Review of ECA statistical activities (1986 - 1987) and future work programme

Abstract

The performance of the ECA Statistics Division during the biennium 1986-1987 was seriously affected by the financial crisis facing the United Nations which led to a recruitment freeze being imposed in April 1986. This implied that any post which become vacant through attrition during the period was frozen. Thus the Statistics Division had an average of just under 60 per cent of the total work-months originally provided for it in the work programme budget. The percentage of total work-months available declined from approximately 77 in January 1986 to 47 in December 1987. The full list of professional staff in the Statistics Division is given in Annex I.