This is clearly detrimental to potential measures designed to address statistical capacity problems at the country level.

Strengthening the statistical capacity of Central Asian countries to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals

While substantial efforts are being made by national statisticians, in cooperation with the Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), there is still a need for strengthening the statistical capacity.

The data should be used to help develop strategies for improving statistical capacity at the regional or subregional levels.

It encompasses a robust framework and action plan for building the statistical capacity to meet both current and future data needs.

Strengthening statistical capacity in support of progress towards the internationally agreed development goals in the Southern African Development Communitya region

Mr. Tal (Jordan) said that capacity to pay must be the guiding principle in calculating the scale of assessments.

In general, the analysis shows a sharp disparity in reporting between geographic regions and across development groups that are reflective of the differences in overall national statistical capacity.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will work closely with Governments of disaster prone and emergency affected countries to ensure the effective delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance, including support in the continuum from relief to development.

Investment in statistical capacity would help governments and businesses worldwide to make better policy decisions, based on a more accurate accounting of the associated costs and benefits.

Statistical services

Global development trends, issues and policies

Marshall Islands

Improving the statistical capacity in developing and countries in transition to produce accurate, timely and relevant socio economic data remains the core of the programme.

Basic statistical data

(ii) Statistical Commission

Statistical information.

(i) Statistical Commission

From the German point of view, France only wants to solve its national budget and debt problems at Germany s expense, simultaneously weakening Germany s competitiveness.

The national statistical offices responsible for industrial statistics look for advice and guidance from the Statistical Commission for the development and organization of their statistical system.

Given the significance of the statistical work of HDRO and the challenge of ensuring that the rigorous statistical work in the HDR meets the highest professional standards, every year one informal thematic consultation has been devoted to discussing statistical issues.

Annex 1 Statistical data

The challenges of calculating GDP are particularly acute in Sub Saharan Africa, owing to weak national statistics offices and historical biases that muddy crucial measurements. Bothered by what he regarded as problems in Zambia s national statistics, Morten Jerven, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University, spent four years examining how African countries obtain their data and the challenges they face in turning them into GDP estimates.

Accordingly, in considering the methodology for calculating future scales of assessments, the Fifth Committee must focus on determining the best way to reflect Member States' true capacity to pay.

(d) Collaborating with the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and other international bodies in research on statistical methods and problems, and preparing and disseminating methodological publications in various fields of statistics

Recommendations for national statistical agencies

Decision of the Bureau of the Statistical Commission

(a) Inadequate statistical capacity

Statistical information related to human rights

Outline of the strategy of the Statistics Division

Increased financing for statistical capacity building.

Principles governing international statistical activities

1 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994, Supplement No. 9 (E 1994 29), chap. V, para.

Statistical metadata and data quality

Items for information statistical capacity building

In calculating the value of recommended awards, the Panel determined that the exchange rates used by the Claimants were reasonable approximations of the applicable rates in the United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, except in the case of Iranian rials.

(d) Promoting exchanges of experts between statistical offices to encourage the implementation of common methodologies and facilitate exchanges of information on statistical standards

(b) Coordinating international statistical work in the region and facilitating the representation of regional interests in the United Nations Statistical Commission and other bodies

(d) Providing advisory services on gender statistical needs assessment and gender characteristics of data in national and regional statistical databases.

Compilation and analysis of statistical data and annual reports

Statistical data gender and economy component

The structure of the Division's programme has four parts statistical capacity building standards and methodological development coordination of international statistical activities and data dissemination.

The availability of high quality statistical data and the capacity of Governments, donors and international organizations to systematically measure, monitor and report reliable indicators lies at the heart of development policy and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

(b) Key Policy Work Account Work programme account

The Commission is invited to review and endorse the principles governing international statistical activities and to discuss possible steps towards their implementation.