1. PRSPs and National Information Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

2. Two objectives:
Explore very briefly the impact of a PRSP on a country’s information system.
Discuss six stages of the PRSP Data Cycle.

3. PRSP 2 1 3 Excess demand (data gaps) Supply of data Demand for data
Catalyses resources for
statistical capacity building 2
PRSP 1
Promotes evidence-based
policy-making 3
Improves resource allocation to/within national information system:
establish producer-user groups at national, regional & local level
develop proxy markets by revealing WTP for information, & by calculating (marginal) costs of data collection/analysis
introduce/extend pricing of selected data series & statistical products
Excess
demand
(data gaps)
Improve
timeliness
Establish poverty
baseline
MIS
(health,
educ)
Public
sector
Increase
reliability
Set poverty reduction targets
Private
sector
Supply of
data
Demand
for
data
Household
Surveys
Reduce
costs
Define pro-poor
development
strategy
Monitor progress
Population
Censuses
Civil
society
External
bodies
Improve
dissem.
Excess
supply
(underused
data)
Develop
new
products,
eg.maps
Feedback to policy
Participatory
Processes
Evaluate impact