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Technical Assistance

ADB formulates and provides technical assistance (TA) to developing member countries on building, strengthening and improving their statistical systems and services. Statistics TA may be directed to a specific country (advisory technical assistance - ADTA), or may cover two or more countries (regional technical assistance - RETA). Since 1970, ADB has implemented about 60 statistical capacity building projects, for a total of more than US$22 million. A list and description of on-going and past TAs is provided below, with links to some of their key outputs.

Between 1971 and 1990, most of the statistics TAs were related to national accounts. Between 1990 and 2000, the scope of projects included national accounts, environment/agriculture/social/demographic and labor statistics, money and banking, and institutional strengthening of national statistical offices. From 2001 onwards, the projects increasingly focused on monitoring poverty and the Millennium Development Goals. Since 2002, an Investment Climate Study (ICS) program has been undertaken in four countires (Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, and Sri Lanka) jointly with the World Bank.

On going Past

For general information on ADB technical assistance or information on assistance provided in areas other than statistics, please visit our Projects webpage.


On-Going Advisory Technical Assistance

Country and Title

Year of approval

Measuring the Informal Sector (REG-6430)

2007
Bhutan
Strengthening the National Statistical System - Phase II (3669-BHU)
2001
Indonesia
Improving the Climate for Investment and Productivity in Indonesia (3999-INO)
2002
Lao PDR
Investment Climate and Productivity Study
2003
Mongolia
Improving Social Statistics (MON-3684)
2001
Nepal
Strengthening the National Statistical System (NEP-3451)
2000
Philippines
Improving the Climate for Investment and Productivity in the Philippines: An Approach to Long-Term Poverty Reduction (PHI-3932)
2002
Sri Lanka
Investment Climate and Productivity Study (4018-SRI)
2002
Tajikistan
Building a Poverty Monitoring Mechanism (3719-TAJ)
2001
Turkmenistan
Improving the Methodology of the National Institute of State Statistics and Information (3937-TKM)
2002


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On-Going Regional Assistance

Title

Year of approval

Strengthening and Collection of Purchasing Power Parity Data in Selected Developing Member Countries (6088-REG) 2002
Enhancing Social and Gender Statistics (6007-REG) 2001
Building a Poverty Database (5917-REG) 2000


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Past Advisory Technical Assistance

Country and Title

Year of approval

Bangladesh
Strengthening the National Accounts and Poverty Monitoring System (BAN-3582)

2001
Philippines
Improving Poverty Monitoring System (PHI-34075)
2001
China, People's Republic of
Establishing an Enterprise Sample Survey System (PRC-3503)
2000
Cambodia
Statistical System Development - Phase III (3293-CAM)
1999

Micronesia, Federated States of
Strengthening the National Statistical System (3258-FSM)

1999
Republic of Marshall Islands
Strengthening Census and Survey Capability (3161-RMI)
1999
Viet Nam
Improving National Accounts - Phase II (3330-VIE)
1999

Bhutan
Strengthening the Central Statistical – Phase I (2860-BHU)

1997

Nepal
Supporting Agriculture Statistics Development (2861-NEP)

1997

Philippines
Institutional Strengthening of the System of National Accounts (2875-PHI)

1997
Bangladesh
Improving National Accounts (2682-BAN)
1996

Pakistan
Development of a Gender Data Base (2514-PAK)

1995

Indonesia
Institutional Strengthening of the Central Bureau of Statistics (2206-INO)

1994

Cambodia
Statistical System Development (2261-CAM)

1994

Viet Nam
Improving National Accounts (2084-VIE)

1994

Mongolia
Improving and Strengthening the Statistical System (1811-MON)

1992

Philippines
Development of a Gender-Disaggregated Data Base System (1823-PHI)

1992

Cambodia
Strengthening of Macroeconomic Management (1694-CAM)

1992

China, People's Republic of
Improvement of National Accounts (1566-PRC)

1991

Papua New Guinea
Improvement of National Accounts (1261-PNG)

1989

Philippines
Agricultural Statistics Improvement Project (949-PHI)

1988

China, People's Republic of
Institution Building of the State Statistical Bureau (950-PRC)

1988

Indonesia
Construction of Quarterly National Accounts (781-INO)

1986

Samoa
Development of National Accounts (680-SAM)

1985

Vanuatu
Development of National Accounts (613-VAN)

1984

Singapore
Improvement of the National Accounts (45-SIN)

1971


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Past Regional Technical Assistance

Title

Year of approval

Developing Tools for Assessing the Effectiveness of ADB Operations in Reducing Poverty (6073-REG) 2002
Poverty Mapping in Selected Developing Member Countries (6042-REG) 2002

Harmonizing and Improving Business Tendency Surveys in Selected DMCS (34492-REG)

2000

Rebasing and Linking National Accounts Series (5874-REG)

1999

Strengthening and Collection of Financial and Monetary Statistics in Selected DMCs (5869-REG)

1999

Institutional Strengthening and Collection of Environment Statistics, Phase II (5860-REG)

1999

Improvement of the South Pacific Economic and Social Database (5639-REG)

1995
International Conference on Information Systems for Transition Economies (5631) 1995

Training-cum-workshop on Statistical Integration (5623-REG)

1995

Seminars for Revised System of National Accounts (5576-REG)

1994

Institutional Strengthening & Collection of Environment Statistics (5555-REG)

1993

Statistical Improvement in South Pacific Developing Member Countries (administered by ADB South Pacific Resident Mission (5532-REG)

1993

International Comparison Program Phase VI (5473-REG)

1992

Statistical Improvement of Selected Planned Asian Developing Economics (5432-REG)

1991

Development of South Pacific Economic and Social Database (5465-REG)

1991

Socio-Economic Indicators to Reflect the Participation of Women in Development (5404-REG)

1990

Statistical Manpower Training in the South Pacific (5241-REG)

1987

Joint ADB-ESCAP Workshop on International Comparison Project (5223-REG)

1986

Improvement of National Accounts in Four South Pacific Developing Member Countries (5220-REG)

1986

Study of GNP Measurement Issues in South Pacific Developing Member Countries (5179-REG)

1985

Workshop on Statistical Development for the South Pacific Region (5170-REG)

1985

Joint ADB-NEDA Workshop on Statistical Development in Asian Developing Member Countries (5147-REG)

1984

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