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Pali Lehohla
Statistician-General

Statistics for Transparency, Accountability,

Results and Transformation

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 Outline of Presentation

T A Start with the end in mind

R Prescripts of national and global
imperatives
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Do we know what we need to
know

Use Put use at the centre – WHY

Organize for delivery

Deliver results
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 Start with the end in mind

Impact on Society
International Agenda
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Post 2015 Agenda

National Agenda:
A better life for all
T
Driving transformation
Statistics for Transparency,
A
Accountability, Results and
Transformation R
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 Start with the end in mind
Post 2015 Agenda
Leave no one behind S
Put sustainable development at the core

Transform economies for jobs and T

inclusive growth
This change should inspire a new

Build peace and effective open A generation to believe that a better

world is within its reach and thus
accountable institutions for all
R can act accordingly

Forge a new global partnership T

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 Outcome: use of evidence
For USE in
Planning
(baseline information for NDP)

Monitoring & Evaluation

(measuring development and impact)

Policy development
increasing rationale for making
decisions for better policies)

Decision-making
(Decision making in government,
subnational, business & the public)

Increased knowledge, understanding and use by the leadership, citizens and state
Increased knowledge, understanding and use by the leadership, citizens and state
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 Critical questions

What is the evidence that

S the census products are
used?

Use T By what means can we verify that

the census results are used?
A What instruments can we
create and apply to ensure
R use?
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 Statistical Products

Do the policy questions inform

the statistical products?

Do we know and understand the quality of

health services and the difficulties that
confront people when they go to public health
facilities?

Do we know and understand what is happening in

our education system, do we know what the
conditions are in our rural schools?

Do we know and understand the living

conditions and housing in townships
where the majority of our people live?

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 Use as fundamental for strategic shift: indicators of use
Statistics for>> Transparency Accountability Results Transformation
Statistical leadership: Use statistics for Use statistics for Use statistics for Use statistics to lead
Embed use through mutual trust in mutual results-based change for different
legislative and statecraft accountability and management and better results
institutional authority governance
Strategic planning: Use statistical Use statistical Use statistical Use statistical
Embed use in metrics for fact indicators for targets for results metrics to drive
administrative practices based norms and mutual based change
and procedures standards accountability management

Statistical products: Ensure that Ensure that Ensure that you Use statistical
Embed use through products are products provide evidence product s measure
application of products accessible and anticipate and about the use of outcomes and
in service delivery understood respond to policy products impact measures to
questions and spur change
concerns
Statistical process: Provide Anticipate user and Put systems and Inspire better and
Embed use through metadata with support needs infrastructure for different outcome
consultation, training the results Report in cycles access and use of expectations to drive
and user support predictable results change
Organisation & Ensure that Publish statistics Anticipate user Use lessons learnt
management: methods are that are requests and to catalyse
Embed use in the known and produced and address them change for better
organisation understood
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Statistics for Transparency, Accountability, Results and Transformation

A Better Life for All

Society
Society
Impact
Impact
on

Economic grow
on

service Healthy th &

Improved Decent
life
People are & transform
rmation
delivery jobs feel safe
Increased use of statistical information as evidence in:
for
Evidence for
Outcome:
Outcome:

decisions
decisions
Evidence

Policy Decision-
Monitoring & making
Planning development
Evaluation

Finance Employment
Educatio
Statistical
products

Transport
Statistical
products
space
In space

Populatio n
Mining Agriculture
n Service
Manufacturing Trade Delivery
Construction
In

Utilities
Businesses
processes
in Businesses
processes

Statistical Stakeholder Governance &

Dwelling Frame Administration
production management
growth
and growth
learning
Invest in
learning
Invest

and

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Organisation Infrastructure People
 Statistical Process

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 Organisation and Management
Statistical leadership and management
(Fundamental principles of Official Statistics,
Code of ethics, Statistics Legislation)

Strategic management (Strategy development,

planning and review)

Stakeholder management (The public, government,

civil society, the media, business, researchers)

People management (statistical skills,

knowledge and capabilities)

Technology and Infrastructure (collection,

processing, analysis, dissemination, use)

Governance and administration

(Finance and resource management)

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 Restructuring the P&R
Introduction
Section 1: Impact on Society
S Section 2: Outcome – Evidence
for use in decision-making

Use T Section 3: Statistical products

Section 4: Statistical process
A Section 5: Organisation and
Management
R Census topics to move to Annexures

T
Strategic shift in conducting censuses in the 21st century
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 Step change: Use at the centre

Statistics are numerical facts for statecraft

S

Use T Transparency is a pre-audit to ensure

predictability

Accountability is taking responsibility and

A accepting consequences

R Results allow parties to read the same facts

T Transformation is action in unison to drive
change for the better

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