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.
| Project | Country | Year of approval |
|---|---|---|
| Support to the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (TA 4897) | Afghanistan | 2006 |
| Project | Year of approval |
|---|---|
| Employment, Trade and Inclusive Growth in Asia and the Pacific (RDTA 7786) | 2011 |
| Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Compile and Analyze Financial Soundness Indicators for Investment Climate (CDTA 7743) | 2010 |
| 2011 International Program for Asia and the Pacific (RDTA 7507) | 2010 |
| Workshops on the Economics of Infrastructure in a Globalized World (S-RDTA 7381) | 2009 |
| Procurement and Analysis of Survey Data (RDTA 7471) | 2009 |
| Global Crisis, Remittances and Poverty in Asia (RDTA 7436) | 2009 |
| Enterprise Development and the Challenge of Inclusive Growth (RDTA 6520) | 2008 |
| Adopting the Supply and Use Framework Toward 1993 System of National Accounts Compliance in Selected DMCs (RDTA 6483) | 2008 |
| Improving Price Collection of Non-Household Expenditure Components and Updating Purchasing Power Parity Estimates for Selected DMCs (RDTA 6482) | 2008 |
| Project | Country | Year of approval |
|---|---|---|
| Improving National Accounts, Price and Wage Statistics (TA 4688 BAN) | Bangladesh | 2006 |
| Assessment and Socioeconomic and Macroeconomic Statistical Capacity Building (TA 4313 AFG) | Afghanistan | 2004 |
| Developing a Poverty Monitoring System at the County Level (TA 4454 PRC) | China, People's Republic of | 2004 |
| Strengthening the National Statistical System Phase 2 (TA 4424 BHU) | Bhutan | 2004 |
| Improving Services Sector Statistics (TA 4125 PRC) | China, People's Republic of | 2003 |
| Investment Climate and Productivity Study (4264 - LAO) | Lao PDR | 2003 |
| Improving the Climate for Investment and Productivity in Indonesia (3999-INO) | Indonesia | 2002 |
| Investment Climate and Productivity Study (4018-SRI) | Sri Lanka | 2002 |
| Improving the Climate for Investment and Productivity in the Philippines: An Approach to Long-Term Poverty Reduction (3932-PHI) | Philippines | 2002 |
| Improving the Methodology of the National Institute of State Statistics and Information (3937-TKM) | Turkmenistan | 2002 |
| Strengthening the National Statistical System - (3669-BHU) | Bhutan | 2001 |
| Improving Social Statistics (3684-MON) | Mongolia | 2001 |
| Building a Poverty Monitoring Mechanism (3719-TAJ) | Tajikistan | 2001 |
| Strengthening the National Accounts and Poverty Monitoring System (BAN-3582) | Bangladesh | 2001 |
| Improving Poverty Monitoring Surveys (PHI-3656) | Philippines | 2001 |
| Strengthening the National Statistical System (NEP-3451) | Nepal | 2000 |
| Establishing an Enterprise Sample Survey System (PRC-3503) | China, People's Republic of | 2000 |
| Statistical System Development - Phase III (3293-CAM) | Cambodia | 1999 |
| Strengthening the National Statistical System (3258-FSM) | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1999 |
| Strengthening Census and Survey Capability (3161-RMI) | Marshall Islands | 1999 |
| Improving National Accounts - Phase II (3330-VIE) | Viet Nam | 1999 |
| Strengthening the Central Statistical Organization (2860-BHU) | Bhutan | 1997 |
| Supporting Agriculture Statistics Development (2861-NEP) | Nepal | 1997 |
| Institutional Strengthening of the System of National Accounts (2875-PHI) | Philippines | 1997 |
| Improving National Accounts (2682-BAN) | Bangladesh | 1996 |
| Development of a Gender Data Base (2514-PAK) | Pakistan | 1995 |
| Institutional Strengthening of the Central Bureau of Statistics (2206-INO) | Indonesia | 1994 |
| Statistical System Development (2261-CAM) | Cambodia | 1994 |
| Improving National Accounts (2084-VIE) | Viet Nam | 1994 |
| Seasonal Adjustment of Time Series Data (TA 1710 PHI) | Philippines | 1992 |
| Improving and Strengthening the Statistical System (1811-MON) | Mongolia | 1992 |
| Development of a Gender-Disaggregated Data Base System (1823-PHI) | Philippines | 1992 |
| Strengthening of Macroeconomic Management (1694-CAM) | Cambodia | 1992 |
| Improvement of National Accounts (1566-PRC) | China, People's Republic of | 1991 |
| Improvement of National Accounts (1261-PNG) | Papua New Guinea | 1989 |
| Agricultural Statistics Improvement Project (949-PHI) | Philippines | 1988 |
| Institution Building of the State Statistical Bureau (950-PRC) | China, People's Republic of | 1988 |
| Construction of Quarterly National Accounts (781-INO) | Indonesia | 1986 |
| Development of National Accounts (680-SAM) | Samoa | 1985 |
| Development of National Accounts (613-VAN) | Vanuatu | 1984 |
| Improvement of the National Accounts (45-SIN) | Singapore | 1971 |
| Title | Year of approval |
|---|---|
| Measuring the Informal Sector (REG-6430) | 2007 |
| Improving Administrative Data Sources for the Monitoring of the Millennium Development Goal Indicators (CDTA 6356) | 2006 |
| Measurement and Policy Analysis for Poverty Reduction (RDTA 6364) | 2006 |
| Statistical Capacity Building in the Asia and Pacific Region (CDTA 6333) | 2006 |
| Strengthening and Collection of Purchasing Power Parity Data in Selected Developing Member Countries (6088-REG) | 2002 |
| 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 |
| Enhancing Social and Gender Statistics (6007-REG) | 2001 |
| Harmonizing and Strengthening Business Tendency Surveys in Selected DMCS (5938-REG) | 2000 |
| Building a Poverty Database (5917-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-REG) | 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 |