NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM国家统计制度

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1、NATIONALSTATISTICALSYSTEMANATIONALSTRATEGYFORTHEDEVELOPMENTOFSTATISTICS(NSDS)INSIERRALEONE2008-2012WorldBankStatisticsSierraLeoneThisstrategydocumenthasbeenpreparedbytheNSDSteamatStatisticsSierraLeone,withfundingprovidedviatheWorldBanks’TrustFundforStatisticalCapacityBuildingandtheGovernmentofth

2、eRepublicofSierraLeone.NSDSteamPhilipTurnbull,InternationalConsultantJosephA.L.Kamara(Prof.)SupervisorJohnS.N.Pessima,LocalConsultantFrancisKobie,ProjectCoordinatorFebruary2008ANationalStrategyfortheDevelopmentofstatisticsinSierraLeone(NSDS)EXECUTIVESUMMARYSierraLeoneisasmallcoastalcountrywithal

3、andareaof71,620squarekilometres(about28,000squaremiles),74percentofwhichiscultivable.(I.e.5.4millionhectares).However,only34percentofthearablelandisundercultivation.Themainstayoftheeconomyisbuiltaroundthreemainactivities-agriculture,miningandtrade.However,declinesinmineralproductionespeciallydia

4、monds,declinesinagriculturalexports,poorroadnetworkandotherinternalfactorsresultedinsevereabjectpovertyandsocialdissatisfaction.TheurgentneedtoreducepovertyinSierraLeonealsocreatedtheneedforanimprovedquality,reliableandtimelystatisticaldataneededtomonitorprogresstowardstheattainmentoftheMDGsandP

5、overtyReduction.ItisthedesireoftheGovernmentofSierraLeone(GoSL)andtheinternationalfundingagenciesthatallcountriesshouldhaveinplaceaNationalStrategyfortheDevelopmentofStatistics.ThisshouldserveasafoundationonwhichtheNationalStatisticalSystemcanbedeveloped,inlinewiththedevelopmentagendaoftheGoSLan

6、dinparticularthegovernment’sPovertyReductionStrategy(PRSP).TheNSDSwillalsoserveasaguidefortheimplementationoftheannualstatisticsworkplan.InJune1998anIMFMacroeconomicStatisticsMissionundertookanassessmentofthestatusofthecountry’smacroeconomicdatabaseandofthetechnicalassistanceneedswiththeviewofre

7、structuringthestatisticalsystemanddevelopingtheinstitutionalcapacitytocompilequalitystatisticsforinformedeconomicpolicyformulationanddevelopmentmonitoring.Themissionidentifiedpoorstateofinstitutionalcapacityandstatisticalact