Study of data collection procedures
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Date
1998-03
Authors
Ariyo, Ademola
Adeniran, Adebisi
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The African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
TheproblemofinconsistencyofAfricandataisnotnew.Thedeterminationofthenature andseverityofthisphenomenon,however,hasbecomeofmuchconcerntointerested observers.TheapropriatenesofthisconcernisreinforcedbythenedofAfrican countriesfortimelyandacuratedatainordertoensurethesucesfulimplementation oftheireconomicreformprogrames.Inthisregard,curentresearchhaspointedout widedivergencesinAfricandatapublishedbyvariousinternationalorganizationsas welasthecentralstatisticalorganizationsandotherpublicagenciesineachcountry.
Aspartoftheconcertedefortstoidentifythemajorcausesofthedataproblem,this studyidentifiesthesimilaritiesandmajordiferencesindatageneratingandmanagement activitiesamongselectedorganizations.Twodata-generatingagenciesinNigeriawere alsocoveredbecauseaprecedingstudy,whosefindingspromptedthisresearch,was basedonNigeriaasacasestudy.Thefindingssugestwidedivergencesindefinition andmeasurementofconceptsadoptedbytheseorganizations.Thewidespreadnon- renditionand/ortheinadequacyofreturnsbyAfricanmembercountriestotheinternational andmultilateralinstitutionsalsonecesitaterelianceonstafestimatesassubstitutesfor misingdata.Theselargelyacountforthesignificantdiferencesindataonidentical indexesreportedonthesamecountrybytheseorganizations.Thereportthereforesugests thedevelopmentandenforcementofgeneralyaceptedstatisticalprocedures.Italso advocatestheidentificationandsatisfactionofdata-relatedcapacitynedsofeachAfrican country.
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HC 800
Keywords
Rata Analysis , Rata Collection , Malawi