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UNDP has signed a Letter of Agreement with the National Bureau of Statistics for the collection, analysis and use of key socio-economic data. To implement better policies for sustainable development, to set priorities in national development strategies, and to make informed choices on policy options for improved livelihood and wellbeing, requires the production and use of relevant, timely and accurate data and statistics.
The National Bureau of Statistics is the principal o?cial statistical agency for South Sudan. It was ?rst established in 1995 when it functioned as a Database and Monitoring Unit under the Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association (SRRA). Over time, the unit evolved and was renamed the New Sudan Centre for Statistics and Evaluation (NSCSE) in 2003 under the then SPLM/SPLA administration in the then SPLM controlled areas of Southern Sudan. The Centre was established with a mandate to develop the necessary capacity to become the professional source and e?ective provider of o?cial statistical information for the SPLM controlled areas. This was in response to the urgent need for basic statistical data in order to support decision making and enable programme and policy monitoring in the South. Today, the NBS is an independent Statistics Bureau of the Government of Republic of South Sudan (GRSS), established by article 193 (1) of the transitional constitution 2011 and SSCCSE Act 2011. It is responsible for collecting, coordinating, analyzing, and disseminating all o?cial statistical information on economic, social, demographic, environmental and general activities, and conditions of the people of South Sudan.
UNDP and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) work together to strengthened national statistical and data availability for informed policy decisions. Previously NBS estimation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) relies on expenditure approach to estimate South Sudan’s GDP. NBS has done some preliminary work in data collection to estimate GDP by production.
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With support from UNDP, NBS would like to recruit a National Account Specialist who will be working closely with Chief, Economic Statistics Directorate, and other government agencies to compile, validate, process, and estimate GDP by production(activity) for period of forty- five working days. |
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