Implementation of the Addis Ababa Plan of Action for statsitical development in Africa in the 1990s : Progress report

Abstract

The twenty-seventh session of the Economic Commission for Africa/eighteenth meeting of the Conference of Ministers responsible for economic planning and development, held in April 1992, adopted the Strategy for the Implementation of the Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa in the 1990s and requested the Executive Secretary to report every two years on the progress made in the implementation of the Plan of Action {see resolution 734 (XXVII) in annexes. The Strategy provides a comprehensive framework for the current efforts to rehabilitate, revitalize and develop African statistics and to build up statistical capacities in the region. As noted in the introduction to the Strategy, the Addis Ababa Plan of Action is based on three cardinal principles, i.e., the central role of an improved statistical system in economic and social development; the key role of ECA in the development and promotion of statistics in Africa, without prejudice to the important role of other agencies and donors; and the need for coordinating the support provided by international agencies and donors.