Relevant, timely, quality data and statistics key to Africa’s industrialization & diversification, says Hamdok
Africa needs to start changing the way it produces and packages data and statistics to ensure its industrialization and diversification processes are backed by reliable and accurate data, Economic Commission for Africa’s Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist, Abdalla Hamdok, said Monday. In welcoming remarks to delegates attending the Sixth Meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa-VI), Mr. Hamdok reiterated the ECA’s commitment to continue supporting statistical development across Africa to ensure the successful implementation of the sustainable development agenda. He said the role of National Statistical Systems in supporting policies for Africa’s economic diversification and industrialization is and will continue to be paramount. He said member States can count on the continuing technical support of the ECA in their efforts to implement the 2020 round of census and address data issues emanating from the adoption of agenda 2063 and the SDGs. He emphasized mainstreaming geospatial information technologies to provide the basic framework for supporting statistical production and the dissemination of statistical data. With ECA support, many Member States have started working towards the integration of statistical and geospatial information.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2018-10
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/44888 |
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