Quality Assurance in Statistics
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Quality Assurance in Statistics: Producer Perspectives in the Light of International Practices S.S. Colombage 50th Open Forum: Ensuring Quality of Survey Data Centre for Poverty Analysis April 29, 2014
Outline •
Rationale for Quality Assurance
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International standards for statistics •
Sri Lanka’ Lanka’ss Ca Case se
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Concluding Remarks
Rationale for Quality Assurance •
Main statistical agencies –
Census and Statistics Department (CSD) • •
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Household income & expenditure expenditure surveys, labour force surveys Macro-level Macro-lev el data: National accounts, prices & wages
Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) •
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Macro-level data: Balance of payments, financial sector, fiscal sector Consumer Finances Surveys - abandoned?
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Decisi Decision onon makers in public & private sectors heavily depend statistics Doubts about GDP GDP,, inflation, inflatio n, poverty & unemployment unemplo yment data.
Sri Lanka: Dramatic poverty reduction vs. moderate economic growth?
Sources: Department of Census & Statistics Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Dramatic poverty reduction vs. stagnant income share of the poorest?
Sources: Department of Census & Statistics Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Outline •
Rationale for Quality Assurance
•
International standards for statistics •
Sri Lanka’ Lanka’ss Ca Case se
•
Concluding Remarks
Rationale for Quality Assurance •
Main statistical agencies –
Census and Statistics Department (CSD) • •
–
Household income & expenditure expenditure surveys, labour force surveys Macro-level Macro-lev el data: National accounts, prices & wages
Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) •
•
Macro-level data: Balance of payments, financial sector, fiscal sector Consumer Finances Surveys - abandoned?
•
•
Decisi Decision onon makers in public & private sectors heavily depend statistics Doubts about GDP GDP,, inflation, inflatio n, poverty & unemployment unemplo yment data.
Sri Lanka: Dramatic poverty reduction vs. moderate economic growth?
Sources: Department of Census & Statistics Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Dramatic poverty reduction vs. stagnant income share of the poorest?
Sources: Department of Census & Statistics Central Bank of Sri Lanka
