Statistics Training in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Study of Supply and Demand

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dc.creatorWoodward, Mark
dc.creatorDourmashkin, Neil
dc.creatorTwagirumukiza, Etienne
dc.creatorMbago, Maurice C. Y.
dc.creatorda Cunha, Adrião F.
dc.date2016-05-18T15:10:32Z
dc.date2016-05-18T15:10:32Z
dc.date1997
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T09:13:21Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T09:13:21Z
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2988572?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
dc.descriptionIn recent years considerable concern has been expressed, from within and outside the continent, about the standard of official statistics in Africa. This has prompted the question of how effective the training of African statisticians has been. This paper describes findings from studies of current supply and future demand for statistics training in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, carried out in 1993 and 1994. Recommendations for future development of training systems are given. These include strengthening in-service training in national statistics organizations and developing regional courses for professional statisticians.
dc.identifierWoodward, M., Dourmashkin, N., Twagirumukiza, E., Mbago, M.C. and Cunha, A.F.D., 1997. Statistics training in eastern and southern Africa: a study of supply and demand. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician), 46(3), pp.371-386.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2151
dc.identifier10.1111/1467-9884.00090
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2151
dc.languageen
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectOfficial statistics
dc.subjectStatistics training
dc.titleStatistics Training in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Study of Supply and Demand
dc.typeJournal Article

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