The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) is a unique initiative that aims to promote the better use and production of statistics...

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The governance of the PARIS21 Partnership calls for a multi-tiered approach. The activities of the Partnership are carried out by a broad network of agencies and organisations as...

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What countries are designing/implementing an NSDS? Read the latest status report (March 2013).

PARIS21 organised a session on statistical capacity development at the 2013 Global Forum on Development, Friday 5 April, in Paris. The Forum's three principal themes were Poverty Reduction, Social Cohesion, and Progress and the underlying context was the post-2015 development framework.

Setting goals without statistical systems in place...


How can data users and producers adapt existing institutional frameworks to improve the provision of relevant data for policy needs?

At a PARIS21/OECD seminar on 21 January 2013, participants discussed the potential role of Big Data for development and its impact on official statistical systems.


PARIS21 has launched its first Web-Newsletter. Check it out now!


Busan High Level Forum on Aid EffectivenessIn collaboration with the World Bank and other partners, PARIS21 proposed a "Busan Action Plan for Statistics" at the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), held from 29...


  • 22 May 2013

    The PARIS21 Secretariat is looking for talented people to join the team based in Paris. We are currently offering the following full-time positions:

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  • 21 May 2013

    The National Statistics Council (NSC) of Togo was officially inaugurated on Thursday 16 May in Lome by Djossou Sémondji, Minister of Planning, Development and Planning. Technical and financial partners...

  • 17 May 2013

    The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) is recruiting a Technical Advisor to work in a variety of areas...

  • 14 May 2013

    Lamine Diop, Senior Statistical Consultant from Senegal has been awarded the 2013 Mahalanobis International Award in Statistics. This award is given to a selected statistician from a developing...

  • 26 April 2013

    PARIS21 promotes the key role of statistics in the Post-2015 Framework and the Alignment of Global Monitoring with National Statistical Capacity Building at the forum on "Poor Data in Africa"...

  • 23 April 2013

    Multilateral development banks, the IMF, and the United Nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on issues related to data and statistical capacity building in their member...