What would change if we could track poverty in real time and had accurate, up-to-date poverty estimates at our fingertips? The poverty rate is a crucial indicator for monitoring the development of our countries and for the design and evaluation of public policies. However, official poverty rates are derived from household surveys that often have limited frequency, problems … [Read more...] about Nowcasting Poverty: Revolutionizing Estimates in Central America and the Dominican Republic
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Four Key Lessons for Effective Management of National Statistical Offices
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