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SDDS and Dissemination of Statistical Information to a Broader Range of Users

SDDS and Dissemination of Statistical Information to a Broader Range of Users. SIAP-UNECE Training Course on New Challenges of Economic Statistics for Central Asian countries Tehran, Iran 19 October 2008 Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE. GDDS and SDDS. General Data Dissemination System

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SDDS and Dissemination of Statistical Information to a Broader Range of Users

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  1. SDDS and Dissemination of Statistical Information to a Broader Range of Users SIAP-UNECE Training Course on New Challenges of Economic Statistics for Central Asian countriesTehran, Iran 19 October 2008 Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE

  2. GDDS and SDDS • General Data Dissemination System • Basic Basic information on economic, financial and socio-demographic data • With a standardized content • Provided with regular intervals • Service and follow-up provided by IMF • Special Data Dissemination System • Same story – but more detailed and demanding

  3. Custodian Organization:International Monetary Fund (IMF) • The IMF monitors the world’s economies, lends to members states in economic difficulty and provides technical assistance • The GDDS assists data-producing agencies to take control of statistical development programs in a structured manner

  4. Why SDDS? • Starting from 1996 • The SDDS was established by the IMF to guide members that have, or that might seek, access to international capital markets in the provision of their economic and financial data to the public; • Both the GDDS and the SDDS are expected to support the availability of timely and comprehensive statistics and therefore contribute to the pursuit of sound macroeconomic policies.

  5. Main Dimensions of SDDS • The data: coverage, periodicity, and timeliness; • Access by the public; • Integrity of the disseminated data; and • Quality of the disseminated data. • All are important components when we think of dissemination of statistical information • Metadata…User relations…

  6. Main content of SDDS • Development in the Real Sector • 10 components • Development in the Fiscal Sector • 12 components • Development in the Financial Sector • 12 components • Development in the External Sector • 26 components • Population

  7. CIS-Countries, whose Statistical System have subscribed to SDDS • Armenia • Belarus • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyz Republic • Russian Federation • Ukraine

  8. Main idea – Reporting to an International Organization?? • Well, yes and no • Strict regularity • Clear periodicity  reliability • Stable content  reliability • Metadata along  clearness,methodological soundness • Control and alarming by IMF, if troubles  improving the service ability of the NSO

  9. Support (1) • Training by and in IMF • Support for the construction of web sites for economic statistics by IMF • User satisfaction surveys on a semi-regular basis • ROSC • Fairly small sample size • But important user groups

  10. Support (2) • Strict follow-up and monitoring by the IMF Headquarters • Implementation of disciplined dissemination practices, necessary for development of • Trust and reliability • Good service ability • Independence of the NSO • Link to the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, where UN and UNECE are custodian organizations

  11. What is a Good Service Ability? • Different target groups will need different kinds of ready made information • Some target groups will need mainly customized information • Analytic materials, Good visual presentations • What are the main target groups for Economic Statistics? • What are the main media of communication?

  12. What is a Good Service Ability? (2) • The need of a Broad Dissemination Strategy • Timely economic statistics – A great possibility of Contact Building for the National Statistical Agency! • But in close and clear relation to all this • There is a need to have resources to do produce timely economic statistics • The biggest gap: Timely Short-Term Economic Statistics • Evidence-based decision making needs to have a good understanding of the economic development • In general • Different industries • Different regions • Internationally • In relation to export and import

  13. A Problem- as posed in a Pretoria Expert Group Seminar in 2003 • “Statisticians like to talk to one another in mysterious ways and with a time clock which runs 10 times slower than everyone else's” •  We have to communicate better! •  We have to imagine ourselves into the position of the potential users of our information!

  14. Four important groups to provide services to • Decision makers in big enterprises and industries… • The people making decisions, related to economic development in the government • The media • The general public, NGOs, politicians They are connected • Politicians need votes from the public • Governments are / should be accountable

  15. Often Encountered Public Perceptions of important things • Health care • Schools • Medicines • Roads • Water • Crime prevention • Statistics????

  16. Publicity may sometimes be tough! • Statistics often tends to attract hostile media coverage… • “Why does it take so long?” • “My own perception is different!” • “Lies, Big lies, Statistics!” Any votes for the Census? But what is the alternativeto providing better publicity?

  17. Strategies for the future (1) • Take publicity seriously • Make a good plan of what will be published • Publication calendar • Regular Media/Press releases • Press Officer • Press Conferences from time to time • …but not too often! • Also critical media to always be invited! • Cost plan and budget for publicity activities • Follow up on media appearance – both quantities and attitudes

  18. Strategies for the future (2) • The importance of good statistical information • How can resources be allocated if basic information on the economic development is based on guesses and (too) old information? • Attracting investments, doing good business, developing economic activities needs good infrastructure – reliable official statistics is basic • If the denominators of Gross Domestic Product, Millennium Development Goals are wrong, no information is reliableMonitoring donor activities needs good basic background information • Monitoring donor activities needs good basic background information

  19. The media is your partner • In disseminating the main results of all your work on statistics • In making problematic issues known • Help the media to be well informed!

  20. The importance of good contact information • User lists • Existing customers and contacts • Regular and heavy sers of economical statistics • Contact directories • Feedback contacts •  Contact / Customer database •  Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

  21. You will profit much from active feedback • Having more feedback will help you to develop your services • Interaction with critical customers will help you in having a positive pressure on performing better • A demanding customer is like a grain of sand within the mussel. It doesn’t feel good but the result may be a beautiful pearl!

  22. The efforts you will make will be rewarded, because… • Only used statistical information is useful statistical information! • Thank you for your attention! • petteri.baer@unece.org

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