Japan

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Japans Technical Cooperation in Statistics

• Takehiro Fukui
• Statistics Bureau
• Japan

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-Technical Cooperation with NBSCExchange of
missionsProviding statistical
trainingDispatch of statistical
experts-Japans Technical Cooperation in Asian
Region Bilateral cooperationMultilateral
cooperation -Major cooperation activities in the
ESCAP region-Comments on the Technical
Cooperation -Concluding remarks
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Technical Cooperation with NBSC

• Exchange of missions
• Exchange missions has been done every year since
  1980.
• Themes of missions
• Population Census
• ? More general fields such as
• sample household
  surveys,
• the establishment
  census,
• international
  comparison,
• national accounts,
  etc.

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Technical Cooperation with NBSC

• Providing statistical training
• Since 1986, several statistical officials from
  China have been invited every year to participate
  in courses at the Statistical Research and
  Training Institute.
• Until April 2003, 69 trainees have been graduated
  from the Statistical Training Institute, who have
  knowledge in Japanese.
• New arrangement of training program for
  statistical professionals tailored for Chinese
  statistical experts will be scheduled this
  autumn.

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Technical Cooperation with NBSC

• Dispatch of statistical experts
• In early 1980's, SBJ dispatched experts in
  specific fields to China three times to give
  lectures to the NBSC staff.
• The lectures covered the following subjects
• - Survey Sampling
• - Input-Output Tables
• - Statistical Data Processing.

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Japans Technical Cooperation in Asian Region

•   Bilateral cooperation
• The Bureau provided technical assistance to
  Indonesia, Sri Lanka , Philippines and Myanmar
  under the cooperation scheme of the Japan
  International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
• Bilateral cooperation includes regular exchange
  of statistical missions with the national
  statistical offices of China and Korea since
  1980.

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Japans Technical Cooperation in Asian Region

• Multilateral cooperation
•    The Statistics Bureau has been hosting the
  Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical
  Offices in East Asian Countries at the interval
  of two/three years since 1980.
• The aim of this meeting is to exchange views
  and experiences on censuses and other statistical
  surveys.

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Japans Technical Cooperation
Statistical Training of Staff fromthe Central
Statistical Organization of Myanmar
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Major cooperation activities in the ESCAP region

• Multilateral cooperation
• UNSD,ESCAP, SIAP
• ADB, IMF,OECD, etc.
• ANCSDAAP, the Association of National Census and
  Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the
  Pacific
• The Meetings of the Heads of National Statistical
  Offices in East Asian Countries
• The Asian Statistical Forum
• Bilateral cooperation

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Comments on the Technical Cooperation
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Concluding remarks
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Thank you