Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations

Cameron, Grant James; Dang, Hai-Anh; Dinc, Mustafa; Foster, James E.; Lokshin, Michael

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Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13895

65 Pages Posted: 1 Dec 2020

See all articles by Grant James Cameron

Hai-Anh Dang

World Bank - Development Data Group (DECDG)

Michael Lokshin

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG); National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract

The international development community has used the World Bank's Statistical Capacity Index since its inception in 2004. The Sustainable Development Goals create new challenges for national statistical systems to produce high-quality and internationally comparable data. This paper reviews measurement methodologies, posits desired attributes, and presents theoretical and empirical frameworks to propose a new, improved index to monitor progress in the statistical capacity of nations. The paper illustrates the properties of the proposed index with global data from 2016.

JEL Classification: C8, H00, I00, O1

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Cameron, Grant James and Dang, Hai-Anh H. and Dinc, Mustafa and Foster, James E. and Lokshin, Michael, Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13895, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3738837