Indicators for regional and local policies

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In the context of the political decentralisation in Ukraine and the devolution of competences on regional development, DevStat’s CEO José Cervera delivered a presentation on the methodology for the production and analysis of territorial statistical indicators to the staff of GIZ and other international experts in Kiev.

The experience of DevStat in local and regional statistics includes not only the current project in Ukraine, but also the implementation of a 2-year project in Moldova on the production of regional GDP and other statistics, the methodological support to Eurostat in the definition of “labour market areas” and the creation of a database on Local Administrative Units (LAU) lifecycle, and the assessment of regional statistics in Tunisia.

New article published: behavioural economics and cybersecurity risks

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El Pais has published a contribution by David Rios (ICMAT – CSIC) and Jose Vila (Scientific Director of DevStat and Director of the DevStat Chair at University of Valencia) on the increasing role of mathematical models and behavioural economics to analyse cybersecurity risks and support the development of the cyber-insurance industry in Europe.

The article is available (in Spanish) at:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/06/09/ciencia/1497007591_365257.html

DevStat’s Scientific Director awarded a prize for a new co-authored paper.

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A paper co-authored by Jose Vila (Scientific Director of DevStat and Director of the DevStat Chair at University of Valencia) has been awarded with the prize to the best work in the category of practical contribution to the Colloquium of the International Actuarial Association – Life Section (IAALS) hold in Barcelona on 23 and 24 of October. The paper has been also co-authored by Jesus Garcia.

This work applies a Behavioural Economics approach, inspired on the methodology developed by the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics Richard Thaler, to nudge the employees of a leading life insurance company in Spain to save more for their private retirement plans. The result of the paper is quite relevant for policy-making within the discussion of the sustainability of the public pension system in Spain and other European countries.

The Refugee Response Index

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DevStat supports the compilation of an international index to measure the response of countries to the refugee crisis. Together with the NGO DARA, and in close consultation with the UNHCR, the index will be based on expert assessment of different aspects of pro-refugee policy and implementation. As part of its corporate social responsibility, DevStat has also contributed to the financing of this initiative.

More information in the following link: http://daraint.org/2017/01/25/5420/refugee-response-index-rri/

Marcos Quijal has been awarded the Student price

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DevStat is proud to announce that our latest recruit, the young mathematician Marcos Quijal, has been awarded the Student price of the Autonomous University of Barcelona for his Master’s dissertation. Marcos applied the novel  “Posets” (partially ordered sets) technology to develop Human Development Indicators.
Marcos joined last year our team as intern for his Master’s degree and is now our in-house data scientist.
Congratulations, Marcos!

Study visit on National Accounts and Non-Observed Economy

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DevStat has organised a study visit on National Accounts and Non-Observed Economy for a delegation of the Agency for Statistics of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Wiesbaden) and Czech Statistical Office (Prague). The study visit took place on 15-18 of August 2017 and covered topics related to the implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008, including the measurement of illegal activities (drug trafficking, smuggling of cigarettes and prostitution).

The activity takes place within the World Bank-funded project to support the implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics of this Central Asian republic.

Assistance for the organisation of the ESTP Programme

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Study visit on National Accounts and Price statistics

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DevStat has organised a study visit on National Accounts and Price statistics for a delegation of the Agency for Statistics of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Hight School of Economics of the Russian federation (Moscow). The study visit took place on 27-30 of June 2017 and covered topics related to the implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008, including the compilation of GDP on a quarterly basis, as well as methodological and practical issues of calculations of the consumer and producer price indexes.

 

The activity takes place within the World Bank-funded project to support the implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics of this Central Asian republic.

Study visit INEI Perú

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DevStat accompanies a study visit of the Cuban National Statistical office to the National Statistical Institute of Perú on business surveys.

This August 2017, DevStat has organised a study visit to the National Statistical Institute of Perú (INEI) for delegates of the National Statistical office of Cuba (ONEI).

The visit took place between the 2nd August to 4th August 2017, in the framework of a cooperation project signed between the EC and the FIIAPP (International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies). Ms Paola Votta, international project consultant at Devstat, accompanied the 6 representatives from the ONEI during the whole visit.

During the three days, the ONEI delegates could see from a practical point of view, how the National Statistical Institute of Perú is managing the business surveys and how works the business register.

The visit covered issues such as: planning, sample design, training of field operators, tools and web forms for data collection and dissemination of results.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the colleagues involved in the activity.

  

The 61st ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC)

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Last month, from 16th to 21st July 2017, the 61st ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC) took place in Marrakech. The biennial WSC is the flagship conference of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and its seven associations.

Considering the importance of the congress, DevStat decided to attend the event which brought together eminent statisticians and members of the statistical community from the five continents to present, discuss, promote and disseminate research and best practices in every field of Statistics and its applications.

We are very satisfied with our participation in the event. During the whole week, DevStat had a stand which worked as a meeting point between our CEO and staff and Directors and Senior officials from NSOs and Central Banks from Argentina, Iran, Libya, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, as well as many experts, to discuss future opportunities of collaboration.

Mr Jose L. Cervera (DevStat’s CEO) was honoured to be a member the Local Committee and organised a successful session on Modernisation of Statistics in development countries.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the organisers and we hope to have the opportunity of attend the next edition of the Congress (Malaysia 2019).