Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289418 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1411
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
A country's statistical capacity takes an indispensable part in its development. We offer a comprehensive comparison between the World Bank's Statistical Performance Indicators and Index (SPI) and its predecessor, the Statistical Capacity Index (SCI) regarding different conceptual and empirical aspects. We further examine the relationships of the two indexes with some agriculture development indicators such as food security, food sustainability and productivity as well as other key indicators including headcount poverty, GDP per capita, and an SDG progress index. Our analysis employs the latest SPI data update in 2022, which were not available in previous studies. We also propose clear guidelines on how the SPI can be maintained and updated in the future to ensure that this process is transparent, replicable, safeguarded with high quality, and provides comparable data over time.
Subjects: 
statistical capacity
statistical performance
statistical capacity index
national statistical system
food security
JEL: 
C8
H00
I00
O1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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