| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
The Project on Improving Official Statistics in Cambodia Phase 3 |
| Duration |
Oct. 2010 - Mar. 2015 (4.5 years) |
| Donor |
JICA |
| Implementiong Organization |
Public Governance and Financial Management Division |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Economic Policy |
| Region |
No region was specified in the Implementation Completion Report. |
| Financing |
total cost : 560 million yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistical Research and Training Institute of MIC, and National Statistics Center |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
Impact is relatively high. The attainment of the Overall Goal is realisic since NIS and PDPs have acquired skills and knowledge to conduct official statistics. The greatest remaining challenge is resource mobilization to carry out official statistical censuses/surveys planned in the Statistical Master Plan. Strengthening of NIS's capacity to analyze economic data and PDPs' capacity in SAS will also influence the level of attainment of the Overall Goal. Some positive impacts are being observed already: the statistical results disseminated by the Project are widely referred to and utilized for policy making and various research activities in and outside Cambodia. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
Although NIS's capacity in analyzing economic data and PDP(Provincial Departments of Planning)s' capacity in SAS(Small Area Statistics) need to be further strengthened, their capacity in conducting statistical activities in general improved in a steadily manner and coordination among stakeholders was enhanced. The assignment of Regional Officers(Ros) and Assistant Regional Officers(AROs) required more human resources on the Cambodian side than originally planned because the implementation of the SAS subproject was very much demanding in terms of support from NIS. NIS was able to dispatch required workforce to PDPs for smooth execution of planned activities. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
Relevance is high. The project is well aligned with Cambodia's development priority as well as with Japan's ODA policy toward Cambodia. The project is also appropriately responding to the needs of the target group by mobilizing Japan's comparative advantage of expertise in official statistics. The implementation approach is also appropriate in that the consistency and continuity from Phase 1 and 2 of technical cooperation is maintained in this Phase 3 to maximise effects of continuous Japan's cooperation. |
| Rating |
5/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The members of the Evalucation consists of 9;4 are Japanese side and 5 are Combodian side. Evalucation period was Augest 31 to September 12, 2014. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Efficiency is relatively high. Inputs both from Japanese and Cambodian sides were provided in an appropriate manner, effectively leveraging on human resources they possess. On the other hand, excessive work volume caused by the Agricultural Census in 2013 and longer time required for cleaning economic data for EC 2011 and CIES 2014 hindered effciency of the project. Sustainability is fair to relatively high. While policy and institutional sustainability is high, financial sustainability needs to be improved so that all the statistical activities listed in the Statistical Master Plan will be appropriately undertaken. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
In coming years, there are official statistical activities such as CIES 2017 and the 2018 Population Census schduled and planned in the Statistical Master Plan and relevant government decrees. NIS should formulate a budget plan to secure adequate financial resources to conduct these activities. NIS should avidly advocate the importance of official statistics in policy-making and monitoring to concerned ministires such as Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Economy and Finance as well as to development partners. |
