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This paper proposes an approach to guide statistical capacity building in developing countries using an analysis based on components of the World Bank's Statistical Performance Indicator on a sample of 215 countries. The approach demonstrates the importance of expanding traditional capacity-building activities to include programs to strengthen and better monitor user demand for data. Based on this analysis, the paper recommends a two-step strategy for building and enhancing the sustainable statistical capacity of national statistical systems in developing countries. The strategy creates a sustainable trajectory for developing national statistical systems that meet the growing demands of local and global data users. The paper emphasizes the importance of donor coordination and South-South learning initiatives for international capacity-building efforts.

Donor Coordination --- ICT Policy and Strategies --- Information and Communication Technologies --- National Statistical System --- Official Statistics --- Science and Technology Development --- Statistical and Mathematical Sciences --- Statistical Capacity Building

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The international development community has used the World Bank's Statistical Capacity Index since its inception in 2004. The Sustainable Development Goals create new challenges for national statistical systems to produce high-quality and internationally comparable data. This paper reviews measurement methodologies, posits desired attributes, and presents theoretical and empirical frameworks for the new, improved index to monitor progress in the statistical capacity of nations. The paper illustrates the properties of the updated index with global data from 2016.

Agriculture --- Data --- Early child and children's health --- Economic growth --- Food security --- Health, nutrition and population --- Inequality --- Macroeconomics and economic growth --- Measurement --- National statistical system --- Nutrition --- Poverty assessment --- Poverty diagnostics --- Poverty impact evaluation --- Poverty lines --- Poverty monitoring and analysis --- Reproductive health --- Statistical capacity --- Statistical index --- Statistical indicators