Mauritius - Statistical Capacity Building (SCB II) in regional member countries for MDG monitoring & results measurement

Project Summary

Approval Date	03 Jun 2011
Signature Date	17 Jan 2012
Planned Completion Date	30 Jun 2015
Last Disbursement Planned Date	30 Jun 2015
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Multi-Sector
DAC Sector Code	11330
Commitment	U.A 490,600
Status	Completion

Project General Description

The present intervention relates to the Middle Income Countries Technical Assistance Fund (MIC-TAF) grant for Statistical Capacity Building (SCB II) in regional member countries for MDG monitoring & results measurement. This programme should help to enable Statistics Mauritius to improve coordination of the overall National Statistical System in order to provide reliable, relevant, coherent and timely data. This would contribute to more effective economic management, better MDGs/SDGs and poverty monitoring, informed evidencebased policy making as well as to contributing to improvements in the design of future Bank programs and projects. By strengthening statistical capacity in Mauritius, the program would contribute to increasing the capacity of the NSS staff to undertake project/program design and preparation, various feasibility and sector studies, and other country analytical work. The program has four main components: (i) support current activities of the NSS, (ii) improving social statistics, poverty monitoring and analysis, (iii) improving statistics in priority focus areas (infrastructure, gender, agriculture, and governance), (iv) data development, archiving and dissemination.

Project Objectives

The main objectives of the program are to build statistical capacity of Statistics Mauritius in order to improve policy formulation, decision making, effective results measurement, and dissemination of critical indicators including for poverty and the MDGs.

Beneficiaries

The main beneficiaries of the programme are Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies; Academic Institutions; Civil Society; NGOs, Multilateral and other International Organizations; and the Private Sector.

Participating Organization

Funding

Middle Income Countries Fund

Extending

Government Of Mauritius

Implementing

Central Statistics Office (CSO)

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-MU-K00-006
Last Update	11 Jul 2020

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Contact Details

Name	NABALAMBA Alice Joy
Email	a.nabalamba@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Mauritius

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 490,600

Middle Income Countries Fund

U.A 490,600

Document Type	Language	Document
Project Completion Report	en	mauritius-statistical-capacity-building-scb-ii-in-regional-member-countries-for-mdg-monitoring-results-measurement-pcr-107752
	en	General Conditions 2009
Project Completion Report	fr	viewer
Project Completion Report	en	viewer

Indicator	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Statistical databases for policy makers and regional comparison are available on-line in downloadable formats	2011	Yes	2018	Statistical infrastructure in place is improved with the development of Statistical Business Register (SBR), Open Data Portal (ODP)
Timeliness for production of critical statistical outputs is improved	2011	Yes	2018	Over 100 statistical publications produced each year
Availability of data for regional comparison (ICP, AIKP, HCPI, etc.)	2011	Yes	2018	Yes
Increased reliability of national poverty and other socioeconomic statistics for policy purposes	2011	Regular production of national poverty and other socioeconomic statistics to inform public policy and economic management	2018	Sustained undertaking of the Household Budget Survey every 5 years); production of Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment data; Continued update of the SBR for data management of socioeconomic data; and a new & dynamic Government Open Data System
An effective National Statistical System (NSS) meeting the data needs of Mauritius	2011	A strong NSS guided by a strong National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) and legal instruments for effective coordination	2018	There is a strong Statistics Act in place, which has enabled Statistics Mauritius to effectively coordinate the national statistical system and access administrative data from other agencies in Government and private sector
Creation of a computerized Central Business Register	2011	Implement all Stages 1-8 of planned program on Statistical Business Register (SBR)	2018	Stage 5 of planned program
International Comparison Program (ICP) - National Accounts and Prices Statistics	2011	At the global level, it is agreed that ICP should be apermanent statistical endeavour; mainstreamed within the National Statistical Office (NSO) annual programming and Purchasing Power Parities should be produced every year. Ideally, ICP National Accounts Special Surveys should be undertaken annually to support continuous improvement in National Accounts & Price Statistics; and GDP Rebasing and complete migration to System of National Accounts (SNA) 2008	2018	Price data collection for ICP 2011 & ICP pilot for 2015/16 were collected and submitted for computation of Price levels and PPPs. Expenditure on GDP breakdown done and submitted. Began migration to SNA 2008 after GDP rebasing using HBS 2012
Data development, archiving and dissemination	2011	Enhance data management and dissemination systems at Statistics Mauritius (SM)	2018	2 servers purchased and installed; 43 tablets purchased and are used for survey data collection-Data Portal and Open Data Portal installed and running; and staff trained
Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Program (AIKP)	2011	Collection of data for the regional AIKP program to support computation of regional infrastructure indicators; Conduct a national workshop to disseminate the results	2018	Data collected on all infrastructure sectors and submitted to AfDB
Build capacity of staff of the National Statistical System (NSS)	2011	Statistical capacity of data producers and users strengthened; and both Producers and Users sensitized on the use of statistics for policy making	2018	Hands on training provided to staff of SM. Producers and Users and statistics sensitized on the use of statistics for policy making