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Official Statistics in Africa

Read our special issue on Statistics in Africa now online!

Comments on the scientific basis of the register-based census

Read this commentary by Anders Wallgren and Britt Wallgren on 'Population censuses; are statistical dinosaurs able to adapt?'

Robust Official Business Statistics Methodology During COVID-19-related And Other Economic Downturns

How methods and models of official statistics behave at key times, like the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be made more robust to these unusual changes.

Closed: Why should there still be a need for elaborate official statistics in the future?

The second discussion will center around statements taken from an article by Walter Radermacher ‘Governing-by-the-numbers / Statistical Governance Reflections on the future of official statistics in a...

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Closed: Official statistics methods need investments to be robust enough to maintain sufficient product quality in times of economic downturns

With this second set of statements we now want the discussion to focus on the impact of the pandemic on statistical methodology and especially the effect the of the strong economic downturn on...