Statistical Performance Indicators and Index: A New Tool to Measure Country Statistical Capacity

Abstract

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

Standards in social statistics: The capacity of national statistical systems to adapt to the international standards, problems, challenges

“…These indicators help facilitate data exchange and provide the foundation for the preparation of relevant statistical indicators. The following methods and standards are considered in the development by the World Bank: the system of national accounts in use, National Accounts base year, classification of national industry, CPI base year, classification of household consumption, classification of status of employment, central government accounting status, a compilation of government finance statistics, a compilation of monetary and financial statistics, business process [7].…”

Microdata collection and openness in the Middle East and North Africa

“…The ODIN is well established and recognized and when the World Bank (WB) launched, beginning in 2021 its own Statistical Performance Indicator (SPI), it relies on data provided by ODIN to complete its subperformance indicators on data access (Dang et al 2021). How can our assessment of very limited data access in the MENA region and ODIN's assessment differ so much?…”

The uneven effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on National Statistical Offices

“…The third group of explanatory variables incorporates NSOs characteristics such as the Statistical Performance Index (SPI) of 2019, and the Oxford Stringency Index as of April 2020. The SPI is a score of the performance of national statistical systems which combines indicators grouped in five pillars: Data Use, Data Services, Data Products, Data Sources, and Data Infrastructure, and takes a minimum value of 0 and a maximum of 100 [25]. The Oxford Stringency Index includes 23 indicators and covers nine metrics: school closures, workplace closures; cancellation of public events; restrictions on public gatherings; closures of public transport; stay-at-home requirements; public information campaigns; restrictions on internal movements; and international travel controls [26].…”