Chad Statistical Development

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The development objective of the Statistical Development Project for Chad is to strengthen the capacity of the national statistics institute to collect, process, and disseminate data with improved quality, frequency, and timeliness. The project comprises of three components. The first component, strengthening institutional capacity and developing human resources (HR), will strengthen National Institute of Statistical, Economic, and Demographic Studies (INSEED’s) institutional framework and HR to create an enabling environment for high-quality data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination. It consists of following sub-components: (i) institutional reform; (ii) development of human resources, (iii) workforce training for INSEED staff, (iv) recruitment and retention of qualified staff, and (v) drafting a new national strategy for the development of statistics (NSDS). The second component, data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination will finance the implementation of a program of activities designed to improve the statistical infrastructure, the quality and timeliness of poverty and inequality statistics, national accounts statistics, and agriculture statistics produced by INSEED. It consists of following sub-components: (i) implementation of Chad household consumption and informal sector survey (ECOSIT 4), (ii) implementation of ECOSIT 5, and (iii) improving macroeconomic statistics. The third component, project management and improving of information technology (IT) infrastructure will support activities such as: (a) fostering the coordination of statistical operations supported by the project; (b) providing project management funding and support for the implementation of large projects (such as the ECOSIT surveys); and (c) strengthening the capacity of INSEED’s project implementation unit (PIU) to implement the project effectively. It consists of following sub-components: (i) project management, and (ii) improvements to IT infrastructure for data dissemination.