Publication: Uganda’s Integrated Information Management System : A New Approach in Statistical Capacity-Building
Date
1999-09
ISSN
Published
1999-09
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Uganda is embarking on a major program
to upgrade its statistical systems. As with many African
countries, the quality of national statistics and the
timeliness with which they are produced have been issues of
considerable concern for a number of years. It has suffered
from problems common to many national statistical offices,
including: high staff turnover, inadequate funding, lack of
timeliness in delivering outputs, unevenness in quality of
data produced and inability to respond quickly to new data
needs. The starting point for reform has been to persuade
government and donors to commit more resources to essential
statistical activities. This led to the establishment in
1999 of a new semi-autonomous Uganda Bureau of Statistics
(UBOS) and to the development of a draft UBOS Corporate
Action Plan. The World Bank will be channeling its support
through the Second Economic and Financial Management Project
(EFMPII). The main goal of the program is to support the
building of national capacity to collect, process, store and
disseminate statistical information for the purpose of
monitoring and evaluating outcomes and outputs of
development policies and programs at both national and
district levels.
Citation
“World Bank. 1999. Uganda’s Integrated Information Management System : A New Approach in Statistical Capacity-Building. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 142. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/f5d22b74-a197-5257-983e-bbac9414cf3c License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”