High-quality national statistics are indispensable for effective policymaking. For instance, without high- quality poverty data, anti-poverty policies will target the wrong beneficiaries; and without high-quality inflation data, monetary policies will stimulate the economy in the wrong moments. National Statistical Offices (NSOs) have thus spent decades perfecting … [Read more...] about Four Key Lessons for Effective Management of National Statistical Offices
José Antonio Mejía
José Antonio Mejía Guerra es Especialista Líder en Modernización del Estado en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), donde trabaja en temas de fortalecimiento de capacidades estadísticas. Durante 2008 a 2012, fue Vicepresidente de la primer Junta de Gobierno del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geográfica (INEGI) del 2008 al 2012. Con anterioridad, fue coordinador del Programa MECOVI en el BID. José Antonio es maestro en Políticas Públicas por la Universidad de Georgetown y maestro en Economía por la Universidad George Washington.
5 Lessons Learned from Open Data Workshops in Latin America and the Caribbean
Having data is important for decision-making and especially for making good decisions. This may seem obvious, but it was not always so. Nowadays, data is everywhere, in great volume and variety, and serves to guide our actions in countless activities. It is part of our daily lives. And governments are no strangers to this context. The abundance of data has led States to … [Read more...] about 5 Lessons Learned from Open Data Workshops in Latin America and the Caribbean