United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Centre for
Statistics
Measuring Progress Towards Statistical
Development in Africa
The African Statistical Development
Index (ASDI)
Third Meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa
18-23 January 2012
Cape Town, South Africa
Outline
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Background
ASDI: Structure
ASDI: Components and Variables
Comparison ASDI with SCBI and SCI
Ranking and Scores of African Countries
According to their ASDI
• Summary and Conclusions
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Background
• Global level: Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics (MAPS)
• Regional level: Reference Regional Strategic Framework
for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa (RRSF)
• Need for monitoring the implementation: African
Statistical Development Index (ASDI)
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ASDI: Structure
• RRSF: 12 Strategies and 79 recommendations  79
potential variables for ASDI
• Criteria of selection: validity, comparability,
simplicity, and data availability
• Results: 42 variables organized in five components
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Functioning of the national statistical system (NSS)
Statistical infrastructure
Data dissemination
Human capital
Funding
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ASDI: Components and Variables
Ind
ex
ASDI
Co
mp
on
ent
s
Sub
com
pon
ents
Vari
able
s
(Nu
mbe
r)
C1
Functioning
of the NSS
NS
DS
Ad
vo
ca
cy
Lega
l
fram
ewor
k
4
3
1
C2
Statistical
infrastructure
C3
Data
disseminatio
n
NSO’
s
place
in
NSS
Coor
dinati
on
mech
anis
m
Monit
oring
of
activi
ties
User
need
s
asses
smen
t
Data
develop
ment
Har
nessi
ng
ICT
Da
ta
an
aly
sis
Data
disse
minat
ion
2
2
2
2
5
6
3
4
C4
Human
capital
development
C5
Funding
Human
capital
develop
ment
Fun
ding
5
3
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Component 1: Functioning of NSS
Index
ASDI
C1
Functioning of the NSS
Components
Sub
Variables
Number)
NSDS
4
Advocacy
3
Legal
framework
1
NSO’s
place in
NSS
Coordination
mechanism
Monitoring
of activities
2
2
2
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Component 2: Statistical Infrastructure
ASDI
Index
C2
Statistical infrastructure
Components
Sub
Variables
Number)
User needs
assessment
2
Data
development
5
Harnessing
ICT
6
Data analysis
3
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Component 3: Data Dissemination
Index
Components
Sub
Variables
Number)
ASDI
C3
Data dissemination
Data dissemination
4
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Component 4: Human Capital
Development
Index
Components
Sub
Variables
Number)
ASDI
C4
Human capital development
Human capital development
5
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Component 5: Funding
Index
Components
Sub
Variables
Number)
ASDI
C5
Funding
Funding
3
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Comparison ASDI with SCBI and SCI
Major Component
ASDI
SCBI (Paris21)
SCI (World Bank)
Organization and
coordination of the
statistical system
Covered
Partially covered
Not covered
Statistical
infrastructure
Covered
Partially covered
Statistical practice
Data collection
Data dissemination
Covered
Partially covered
Indicator availability
Human capital
Covered
Partially covered
Not covered
Funding
Covered: Budget for
the implementation
of NSDS and related
plan
Budget related to the Not covered
production of
indicators (GDP,
population,
household income)
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Ranking and Scores of African Countries
According to their ASDI
Countries
ASDI Rank
Countries
ASDI Rank
South Africa
Mozambique
Nigeria
0.70
0.69
0.65
5
5
5
Kenya
Tunisia
Ghana
0.53
0.53
0.53
4
4
4
Burkina Faso
Niger
Uganda
0.63
0.59
0.59
5
5
5
0.49
0.49
0.49
Malawi
Algeria
Botswana
Mauritius
0.59
0.57
0.56
0.55
5
5
4
4
Zimbabwe
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Cote d'Ivoire
Kenya
0.54
0.54
0.53
0.53
0.53
4
4
4
4
4
Mali
Rwanda
Gambia
United Republic
Of Tanzania
Chad
Congo
Liberia
Democratic
Republic of Congo
Namibia
Mauritania
Guinea-Bissau
Benin
Countries
ASDI Rank
0.42
0.42
0.42
2
2
2
3
3
3
Benin
Lesotho
Equatorial Guinea
Central African
Republic
Sudan
Madagascar
0.41
0.41
0.40
2
2
2
0.49
0.48
0.48
0.47
3
3
3
3
Burundi
Seychelles
Djibouti
Guinea
0.39
0.38
0.38
0.37
2
1
1
1
0.46
0.45
0.43
0.43
0.42
3
3
2
2
2
Togo
Comoros
Cape Verde
Eritrea
Swaziland
0.35
0.34
0.34
0.32
0.32
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1
1
1
1
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Summary and Conclusions
• ASDI is designed for measuring progress made by
African countries in terms of statistical development
and for comparisons in this regard.
• Variables and components of the ASDI were selected by
taking into account the conceptual framework,
statistical tools and methodologies, and data
availability.
• ASDI covers well the components of PARIS21 SCBI with
given dataset and is correlated to the SCI developed by
the World Bank.
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