General who is assisted by two deputies; one Deputy Statistician General is responsible for Socio-Economic Statistics and the other for Statistical and Technical Op-erations. Two Directors - Economic and Social Statistics report to the Deputy Statistician General (Socio-Eco-nomic Statistics) and another two Directors (Standards, Methods & Information Systems and Stakeholder Rela-tions) report directly to the Deputy Statistician General (Statistical and Technical Operations).
Subject matter specialists are headed by Principal Stat-isticians. In the Economic Statistics division are areas of National Accounts, Trade and Industry, Agriculture and Environment, Transport, Infrastructure and ICT, whereas the Social Division covers areas of Education and Health, Census and Demography and Labour and Poverty. The principal statistician in charge of Standards, Methods, Quality Assurance, Training and Certification is responsible for the areas of Standards and Quality
As-surance, Training and Certification as well as Statistical Methods. Other principal Statisticians are responsible for Data Management and Information Systems, Sam-pling Frames Support (Business Register and Mapping
& GIS), Fieldwork and Regional Coordination as well as Communication, Documentation & Dissemination.
Three Directors report directly to the Statistician Gen-eral; these are the Directors responsible for Corporate Services (in charge of Human Resource and Finance Managers), Legal Services & Board Secretary as well as the Chief Internal Auditor. The structure makes provi-sion for Committees that will be chaired by members of the Statistics Board. These will report to the Board.
Statistics Botswana currently has only one operational Regional Office in Francistown. This regional office does not carry out all statistical related activities, only data collection and checking of questionnaires is done at this office. It is anticipated that other regional offices will be opened in due course and that there will be an extension of statistical activities in these offices.
Statistics Botswana
Head of NSO (Acting Statistician General)
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Occasional reports
i) 1971 Population and Housing Census:
Report on the Population Census
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ii) 1981 Population and Housing Census:
Population and Housing Census Analytical Report;
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Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities
• (census basic counts by sex);
Guide to the Villages of Botswana (based on data derived
• from mapping and listing).
iii) 1991 Population and Housing Census:
Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities
• (census basic counts by sex);
Population and Housing Census Analytical Report;
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Population and Housing Census Dissemination Seminar;
• Census Administrative/Technical Report And National Statistical Tables;
Summary Statistics on Small Areas; Guide to the Villages
• of Botswana (based on data derived from mapping and listing)
Population Projections Report.
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iv) 2001 Population and Housing Census:
District Census Officers and Technical Officers Report
• (fieldwork experiences);
Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities
• (census basic counts by sex);
National Statistical Tables;
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Population and Housing Census Analytical Report;
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Population and Housing Census Dissemination Seminar;
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Census Administrative and Technical Report;
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Summary Statistics on Small Areas;
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Guide to the Villages of Botswana (based on data derived
• from mapping and listing);
Population Census Atlas;
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Population Projections Report.
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v) 2011 Population and Housing Census:
District Census Officers and Technical Officers Report
• (fieldwork experiences);
Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities
• (census basic counts by sex);
vii) Other household based survey reports:
Labour Force Survey Reports (1984/5 & 2005/6);
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Informal Sector Survey Reports (1991, 2007);
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Poverty Datum Line Reports (1989, 2003);
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Poverty Map Report (2008);
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Household Income and Expenditure Survey Reports (1986
• & 2003);
Botswana Demographic Survey Reports (1988, 1998 &
• 2006);
Botswana Family Health Survey Reports (1996 & 2007).
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Legislation:
The legislation that governs statistical operations is the Statistics Act of 2009 and the Census Act 2009. This is a revised legis-lation from the Statistics Act of 1967. The 2009 Statistics Act sets the Organization as a semi-autonomous entity – Statistics Botswana.
Best practices at the NSO
Existence of a modern legislation which is in line with UN
• Fundamental Principles of Official statistics – the Statistics Act of 2009
Wide use of statistics in evidence based decision making
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Statistics Botswana is a recognized authority in official
• statistics
Statistics Botswana is the coordinating body for the National
• Statistical System
Highly qualified, competent staff with strong commitment
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A well-established integrated household survey
• programme
Adherence to the International Monetary Fund General
• Data Dissemination Standards
Reliable IT infrastructure with broadband internet
• connectivity
Use of internationally recognized classifications
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Availability of different socio-economic statistical
• information
Strong collaboration with stakeholders producing different
• administrative sector data q
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