Summary of Success stories, good practices and initiatives
Country/Organization | Success stories and good practices identified to inform the Handbook |
Afghanistan | Use of CAPI in Income and Expenditures Survey and Labour Force Survey (Open Source, ODK, customized by NSO Afghanistan) – synchronization of data from 24-48 hours, to 10—20 minutes after troubleshooting. |
Use of imagery in the development of sample and census frames. Due to security concerns the conventional household listing is not possible. | |
Monitoring system for quality assurance of the fieldworkers. | |
ADB | Increase in use of smart phones and tablets. The CAPI Effect: Boosting Survey Data through Mobile Technology. (https://www.adb.org/publications/capi-survey-data-mobile-technology) |
Link to report showing frequency of natural disasters in Asia. (https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/30323/ewp-358.pdf) | |
Bangladesh | Disaster backup measures: alternative back-up for data reservation outside NSO. |
Brunei | Use of CAPI (CSPro for Android) in Labour Force Survey with assistance from ILO. |
Use of international guidelines methodologies and classifications; involvement of interns from other government ministries and academic institutions. | |
Cambodia | Establishment of statistical literacy training courses for key users. |
Use of CSPro for data entry and CAPI for Labour Force Survey. | |
Annual high-level dialogue between the NSO and the development partners of the government. | |
India | Use of mobile phones for data collection. |
National statistics day activities: http://mospi.nic.in/statistics-day. | |
Indonesia | Implementation of a user satisfaction survey. |
Creation of a Statistical Business Register, integrating data from many ministries/institutions for ‘One Data’ single data source. | |
Disaster backup measures: risk management coordinated with National Disaster Agency. Statistical data and geo-spatial data are integrated. and a back-up copy of the data is preserved (in BPS and Disaster Agency). | |
Laos | Use of scanning technology for population and housing censuses. Use of CAPI for agricultural censuses. |
New Statistical Law and strategy for the development of the NSS. | |
Implementation of a user satisfaction survey. | |
Establishment of a monitoring system for quality assurance of the fieldworkers. | |
Iran | Award given to the best field operation every year – at field and supervisory levels |
Disaster backup measures: alternative back-up measures for data reservation outside NSO | |
Statistical Committees in ministries that review data for gaps | |
Malaysia | |
Maldives | Use of CAPI (Survey Solutions) for data collection. |
| Data workshops to improve statistical literacy. |
Mongolia | Data dissemination via social media. Use of Infographics. |
| User training and statistical literacy. |
Nepal | Experience of Nepal: one-pager on role of NSO after an earthquake. Link with confidentiality waiver principle. |
Sri Lanka | Establishment of a monitoring system for quality assurance of fieldworkers. |
Disaster backup measures: A copy of data is back-up in a separate server of Telecom Office. | |
For SDGs: consultancies on SDG indicators have been set up for special surveys on Time use (ILO), Women’s well-being (The WB & ILO) and the improvement of macro-economic statistics (ADB & IMF). | |
Thailand | Sub-committee on Statistical Standards established as a mechanism for statistical standards cooperation between the NSO and line ministries to ensure that common standards are used in the production of statistics across the country. |
Disaster backup measures: A copy of data is backed-up on a separate server at Telecom Office. | |
Vietnam | Use of Block Chain in data confidentiality. |
Reference to ISO/IEC 27001 Information security management. The ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards helps organizations keep confidential information secure. |