Blog from March, 2022

Monday, 4 April 2022, 13:00-14:30h (GMT +7), verify your time here.

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Monday, 28 March 2022 from 12:00-13:00 hours, Bangkok time (UTC +7), verify your time here.

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Monday, 21 March 2022, 12:00-13:00h (GMT +7), verify your time here.

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FAO has released the technical report "Using small area estimation for data disaggregation of SDG indicators".

This technical report presents a case study based on the use of a small area estimation (SAE) approach to produce disaggregated estimates of SDG Indicator 5.a.1 by sex and at granular sub-national level. In particular, after introducing the framework for using SAE techniques, the report discusses a possible model-based technique to integrate a household or agricultural survey measuring the indicator of interest with census microdata, in order to borrow strength from a more comprehensive data source and produce estimates of higher quality. The discussed estimation approach could also be extended or customized for the integration of survey data with alternative data sources, such as administrative records, and/or geospatial information, and for the disaggregation of other (SDG) indicators based on survey microdata.

Download the report at: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb8998en

Intersecretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS) is jointly organizing a webinar with ECLAC Statistics Division on measuring the impact of COVID-19 on survey data quality

• • Date/time: 16 March 2022, 10am NY Time 
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Monday, 14 March 2022, 14:00-15:15h (GMT +7), verify your time here.

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ADB organizes Asian Impact Webinar: Making Big Data Work for Economic Assessment on 8 March 2022, Tuesday, 4:00 PM, Manila time. Innovative data can generate more detailed and timely feedback for planning and investment. How can Asia benefit from the data revolution? Watch experts make a case for Big Data-driven economic analysis and policymaking.

Registration is required to attend. Please register in advance of the webinar date at https://asianimpact.adb.org. A confirmation email containing the webinar link and password will be sent once you have successfully registered. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is pleased to launch an online training course on Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) Foundation will start on 28 March 2022.

Prior to formulating and drafting the online training course for SDMX Foundation, ADB, UNSD, SIAP, and ESCAP conducted a survey to collect information from National Statistics Offices (NSOs) on the knowledge and implementation of SDMX in the national statistical systems. One of the main concerns of the NSOs was the lack of training on SDMX. In this regard, the SDMX Foundation course is to target NSOs staff and other organizations involved in statistical data and metadata production who have little or no knowledge of SDMX. The course will also assist top and middle managers to strengthen their knowledge on SDMX and to decide on how SDMX will fit into and improve statistical business processes. Further, there will be an advanced SDMX course which will feature SDMX Information Model, SDMX Content-Oriented Guidelines, and SDMX infrastructure and IT tools.
The course will be available in ADB eLearn Moodle Platform (https://elearn.adb.org/). If you have any questions, email us at sdmx@adb.org. You may also register at https://ncv.microsoft.com/ICp4ZkfQLG or scan the QR code below until 25 March 2022.