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growing demand of official statistics from the users of private sectors,
academia, media and public at large. In this connection, national strategy for
the development of statistics of the country was necessary to be formulated.
Government of Nepal (GON) recently endorsed NSDS of the country for five
years (2018-2023). The strategy is the guideline to move ahead towards
fulfilling data gaps in the various sectors by conducting statistical activities of
the international standards. The NSDS is expected to generate nationally
owned and produced data for all SDG indicators.
The strategy is made in compliance with the fundamental principle of
official statistics to achieve the objectives of national statistical system. The
strategy has given priority to supply the statistics as demanded by the users.
NSS of the country needed to be in compliance with the international
standards to support for the national development efforts. The long-term
vision the NSDS of Nepal is to establish coordinated, active and strengthened
national statistical system. The mission of NSDS is to develop the system that
would produce, manage and supply the quality official statistics in compliance
with the requirement of federal governance of the country and support the
policies related to equitable development and people’s welfare. The NSDS has
set three strategic objectives to achieve the mission and vision namely:
1. Develop Statistical System establishing coordination among central,
provincial and local governments in involved in statistical production
activities
2. Arrange a regular supply of reliable and quality statistics that meet the
needs of all levels of governments and the wider users for evidence-
based policy formulation and development
3. Institutional Strengthening by improving legal and procedural
provisions for the management of statistical operations
The NSDS includes the different strategies to fulfill the above-mentioned
strategic objectives as follow:
1. Make institutional arrangement as per federal system
2. Institutional strengthening
3. Develop an effective system for statistical development
4. Produce and supply a quality statistic
5. Utilize all kinds of data sources in the production and supply of
statistics
6. Adopt the statistical methodology that ensure the quality of statistics
7. Reform the legal provisions for the statistical development
8. Improve the procedural provisions of statistical operations
9. Strengthen the institutional unit of statistical agencies
10. Statistical Human Resources development
11. Use of modern information technology in the statistical activities

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