Look beyond stats agencies: using mobile phones for data collection in Africa
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2015-10Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;Metadata
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Through ECA ‘s project on data collection using mobile devices, the intent is to go beyond building capacity of national statistics institutes but to include the citizen as well. ECA intends to strengthen the capacity of African countries to use mobile technologies to collect data for effective policy and decision-making. Statistical compilation in the continent is improving with each year. ECA, African Union Commission and African Development Bank have been supporting statistical capacity in Africa. /international Financial and development partners have also invested heavily in statistical capacity in Africa. The main areas of progress in data collection are civil registration and vital statistics, censuses, comparative economics and development of strategy for the harmonization of Statistics in Africa. The demand for good statistics remains high prompting organizations like the ECA to encourage member states to further explore data collection methods that employ mobile devices. Conference participants are expected to share ideas on data gathering ; as well as brainstorm on building relationships with citizens and develop practical idea on data gathering.