1. REPORTING ON SUPPORT TO STATISTICS
FASDEV meeting,
Cape Town
17 January 2012

2. What is the PRESS? 2

3. The PRESS
Consistent with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and its call for aligned and harmonized aid to developing countries, the PRESS provides :
a tool for improved collaboration among providers of development co-operation supporting statistical development
a snapshot of ongoing statistical support reported by partners, answering the questions of who, what, where and how much ?

4. The PRESS aims to
Learn what development partners are doing in the statistical field and identify countries or areas of statistics in need of more support.
Offer this information to financial and technical partners responsible for giving aid and to countries receiving it.
Raise the profile of statistics within the overall context of aid to developing countries.

5. Results from PRESS 2011 5

6. Comparison of Global Estimated Commitments over Past Four PRESS Rounds
Results from PRESS 2011
Results from PRESS 2011
Comparison of Global Estimated Commitments over Past Four PRESS Rounds
Despite the recent financial crisis, figures from the PRESS suggest that global estimated commitments to statistical development have actually increased.

7. Commitments (US$ millions)
Results from PRESS 2011
Results from PRESS 2011
Estimated Annual Commitments, by Geographical Region & Percentage of Global Total, Pre-2009–2011
Region
Commitments (US$ millions) %
Pre-2009
2009
2010
2011
Grand Total
Africa
338.00
131.45
110.79
87.74
667.98
41%
Asia-Pacific
183.24
39.37
158.85
94.45
475.91
29%
Europe
54.08
16.68
31.73
1.09
103.58 6%
Latin America and Caribbean
101.12
9.36
9.96
54.38
174.82
11%
Unallocated
86.73
94.97
15.96
12.60
210.27
13%
Total
763.17
291.84
327.29
250.27
1,632.57
100%

8. Active Commitments, By Recipient, 2009–11
Results from PRESS 2011

9. Results from PRESS 2011 Aid Concentration
Estimated Commitments to Main Recipient Countries, 2009–11
Recipient Country
Total Commitments (US$ thousands)
India
107,297
Rwanda
71,474
Indonesia
65,375
Tanzania
64,153
Bolivia
63,558
Afghanistan
54,956
Uganda
49,281
Nigeria
40,182
Kenya
39,826
Mozambique
33,737
Ukraine
32,730
China
30,398
Pakistan
29,979
Albania
27,427
Haiti
25,724
Commitments to these 15 countries combined to equal 45% of total estimated commitments worldwide and 62% of total country-specific commitments.

10. Aid Alignment with NSDS
Results from PRESS 2011
Aid Alignment with NSDS
Aligned?
% of responses
Yes
52% No 3%
Don’t Know
27%
No answer
18%
NB: To understand these figures, one must recognise that 85% of PRESS countries in Africa are either implementing or designing an NSDS, 72% in Asia-Pacific, 56% in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 100% in Europe.

11. From PRESS to CRESS 11

12. From PRESS to CRESS
Reminder: Based on the PRESS experience conducted at the international level, PARIS21 has launched a pilot exercise named CRESS (Country Report on Support to Statistics) at the country level.
The CRESS is a country-led exercise to gather all data relating to the funding of the entire NSS whether deriving from national resources or donor support. 12

13. CRESS Objectives
The ultimate objective is to improve efficiency of the NSS through a better co-ordination and better information sharing.
The CRESS should help:
inform policymakers and financial and technical partners (FTPs) of the volume of support to statistics;
provide information useful to strengthening and improving co-ordination;
identify the needs in terms of financing statistics including statistical capacity development;
monitor the financing of FTPs; and
serve as an important input into NSDS design/updating. 13

14. Piloting the CRESS Current work:
Pilots in Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Malawi.
Senegal is conducting a full PER on statistics (with WB support). PARIS21 advising on CRESS component.
Secretariat providing concept note, template questionnaire, guidance, database development.
Results in early 2012. 14

15. THANK YOU ! 15