M. Mubila African Development Bank
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M. MubilaAfrican Development Bank
ICP-Africa objectives
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ICP-Africa Aims:
to strengthen Countries in the collection of statistical data for generating PPPs for cross-country economic comparisons
to meet the urgent demand for reliable and timely data to support the monitoring of progress on the MDGs., PRSs, the NEPAD
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ICP-Africa Country Specific Elementsestablishing the greatest possible
synergy between the ICP data collection efforts and routine national statistical programs
strengthening institutional capacity through technical and managerial training and assistance
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ICP-Africa Country Specific Elementsproviding financial, technical and
material assistance, including hardware and software for data collection, verification, and processing,
promoting the use of data for policy making and monitoring of progress.
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ICP-Africa: Sub-regional Level
to assist the SROs in building up their internal capabilities for planning, executing and monitoring surveys in order to help countries.
Four (4) SROs - AFRISTAT, COMESA, ECOWAS and SADC – have been selected to assist NSOs in ICP activities.
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ICP-Africa: Participating Countries48 out of 53 countries are confirmed
participants47 countries have started data
collection5 countries not participating (Algeria,
Eritrea, Libya, Somalia and Seychelles)
One country (Ethiopia) preparing
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ICP Partners
ADB (staff & consultants)SROs: AFRISTAT, COMESA,
ECOWAS, SADCAll participating countriesInternational partners: The
World Bank; INSEE-France; ONS-UK; Others
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AFRISTAT
SADC
COMESA
ECOWAS
ADB
INSEE-France ONS-UK
World BankOthers
CountriesCountries
Tunisi
a, M
oroc
co,
Libya
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Main activities (Price statistics)
1. Launching nationwide price collection
2. Collecting internationally comparable data
3. Enhancing international exchange of experiences
4. Integration of CPI & ICPICP
Afr
ica:
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Main activities (National accounts and oth.)
1. Assist countries to implement SNA93
2. Disaggregating GDP expenditures
3. Comparing expenditure data internationally
4. Enhancing international comparability of data
5. GDP breakdown methodology - seminar in September 2005
ICP
Afr
ica:
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Main Activities (Capacity Building)
Supporting countries to design NSDS
Support the implementation of NSDS
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Status of Implementation
Countries have started submitting price data
Sub-regional Workshops on Data Quality Control have been organised
Addis Ababa Workshop to brief consultants for NSDS
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The way forward
Long term perspective:
ICP as integrated part of national statistical work-programme
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Sources of Finance for ICP-Africa (2004-2007)
ADB: $28.17 million The World Bank DFID ACBF Norad-Norway Indian Trust Fund
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Thank You