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What does digital technology mean for data dissemination in Ghana?
National statistical offices have experienced significant changes in recent years, urging them to re-think the way they collect, manage and disseminate data. Information technology (IT) has played a critical role in helping to save time, improve accuracy, and enhance access to their products. Yet, the move from a paper-based to a fully digital system requires thorough preparation. The Ghana Statistical Service embarked on a journey to map its data flows in an effort to accelerate digitalisation.
What does digital technology mean for data dissemination in Ghana?
National statistical offices have experienced significant changes in recent years, urging them to re-think the way they collect, manage and disseminate data. Information technology (IT) has played a critical role in helping to save time, improve accuracy, and enhance access to their products. Yet, the move from a paper-based to a fully digital system requires thorough preparation. The Ghana Statistical Service embarked on a journey to map its data flows in an effort to accelerate digitalisation.
Data Dissemination in the Digital Age
This new PARIS21 and Open Data Watch report is a first account of the state of data portals in national statistical offices. Data portals form a critical link between producers and users of data; and they facilitate the use of data in evidence-based decision making.
Measuring Data Use: An Analysis of Data Portal Web Traffic
The Internet and World Wide Web have become the principal gateway to official statistics distributed by national statistical offices (NSOs) and other government agencies. Almost every NSO maintains a website or data portal—some more than one—that offers access to official statistics. Websites are an efficient means of dissemination because they can distribute large volumes of data at very low cost. However, their effectiveness depends whether data users are aware of the websites or their contents and, if so, whether those users are able to find the information they are seeking.