“It is thus unfortunate that while other countries, particularly in Africa, have begun to recognize the important role of statistics on the development agenda, the Senate decided to cut the NSCB 2010 budget, potentially curtailing the initiatives of the NSCB to help in poverty alleviation by producing small-area estimates of poverty statistics, and to promote evidence-based decision-making in the government and the private sector that will enhance the competitiveness of the Philippines among knowledge-based economies of the Third Millennium,” Virola said in his column.
via Less money for statistics may lead to failed programs–NSCB | ABS-CBN News Online Beta.
Accurate statistics allows us to pinpoint programs that work.
Accurate statistics allows us to pinpoint government officials who have good programs.
Accurate statistics allows us to see if what we purport to prioritize are what we give money, time and effort to.
I could go on and on but I still have my migraine and would like to go to sleep again!