Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa

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The development objective of Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Togo, African Union and Economic Community of West African States - Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa Project, is to strengthen the statistical systems of participating countries and regional bodies in Africa to harmonize, produce, disseminate and enhance the use of core economic and social statistics. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Regional Component: Harmonization, Data Collection, Quality Improvement, Dissemination and Use of Core Social and Economic Statistics, has the following subcomponents: (i) Support implementation of the Strategy for Harmonization of Statistics in Africa (SHaSA2) initiative by the African Union, support production of harmonized methodologies by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, and improve data access at the regional level; (ii) Support of Household-Based Surveys at the National Level Using Harmonized Methodologies; (iii) Support to the Core Set of Economic Statistics at the National Level Using Harmonized Methodologies; (iv) Support the Modernization of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) at the National Level Using Harmonized Methodologies; (v) Support the Improvement of Administrative Data Sources; (vi) Enhancing the Use of Big Data; (vii) Enhanced Data Accessibility and Dissemination; and (viii) Support Institutional Reforms and Enhance Human Capital. 2) The second component, Burkina Faso: Modernize Technological and Statistical Infrastructure, has the following subcomponents: (i) Burkina Faso: Modernize Technological and Statistical Infrastructure; (ii) Cabo Verde: Improving Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure; (iii) Côte d’Ivoire : Modernize Technological Infrastructure; (iv) Ghana: Modernize Physical and Statistical Infrastructure; (v) Liberia: Improving Physical and Statistical infrastructure; (vi) Sierra Leone: Rehabilitation of Statistics Sierra Leone’s Physical Infrastructure; and (vii) Togo: Building Capacity and Modernizing Technological, Statistical, and Physical Infrastructure. 3) The third component, Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation, aims to strengthen and develop National Statistics Office (NSOs’) institutional capacity in project management, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation, including preparation of project documentation.