Report to the CASD by the Secretariat

Abstract

The main objective of the CASD is to coordinate and direct efforts being made to revitalise, rehabilitate and develop the African statistical network and to monitor the overall implementation of the Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa in the 1990s. Four Sub-committees to address specific areas of concern to CASD were also created to ensure smooth implementation of CASD activities. The Secretariatof CASD was decide by the first inter-agency meeting, to be located in the ECA Statistics Division and to be the focal point for intellectual leadership in the work of the Sub-committees.