1. UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS
QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Challenges and Opportunities Presentation at the National Data Forum By
James Muwonge
Director, Socio-economic Surveys
Uganda Bureau of Statistics
November 2017
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The Role of UBOS
The National Statistical System (NSS)
Dimensions for quality assurance
Administrative Data : Challenges and Opportunities
Conclusion
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UBOS’s Role in the NSS
UBOS plays a dual role in the development and maintenance of the National Statistical System (NSS):
It is the principal agency responsible for collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating official statistics;
It is also responsible for coordinating, monitoring and supervising the National Statistical System.
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4. THE NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM
Data Users
Data Suppliers
Institutional Framework
Data Producers
Ministries, Departments & Agencies
Policies, Principles, procedures, & Statistical production practices
Research Training Institutions
Households, Businesses, Individuals
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5. Administrative data: A key data source
Data records were the main source of data in the pre-independence period
They were cheaper and covered
mainly economic statistics including; trade, prices (CPI) labour and agriculture
Social statistics covering education mainly through schools and health (through health records at facilities)
Registration system established to register companies, births, deaths marriages and divorce also produced administrative data
UNHS 2016/2017

6. Quality Assurance dimensions
We need to address the following dimensions:
Institutional environment
Relevance of the data
Comparability and compatibility of data (coherence)
Accuracy of the data
Accessibility of data
Interpretability
Timeliness
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7. Challenges with Administrative data
Data usually incomplete, inadequately processed and disseminated to a very limited extent
Inadequate capacity to produce quality data (financial, human and ICT infrastructure)
Limited coordination within and among data producing units
Limited documentation of procedures and processes
UNHS 2016/2017

8. Challenges with Administrative data
Within MDAs, there is limited or no internal mechanisms among data producing units to share information geared towards data quality improvement
Dissemination of administrative data not regular
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9. What opportunities exist
The increasing demand for more frequent data
Sector Strategic Plans for Statistics
Statistical Committees to handle subject specific sectors (e.g. Agriculture, Health ,Education, Employment, etc.)
Annual reporting of government performance provides an opportunity to better organise admin data
Support towards Statistics exists (from Govt and DPs)
Technology to facilitate the production and dissemination of administrative data
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10. What opportunities cont’d
The legal framework conducive with a possibility for a review
Rules to guide survey implementation in the offing
The Coordination Directorate at UBOS
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) statistical requirements good for administrative data
Creation of Statistical Audit committees: for self assessment and reflection
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11. Looking ahead
“What steam was to the 19th century, and oil has been to the 20th century, data is to the 21st. It is the driver to prosperity, the revolutionary resource that is transforming the nature of social and economic activity, the capability that differentiates successful from unsuccessful societies”- Royal Statistical Society

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Conclusion
The ever increasing demand for data and information requires producers to improve on the quantity and quality of all available data if we are to contribute towards the transformation of society
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