DRC-Statistics Development Project

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The development objective of the Statistics Development Project for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to strengthen the capacity of the national statistical system (NSS) to produce and disseminate core economic and social statistics. The project comprises of two components. The first component, data production, dissemination, and use to strengthen the statistical infrastructure for poverty and economic monitoring will finance the implementation of a program of activities designed to improve the statistical infrastructure, and the quality and timeliness of national accounts statistics, agriculture statistics, and poverty and inequality statistics produced by the NSS. It consists of following five sub-components: (i) support to the cartography of the population and housing census; (ii) system of surveys on household living conditions: poverty, inequality, and jobs; (iii) agriculture census and surveys; (iv) national accounts statistics; and (v) improving information technology (IT) and equipment for data production and diffusion. The second component, human resources development and management aims at identifying and providing support to create an enabling environment for the DRC’s NSS to produce and disseminate reliable statistics. It consists of following five sub-components: (i) staffing and policies; (ii) support for the development of the national statistics schools; (iii) scholarship program for the training of Congolese in the regional and national statistics and demography schools; (iv) young professionals program; and (v) project management.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Education,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial, Raw Materials, Government, Education