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International Association for Official Statistics Conference 2008

International Association for Official Statistics Conference 2008. New Trends in Data Needs in Official Statistics – The Experiences of Hong Kong. Growing Demand for Official Statistics. Development of official statistics. +. External Forces. Internal Forces. Globalization.

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International Association for Official Statistics Conference 2008

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  1. International Association for Official Statistics Conference 2008 New Trends in Data Needs in Official Statistics – The Experiences of Hong Kong

  2. Growing Demand for Official Statistics Development of official statistics + External Forces Internal Forces

  3. Globalization • Widely mentioned since the late 20th century • Significant growth of international movement of goods, services and capital in the global economy • Major external driving force in developing new statistics to meet the emerging statistical needs

  4. Globalization (Cont’d) • Initiatives in developing new statistics in C&SD: • Development of foreign affiliates trade in services statistics • Establishment of Pearl River Delta database • Enhancement of the population statistics system

  5. User-based Culture • Users are no longer obscure players nowadays • Required to deliver timely output in a comprehensive and interactive way • C&SD maintains a balanced statistical programme

  6. User-based Culture (Cont’d) • Adopted an open and proactive policy in C&SD: • Close dialogue with different types of users • Maximization of data utility • Meeting increasing demand for small area statistics and microdata

  7. Rapid Advances in Information and Communication Technology • Increasing public expectation on the availability and accessibility of statistics • Lower marginal costs of disseminating statistical information electronically • The Internet as the most important channel for disseminating statistics

  8. Rapid Advances in Information and Communication Technology (Cont’d) • Examples of ICT usage in C&SD: • Implementation of free download policy • Development of new online interactive data dissemination system

  9. Future Trends in User Needs of Official Statistics • Integration of statistical data at aggregate level • Growing demand of integration of data from various sources at local level • Moving towards integrating data at a regional and global level • Dissemination in the form of integrated databases

  10. Future Trends in User Needs of Official Statistics (Cont’d) • Rapid development of longitudinal studies • Cross-sectional studies not suffice for certain analyses • Provide hints on individual-level change over time • Operational difficulties in conducting longitudinal studies

  11. Future Trends in User Needs of Official Statistics (Cont’d) • Increasing demand for comparisons between countries • Measuring the relative social and economic well-being of countries • Monitoring the incidence of poverty • Tracking progress towards the Millennium Development Goals • Development of International Comparison Program

  12. Future Trends in User Needs of Official Statistics (Cont’d) • Helping users in proper uses of statistics • User-centric in data dissemination • Should promote and help users in proper use and interpretation of statistics

  13. Thank you !

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