TAJSTAT: Strengthening the National Statistical System Project

Mustafa Dinc

TLSS and MICS ConferenceDushanbe, TajikistanJuly 1, 2008

Survey Steps

• Objectives, Uses and Users • Concepts, Definitions and Classifications • Coverage and Frames • Sampling • Questionnaire Design • Response and Non-response • Data Collection Operations • Editing • Imputation, estimation • Seasonal Adjustment and Trend-cycle Estimation • Data Quality Evaluation • Disclosure Control • Data Dissemination • Data Analysis (and Presentation) • Documentation

Elements of Quality

• Relevance, • Accuracy, • Timeliness, • Accessibility, • Interpretability, and • Coherence

Impossible Trinity (the Mundell-Fleming model)

Good Quality

Quick Inexpensive

Impossible Trinity (the Mundell-Fleming model)

Good Quality

Slow Inexpensive

Impossible Trinity (the Mundell-Fleming model)

Good Quality

Quick Expensive

Impossible Trinity (the Mundell-Fleming model)

Bad Quality

Quick Inexpensive

TAJSTAT Project objective

To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire National Statistical System to provide relevant, timely and reliable statistical data.

Project Components

• Institutional Development• Human Resource Development• Development of Statistical Infrastructure• Data Development• Physical Infrastructure and Equipment• Project Management

Institutional Development

• Legal framework• Institutional framework• Organizational Structure

Human Resource Development

• Human resources framework• Training of statistical producers• Training of statistical users

Development of Statistical Infrastructure

• Central Business Register of Establishments• Sampling Frames• Statistical Methodologies and Classifications • Master Questionnaire design• Data Dissemination• Geographical Information Systems (GIS)• Seasonal adjustment

Data Development

• Data quality• Data capture, validation, processing and

documentation, and storage • System of National Accounts• Non-observed economy• Price Statistics• Preparation of 2010 Census of Population• Industrial statistics• Economic, social environmental and other

sectoral statistics

Physical Infrastructure and Equipment

• Development of Computerization Plan• Transport Equipment • Office and Survey Equipment• Information Technology

Expected results from the Project

• improved legal and institutional framework• strengthened human resources;• improved statistical infrastructure through application of

internationally accepted methodologies and data quality standards;

• developed statistical production system that continuously adapts to evolving needs of the society and economy;

• institutionalized core statistical activities, including poverty monitoring;

• increased output of reliable statistics; • timely dissemination, information-sharing, and the use of

data for policy decisions.