Ghana Statistics Development Program

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The objective of the Statistics Development Project for Ghana is to strengthen the national statistical system in the production and dissemination of timely and robust statistics relevant for evidence-based policy-making and other uses. There are four components to the project, the first component being institutional reform and organizational change. This component will finance retraining and redeployment of Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) staff; and staff retrenchment and buy-out of surplus staff in line with GSS reform strategy. The second component is the enhancing capacity. This component will finance: (i) enhanced capacity of GSS and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) statistical units; (ii) improvements to the statistical framework, the underlying systems that need to be in place to ensure the production of quality statistics; and (iii) investment in physical infrastructure and equipment, including computer systems, reliable internet connection and appropriate security measures, transport and other tools. The third component is the data production and dissemination. This component will support: (1) improvement of data collection, compilation, validation, management and analysis of data; and (2) communication in order to improve the quality, timeliness, availability and use of socio-economic data. Finally, the fourth component is the project management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). This component will finance goods, consultant's services and training and incremental operating costs for managing, monitoring and evaluation activities.