.
Obstacles are :
– Legal (confidentiality) and political
– Financial (rarely budgeted by sponsors)
– But also technical and “psychological” (Fear of contradiction, no
incentive - feedback from users)
• High demand from countries for:
– Technical tools (Toolkit, NADA, anonymization)
– Policy guidelines (confidentiality, dissemination, etc.)
– Training
• Can have major impact on quality of future surveys
• Need to work with users also (Task2 and Task3)
Implementation:
Lessons learnt so far
• Lots of positive externalities :
– Enhance south-south cooperation (CMR->DRC, UGA->KEN RWA )
– System wide approach
– NSDS implementation
• Close link with other initiatives / programs :
– DevInfo
– MECOVI
– Regional Award for Innovation in Statistics for Latin America and the
Caribbean (DFID/WB)
– MICS program in 50 countries
• Not expensive and doable
• Constraint on country staff time
• Growing demand from countries and interest from partners
Thank you
www.surveynetwork.org/adp