The Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (henceforth referred to as the Regional Programme) aimed to increase national capacities to produce basic economic statistics in accordance with international standards and good practices. The Regional Programme is being developed in response to a decision of the ESCAP Member States at the Committee on Statistics held in Bangkok on 4-6 February 2009.
A draft Regional Programme was circulated to all the participants one week prior to the Workshop. During the Workshop participants reviewed and provided inputs into to the draft document which will be used to finalize the Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific. In addition, the Workshop discussed and agreed on strategies for implementation of the Regional Programme at regional and national levels, and issues related to funding. The Programme is a major effort to raise resources at national and international level for improvement of economic statistics in the Asian and Pacific region.
The Regional Programme will be finalized during early 2010 by the secretariat and the Technical Advisory Group on Development of Economic Statistics, in consultation with the Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics.
Expected outcomes of the workshop:
Consensus among participants on a Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific,including on:
- The constraints that impede the development of economic statistics in the region
- The key elements of the Regional Programme needed to improve the capability of national statistical systems in countries of Asia and the Pacific to produce basic economic statistics
- The implementation of the Regional Programme
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