National Strategy for Development of Statistics Implementation Support

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The National Strategy for Development of Statistics Implementation Support Project aims to improve the capacity of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to produce quality core statistics and make them accessible in a timely manner to policy makers and the public. There are five components to the project, the first component being improving the coordination and management of statistical activities. Enhanced coordination (subcomponent A.1) will help reduce redundancies and ensure that data collected by other agencies are in line with international standards. The activities under subcomponent A.2 aim to ensure sustainable improvements in the management functions of the BBS. The Finance, Administration, and Management Information System Wing of the BBS will take the lead for Component A and coordinate with the other Wings as necessary. The second component is the developing human resources and ICT infrastructure to produce and manage data. The project will strengthen the role of the Statistical Staff Training Institute of the BBS and develop a training policy to deliver systematic, rather than ad hoc, training for BBS staff (subcomponent B.1). As highlighted in the NSDS, improvements in ICT (subcomponent B.2) are central to strengthen the functioning of local offices, improve quality in data collection, and for data sharing efforts through the website. The third component is the improving the coverage and quality of core statistics required for policy making. This component aims to improve the design, implementation, and information generated by high priority, core statistical operations identified in the NSDS. The core statistical operations that are expected to be improved include national accounts, price statistics, labor and industry statistics, social statistics, and agricultural statistics. The fourth component is the promoting and strengthening access to and the use of official statistics. It is important, to make users aware of statistics, both in terms of what is available and its use. To enable this, it is critical to produce statistics of good quality, release them on time, and with proper explanations of methods and procedures ‐ metadata. Such activities will be supported by this component. The Computer Wing of the BBS will take the lead for Component D and coordinate with the other Wings as necessary. Finally, the fifth component is the project management.