National Strategy for statistics development launched

Apr 17, 2018 News

A one-year programme for the development of statistics in Guyana was yesterday launched at the Tower Hotel, in Georgetown.
The project is a collaborative effort and will see the Bureau of Statistics, the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the Inter-American Development Bank working together to ensure its success.
The project aims to make statistics in Guyana easily accessible to the public. Information such as the number of persons in the workforce, the economy, poverty levels among other things will be accessible to all.
Speaking at the launch yesterday, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, said the project is of tremendous importance and must not be underestimated.
“The significance of the project cannot be underestimated since the achievement of its objectives is of tremendous importance in determining how we plan our development,” Jordan said.
He added that the development of statistics is also important for access to timely and accurate information.
“With statistics, the government can make policy and promote development. Business owners and entrepreneurs can decide where to invest and how to run their businesses and for citizen to manage their lives and hold the government accountable,” he added
He said that the government has long recognised that efficient and effective national statistical system is essential. He said that the development of statistics is necessary for Guyana to meet the developmental challenge of the 21st century.
“This government recognises the importance of statistics and information in general for effective decision making.
“Without those statistics, all of our lives would be much more difficult and the state’s natural resources would be inefficiently used,” Jordan said.
The development of statistic would provide the government with critical information to develop some policy that would address issues such as access to education, health care, reduce unemployment and illuminate poverty.
“The creation of this national strategy for development of statistics is solid framework on which every planning unit can function effectively,” Jordan said.
He added that it enables effective monitoring evaluation of established activities and new development projects.
The project ends in March 2019 and is line with government’s vision for a national statistic system. The project is sponsored by the International Development Bank
The Minister said that the programme will also identify short, medium and long term goals and also set out strategies that would need to be adapted and executed.

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