Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Kiribati

The development objective of Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building is to improve the quality and efficiency of welfare data collection, and accessibility to comparable welfare data in Kiribati. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Innovation and capacity building in data collection, has the following sub-components: (i) Household Income and Expenditure Survey; and (ii) Data collection for economic statistics. 2) The second component, Institutional strengthening, has the following sub-components: (i) Institutional Review; (ii) Review of Kiribati’s legal and regulatory framework on statistics; (iii) Data Coordination; (iv) Training on data analysis and dissemination; and (v) Office facilities. 3) The third component, Implementation support, aims to provide operational and technical assistance to Kiribati on project management and implementation.