Regional Survey of Statistical Organisation and Training

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E/ECA/PSPI.9/15

UNITED NATIONS 5 January 1996

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Original: ENGLISH

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

Ninth Session of the Conference of African Planners, Statisticians, Population and Information Specialists

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-16 March 1996

REGIONAL SURVEY OF STATISTICAL ORGANISATION AND TRAINING:

RESULTS OF THE PILOT ANALYSIS

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Table of Contents

Paragraphs

Part I: Background to the survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 9

A. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 4

B. The Survey questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 6

C. Survey response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 9

Part II: Statistical organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

A. Structure of the national statistical system . . . 10-13

B. Structure of the central statistical office. . . . 14-17

C. Summary of staff position as at 31 March 1994. . . 18-23

D. Institutional arrangements 24-35

(i) Statistical board/committee. . . . . . . . . 24-26

(ii) Producer-producer committee. . . . . . . . . 27-29

(iii) Producer-user committee. . . . . . . . . . . 30-32

(iv) Existing relationship between the

CSO and other statistical agencies/

units outside the CSO. . . . . . . . . . . . .33

(v) Kinds of relationship countries would

prefer to see existing between the

CSO and other statistical agencies/

units outside the CSO. . . . . . . . . . . . .34

(vi) Existing relationship between

the CSO and organisations outside the

country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Part III: Statistical training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-93

A. Quantity, quality and relevance of training

available to Directors of Statistics . . . . . . . 36-71

B. In-service statistical training programme. . . . . 72-87

C. Course/subjects required in the work of

the CSOs and SUs but not covered so far in

the training programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-93

Part IV. Staff and training summary. . . . . . . . . . . . 94-99

Part V. Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-101

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PART I: BACKGROUND TO THE SURVEY

A. Introduction

1. At the joint meeting of the Training and Organization and Management Sub-Committees of the Co-ordinating Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) which met on 18 March 1994 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the occasion of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers, a discussion of supply of and needs for training in the context of a survey of organisational relationships within statistical systems took place.

2. The objective of this Action was to survey Directors of National Statistical Offices in order to find out:

(a) their opinions of the quantity, quality and relevance of training available to them to meet their training needs; and

(b) the organisational relationships between various parts of their National Statistical Systems (NSS).

The output of this Action was foreseen to be a report summarising the views of Directors, with a summary showing the unsatisfied demand.

3. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was given the Task leadership of undertaking the survey to be assisted by representatives of AFRISTAT, INE-Portugal, The World Bank, "Ecole Nationale Suprieure de Statistique et d'Economie Applique" (ENSEA) - Abidjan, Mauritania, Zambia and International Program Centre (IPC) - Washington D.C., USA.

4. The results of the Pilot Analysis were initially discussed at a third meeting of the Sub-Committee on Organisation and Management of National Statistical Systems, Addis Ababa, 25-26 May 1995. At that time only 14 African countries had responded to the survey.

B. The Survey Questionnaires

5. Two questionnaires were prepared: The first questionnaire was to be completed by the head of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) in each country; and the second questionnaire was to be completed by the head of each Statistical Unit (SU) in the NSS of each country.

6. The first questionnaire contained items on: Structure of the NSS; Structure of the CSO; Summary of staff position at the CSO; Summary of field staff at the CSO; Institutional arrangements; Relationship between the CSO and other statistical agencies/organizations in or outside the country; and Statistical training (numbers of staff trained and training needs). The second questionnaire contains items on: SU details (name, location, address, etc); Structure of the SU; Summary of staff position at the SU; Relationship between the SU and other statistical agencies/organizations in the country; and Statistical training (numbers of staff trained and training needs). At the beginning of each questionnaire, definitions and explanatory notes were provided. The questionnaires were despatched to the countries beginning end of July 1994 (English version) and middle of August 1994 (French version).

C. Survey Response

7. Response to the survey was very slow. Four facsimile/cable reminders were sent to all countries which did not respond. The first reminder was sent at the end of October 1994, the second reminder was sent end of November 1994, the third reminder was sent at the beginning of March 1995 and the fourth reminder was sent in August 1995. In order to increase the number of responses, during January 1995, ECA resorted to using the telephone to talk to some of the Directors of Statistics. A few telephone communications which were made revealed that either the Directors of CSOs did not remember to have received the questionnaires or they recalled having received them but did not follow-up with the officer who was assigned the responsibility of filling the questionnaire. In this connection, either fresh questionnaires were sent to the country or the Director was requested to respond urgently.

8. As a result of all these efforts including facsimile/cable and telephone reminders, the situation with regard to responses received so far at ECA is as follows:

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English-speaking Countries French-speaking Countries

Country Q1 Q2 Country Q1 Q2

Botswana 1 3 Algeria 1 -

Egypt 1 - Burkina Faso 1 12

Ethiopia 1 21 Burundi 1 9

Ghana - 1 Chad 1 2

Lesotho 1 1 Cote D'Ivoire1 5

Libya 1 - Congo 1 1

Malawi 1 2 Djibouti 1 -

Mauritius 1 2 Mauritania 1 2

Nigeria - 58 Senegal 1 6

South Africa 1 - Tunisia 1 9

Swaziland 1 2

Tanzania - 1

Uganda - 1

Zanzibar(TZ) 1 2

Zimbabwe - 1

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From the above picture, if we ignore the responses from the statistical training institutions in Tanzania and Uganda, it is clear that only twenty three countries responded to the survey. If we exclude the countries in Africa which are affected by civil strife: Rwanda, Liberia and Somalia, the response rate is 46 per cent. Indeed a satisfactory number of responding countries has not yet been achieved in the survey but this is a significant improvement to an earlier report which as reported earlier was presented to the third meeting of the Sub-Committee on Organisation and Management of National Statistical Systems, Addis Ababa, 25-26 May 1995.

9. The results of the survey analysis of the questionnaire completed by the CSOs are presented in Part II: Statistical Organization; Part III: Statistical Training; Part IV: Staff and Training Summary and Part V: Conclusion. The results of the survey analysis of the questionnaire completed by the SUs were where possible included in Parts II, III, IV and V of this document.

PART II: STATISTICAL ORGANIZATION

A. Structure of the National Statistical System

10. The structure of the National Statistical Systems of the countries is characterised by the existence of a CSO responsible for the production and dissemination of official statistics of the country and statistical units located in line ministries/departments responsible for compiling official statistics required mainly by the line ministries/departments. In nearly all the countries, a research and statistics unit exists at the Central Bank, which in some countries, is also responsible for inter alia compilation of balance of payments statistics.

11. The survey results revealed that 15 of the CSOs are located in the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning or Ministry of Planning and Development, 3 are under the Office of the President, while one is under National Authority for Information and Documentation, one under Commerce and Tourism and the remaining 3 did not indicate the ministry/department which they belong.

12. The number of SUs outside the CSO varies from country to country depending on the size of the civil service and the number of ministries/departments existing in the country. It could also depend on the policy adopted by government on the creation of such units. The table below shows the number of SUs reported to exist in each country. The number of SUs reported in the questionnaire completed by the CSO did not always agree with the number of completed questionnaires by the SUs such as in Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

CountryNumber of

Statistical

Unit

CountryNumber of

Statistica

l UnitAlgeria

Botswana

Burkina

Faso

Burundi

Chad

Congo

Cote

D'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Ethiopia

Ghana

Lesotho

Libya

Malawi

Mauritania

Mauritius

Nigeria

Senegal

South Africa

Swaziland

Tunisia

Zanzibar

(TZ)

Zimbabwe6

13. In some countries such as South Africa due to the centralised nature of the statistical service, SUs outside the CSO are yet to be defined within the framework of integration and rationalisation process which is being planned.

B. Structure of the Central Statistical Office

14. The structure of the CSO is more difficult to characterise due to the wide range of terms that are used to describe certain statistical functions. For example the term economic statistics encompasses a wide range of areas of statistics such as national accounts, external trade, prices, industry, etc. 15. Despite the above, the majority of the CSOs had the following substantive divisions or sections in their structures.

Divisions/SectionsDivisions/SectionsPopulation Census/Demography Data Processing Industry Economic Stat/National Accts Prices Surveys/Field Operations Tourism and Transport Environment Documentation and Information Methodology/surveys Manpower Agriculture Energy Publications Cartography External Trade/Transport/Public Finance Statistical Coordination Training/Human Resources Manufacturing Social and Housing General Statistics Economic Analysis

16. The divisions or sections providing common services were mainly: Data processing; Regional offices and surveys/field operations, statistical coordination; publication; cartography. Other divisions or sections providing common services which are not statistical in nature are: administrative and finance services, auditing service and legal advisory services.

17. Regarding regional and district offices, eleven (11) of the CSOs had these offices in place to take care of surveys conducted throughout the country or to satisfy the statistical demands at the regional/district levels, 10 of the CSOs do not have these offices in place and for 2 CSOs, information was not available since the CSOs did not complete the relevant questionnaire. The table below shows the situation of each country with respect to the existence of regional/district offices.

Country Regional/ Country Regional/

District Office District Office

Algeria NO Libya NO

Botswana YES Malawi YES

Burkina Faso NO Mauritania YES

Burundi NO Mauritius NO

Chad YES Nigeria YES

Congo YES Senegal YES

Cote d'Ivoire NO South Africa YES

Djibouti NO Swaziland NO

Egypt YES Tunisia YES

Ethiopia YES Zanzibar (TZ) NO

Ghana No Inf. Zimbabwe No

Inf.

Lesotho NO

C. Summary of Staff Position as at 31 March 1994

18. Annex I shows the summary of staff position in all African countries as at 31 March 1994. As expected the staff positions of the countries vary greatly. On average, if we exclude vacancies, there were 597 staff in each country. The vacancy rate was 12.9 per cent in each CSO. The majority of staff in the CSOs are regular staff (82.9%) and only 4.0 per cent represent temporary staff or those on short-term appointments. A total of 86.9 per cent of the staff were paid by the government of the country while only 0.14 per cent of the staff were paid by funds from external sources.

19. In comparing the number of professional statistical posts to the non-professional statistical posts, on average for each professional statistician post, there are 1.4 non-professional statistical posts. The data processing posts have a ratio of 1.9 non-professional posts to every professional post while the administrative posts have a higher ratio of 6.6 non-professional posts to every professional administrator.

20. The table below gives the ratio of non-professionals to professionals in the three fields of work (statistical, data processing and administrative) in the case of available posts and filled posts.

Posts Fields of workStatistical Data processingAdministrativeFilled2.01.97.5Available1.41.96.6

21. In comparing differences in the ratios for the three fields of work, for available and filled posts, the ratios in the case of the data processing field of work are not significant. In the case of statistical and administrative fields of work the differences in the case of filled posts and available posts appear to be significant.

22. With respect to the CSO field staff, on average there were 289 staff in the field in each country. The supervisory staff were 13 per cent of the total field staff while enumerators were 81 per cent of the total field staff. The remaining 5.9 per cent of the field staff were involved in other administrative tasks. A summary of field staff for all African countries which responded to the survey is given below. With regard to the ratio between enumerator and supervisors, overall the ratio was 6.2 enumerators to one supervisor. This ratio is 5.3 when we consider the permanent staff only. Number of Staff in the Field

All African Countries

Category of

StaffPermanent

StaffTemporary

StaffTotalSupervisors707159866Enumerato

rs373116645395Others180216396Total461820396657

23. On whether CSOs consider that they have a permanent field force or not, 7 of the CSOs indicated that they have a permanent field force while 14 indicated that they do not have a permanent field force while for 2 CSOs there was no indication. For CSOs which have no permanent field force, they indicated that they managed their field activities by organizing temporary recruitment of staff to carry out these activities. In this case supervisors for the field activities were selected from the middle level staff in the office. The table below shows the situation of each country with respect to existence of a permanent field force.

Country Permanent Country Permanent

Field Force Field Force

Algeria YES Libya NO

Botswana NO Malawi NO

Burkina Faso YES Mauritania NO

Burundi NO Mauritius NO

Chad NO Nigeria YES

Congo NO Senegal NO

Cote d'Ivoire NO South Africa NO

Djibouti NO Swaziland NO

Egypt YES Tunisia YES

Ethiopia NO Zanzibar (TZ) YES

Ghana No Inf. Zimbabwe No Inf.

Lesotho YES

D. Institutional Arrangements

(i) Statistical Board/Committee

24. Out of twenty three countries which responded to the survey, 8 countries indicated that they have an overall statistical board/committee responsible for all statistical activities in the country, 12 countries indicated that they had no statistical board/committee in-charge of all statistical activities in the country, while one country did not indicate the existence or non-existence of a statistical board/committee and there was no information from two countries.

Country Statistical Country Statistical

Board/Committee Board/Committee

Algeria YES Libya NO

Botswana NO Malawi NO

Burkina Faso YES Mauritania YES

Burundi NO Mauritius NO

Chad NO Nigeria No Inf.

Congo NO Senegal YES

Cote d'Ivoire YES South Africa NO

02.9

Djibouti YES Swaziland YES Egypt YES Tunisia NO Ethiopia NO Zanzibar (TZ) NO Ghana No Inf. Zimbabwe No Inf. Lesotho NO

25. In some of the countries where a statistical board/committee exist, the committees were reported not to be functioning properly due to some of the following obstacles: the committee is too large; committee is composed of high level administrators hence not easy to meet; the legal procedures were not yet finalised; and coordination of statistical activities was not ensured.

26. In the countries where a statistical board/committee did not exist, coordination of statistical activities was achieved through the following ways: coordination matters were handled by the Director and Deputy of the CSO; consultations were undertaken before expanding or undertaking surveys; different committees handled different matters i.e. price advisory committee, etc.; major surveys were planned well in advance and became part of the national development plan; for ad-hoc surveys or when modifying questionnaires of routine surveys, meetings of major uses were convened; and through ad hoc meetings.

(ii) Producer-Producer Committees

27. Seventeen (17) countries reported that they do not have producer-producer committees and only four countries had these committees while for two countries there was no information. In one country a consultative committee on statistics is the main producer- producer committee. The table below shows the situation of each country with respect to the existence of producer-producer committees.

Country Producer-User Country Producer-User Committee Committee

Algeria NO Libya NO Botswana NO Malawi NO Burkina Faso NO Mauritania NO Burundi NO Mauritius NO Chad NO Nigeria YES Congo NO Senegal NO Cote d'Ivoire YES South Africa NO Djibouti NO Swaziland YES Egypt NO Tunisia NO Ethiopia NO Zanzibar (TZ) NO Ghana No Inf. Zimbabwe No Inf. Lesotho NO

28. In countries where the producer-producer committee is functioning properly, this was due to some of the following reasons: meetings are organised annually to tackle the various issues involved; and the committee is composed of professionals from thestatistical and data processing fields.

29. In countries where the producer-producer committee is not functioning properly, the obstacles were mainly due to the following: relations between producers not good; and there were inadequate procedures for the functioning of the committee.

(iii) Producer-User Committee

30. Eighteen countries reported that they had no producer-user committees three had a producer-user committees and there was no information from two countries. In one country a producer-user seminar was organised annually and formed a useful consultation between producers and users. The table below shows the situation of each country with respect to the existence of producer-user committees.

Country Producer-User Country Producer-User Committee Committee

31. In one country where the producer-user committee exists, the committee functions satisfactorily because the National Council on Statistics which designs policies on statistics and the National Advisory Council on statistics which executes policies and standardization of methodologies and concepts are involved.

32. In countries where no formal producer-user committee exist, exchange of views between producers and users of statistics was achieved through the following means: organisation of meetings or seminars with major users; ad-hoc committee constituted when needed; organisation of meetings on special topics i.e. national accounts; users of statistics represented on the statistical board/council; users of statistics form part of the advisory committee constituted for each survey; meeting with users to discuss their requirements before a large scale (survey, census, etc) is launched and when results of survey are disseminated; and informal consultations.

(iv) Existing Relationship Between the CSO and Other Statistical Agencies/Units Outside the CSO

33. Existing relationship between the CSO and other statistical agencies outside the country were reported to be as follows: exchange of statistical data/publications i.e. census and survey data from the CSO and secondary data from other statistical agencies; coordination of concepts and methodology; assistance in the preparation of schemes of services; secondment of staff from CSO to other statistical units outside the CSO; Assistance from other agencies/units to CSO in terms of manpower and other material support during large scale statistical operations; training of staff through in-service statistical training programmes and other means; participation in task forces; and Organisation of seminars.

(v) Kinds of Relationship Countries Would Prefer to See Existing Between the CSO and Other Statistical Agencies/Units Outside the CSO

34. The following are the kinds of relationships countries would prefer to see existing between the CSO and other statistical agencies/units: formation of a statistical board/committee or coordinating committee of the NSS; existence of a national committee for coordination of statistical activities; exchange of staff/secondment of staff; coordination/harmonization of concepts and methodologies; data exchange; training/share of training facilities; technical meetings between the CSO and other agencies/units; cooperation and consultation to eliminate duplication of statistical activities, production and use of statistical information; technical assistance of the CSO to other statistical units outside the CSO; and preparation of schemes of service. (vi)Existing Relationship Between the CSO and Organisations Outside the Country

35. The following relationships were reported by countries: technical cooperation/financial assistance; exchange of publication/data; receiving journals and attendance at conferences; provision of statistics needed by outside agencies; training/provision of training facilities; and exchange of experience.

PART III: STATISTICAL TRAINING

A. Quantity, Quality and Relevance of Training Available to Directors of Statistics

36. A summary of the quantity, assessment of the course/subjects taken in terms of quality and relevance/usefulness as reported by the Directors of Statistics of each country has been summarized below.

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Academic training

37. Ten staff were trained during the period 1989-1994 at INSEE, Rabat, Tunis and Cairo.

Specialized short-term training

38. No training was reported.

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Academic training

39. A total of twelve (12) staff were trained at the certificate, diploma and masters degree levels in various subjects such as cartography, demography, social statistics, economics and econometrics and data processing. Most of the courses were of a duration of one to two years. The training institutions were universities and statistical training institutes in Europe, America, Australia and Africa. The sources of funding for the training courses were a mixture of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies such as Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC), Government of Botswana, Australian Government., Dutch Government etc. The rating of the quality of courses ranged from good to excellent, the same was true in terms of usefulness. All CSO staff who were sent for training are working at the CSO in its various sections. Specialized short-term training

40. A total of four (4) members of staff were provided specialized short-term training in two or three courses. The courses were national accounts, lotus 1.2.3., dbase III, introduction to micro computing, population data processing and desk top publishing. Most of the courses were of two weeks duration but some lasted up to three months. The training courses were held outside the country mainly in the U.K. but some were held in Africa. The sources of funding for the training courses was mainly Botswana Government but some donors i.e. ODA/British Council, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) funded overseas and country courses. Assessment of quality of the courses ranged from good to excellent, the same is true regarding assessment of the usefulness of the courses. All staff who were trained are working at the CSO.

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Academic training

41. A total of forty five (45) staff were trained at various levels during the part five years: "Ingenieur statisticien Economiste" (ISE), "Ingenieur des travaux Statistique" (ITS), "Adjoint technique de la Statistique" (AD) and "Agent Technique de la Statistique" (AG). The training period ranged from 12-36 months and the training locations were varied: ENSEA (Abidjan), ENEA (Dakar), IFORD (Yaounde), IAMSEA (Kigali), CFR (Niamey), CESAG (Dakar), Louvain la Neuve (ULC) and IDEP (Dakar). The source of funding were either the United Nations, Government of Burkina Faso or other donor agencies. All the trained staff are at the CSO.

Specialized short-term training

42. A total of two staff were trained at ULC and IDP (Paris) with funding support from UNDP. All staff who were trained are working at the CSO.

Specialized short-term training

43. No training was reported in this area.

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Academic training

44. No information was provided

Specialized short-term training

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Academic training 46. Only one staff member was trained at the University of Paris, Institute of demography. The staff member is still working at the CSO.

Specialized short-term training

47. Three staff members were trained in belgium, France and Switzerland. All staff who were trained are still working at the CSO.

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Academic training

48. Two staff members were trained at IFORD (Yaounde) and the Bureau of economic Analysis in Washington D.C. USA. The sources of funding was either the United Nations or other donors. The quality of training was rated excellent. All the two staff are still working at the CSO.

Specialized short-term training

49. No training was reported

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Academic training

50. A total of eight (8) staff members were trained at the Masters degree level with specialisation in statistics, econometrics, social statistics, medical demography and computer science. The training institutions were all in the United Kingdom. Funding was from UNFPA or UNDP. All staff who were trained are working at the CSO.

Specialized short-term training

51. Two staff members were trained at the Diploma level in India. The funding source was the Indian Government. All staff are working at the CSO.

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Academic training

52. No information was provided.

Specialized short-term training

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Academic training 54. A total of 26 staff members were trained at the Bachelors degree and certificate in statistics levels. With the exception of two staff member who were trained outside the country in Tanzania and Canada, the rest were trained at the National University of Lesotho. Those trained outside the country were supported by donor funds. The rating of the courses was either very good or excellent both in terms of quality and usefulness. All staff members who were trained are working at the Bureau of Statistics, Lesotho.

Specialized short-term training

55. A total of seven (7) staff members were trained in gender statistics, analysis of agricultural data, health surveys, data processing and statistics as a tool of management. No information was provided on the duration of the courses, training institutions, sources of funding and assessment of the courses. All staff members who benefitted from the training courses are working at the Bureau of Statistics, Lesotho.

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Academic training

56. A total of eight (8) staff members were trained at the masters degree level in the fields of statistics, economics, demography, development economics and social statistics. The training institutions were all in U.K. at various universities. The sources of funding were donor agencies. An assessment of quality and usefulness of the courses was not provided. All the staff members who were trained are working at the CSO in its various sections.

Specialized short-term training

57. No training was reported.

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Academic training

58. No training was reported.

Specialized short-term training 59. A total of 17 staff members were trained in a range of courses. The courses were mainly on management of statistical activities, micro computer applications, economic & social indicators, international comparison project, revised system of national accounts, computers and census cartography, international trade statistics, computer processing & information systems, quality control, government finance statistics, disability statistics, agricultural statistics and macro-economic statistics. The duration of courses ranged from one week to four months in the majority of cases. The training institutions were mainly outside the country in USA, Europe, Canada, South America, other African countries, Australia and the Far East countries, The sources of funding for the courses were donor agencies such as United Nations, European Commission, U.K. Government, Australian Government, Commonwealth Secretariat, European Development Fund, International Monetary Fund, Government of India, etc. No assessment of quality nor usefulness of the courses was provided. Those trained are all working at the CSO.

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Academic training 60. The CSO has trained its staff mainly in Nigeria at the University of Ibadan and other Federal Government funded universities. A total of 163 staff were trained, 53 at the bachelors degree level, 16 at the masters degree level, 25 at the postgraduate diploma level, 67 at the professional diploma in statistics level and 2 at doctorate degree level in statistics. The source of funding for the academic training was the Nigeria Government. The rating of the courses is very good for all of them. Allstaff, except the doctorate degree holders who left the CSO, are still working at the CSO.

Specialized short-term training

61. A total of 318 staff members were trained in a range of short-term courses. These courses covered sampling techniques, data collection skills, revised system of national accounts, labour statistics, management, foreign trade statistics, international comparison project, agriculture sample surveys, questionnaire and table designs, evaluation of family planning programmes, analysis and interpretation of data reliability, database construction, maintenance and management, industry and handcraft statistics, etc. The courses which were listed were those attended during 1992/93. Apart from the courses held at the Federal Office of Statistics (FOS) training schools and other locations in Nigeria, the majority of the courses were held outside the country in Africa, America, Europe, Middle East, India, etc. at universities or specialized training institutes. Courses held outside the country were donor funded while those held in Nigeria were funded by the Nigeria Government. The quality and usefulnessof all the short-term courses was assessed to be very good. All staff who participated in the courses are still in the service.

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Academic training

62. A total of four (4) staff members were trained mainly at the bachelors and masters degree levels in the fields of library, demography, economics and commerce. All four staff members were trained in South Africa at the university of Pretoria. The source of funding was scholarship from the South African Government. The quality of all the courses was rated excellent except economics which was rated very good. The same ratings were true in the case of assessment of the usefulness of the courses. Those who benefitted from the training courses are all working at the CSO in its various sections.

Specialized short-term training

63. No training was reported

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Academic training 64. A total of six (6) staff were trained all in U.K. at various universities. The source of funding was Overseas Development Administration (ODA). Out of the six who benefitted from training, one moved to the Central Bank, four are still at the CSO and one is deceased. The courses were rated good to excellent.

Specialized short-term training

65. Two staff members were trained at the Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics and the Munich Centre. Funding was from the European Union and the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC). The courses were rated good. All staff are still with the CSO.

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Academic training

66. The training of "Ingenieur adjoint technique" which lasts one academic year was reported. This is done at the school of statistics in Tunis. The funds of the school are used for this type of training. The successful trainees are usually posted to various line ministries of the Government including the CSO. The number trained and the assessment of quality and usefulness of the courses was not indicated.

Specialized short-term training

67. No training was reported

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Academic training

68. A total of four(4) staff were trained during the last five years, the level nor subjects for which they trained were not specified. The training institutions were either in Tanzania, U.K. or Egypt. Sponsorship was by the United Nations or Tanzania Government. The quality of training was assessed to be excellent. All the staff who were trained are now at the Department of Statistics Zanzibar.

Specialized short-term training

69. No training was reported in this area.

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Academic training

70. No information was provided.

Specialized short-term training

71. No information was provided.

B. In-service Statistical Training Programme

72. Of the twenty three countries which responded to the survey, eleven (11) countries reported to have in-service statistical training programmes in their offices: Botswana, Egypt, Mauritius, Nigeria, Tunisia, Algeria, South-Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Zanzibar (TZ) and Burundi. The other countries Mauritania, Senegal, Congo, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Burkina Faso stated that they have no in-service statistical training programmes while there was no information for two countries: Ghana and Zimbabwe.

73. Those which have no in-service training pr

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Editor: Dr. Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D