Replication Study Communication Workshop 4-8 March 2019 Bangkok Regional Programme for Economic Statistics
Workshop objectives Develop skills in written and oral communication Allow a dedicated block of time to work on your drafts Discuss presentations at Asia-Pacific Economic Statistics Week Action plan for completing the studies
Introductions and expectations Working in country teams, prepare a brief talk (maximum 5 minutes): 1. Current role and background of the people in your team 2. Describe your project (that is the focus of your replication study) in no more than three sentences 3. Three things you (as a team) want to get out of this week 4. Something interesting about you
Main Topics Principles of good business writing Audience and structure Appearance of written documents Poster session, summary and action planning
Principles of good writing 4-8 March 2019 Bangkok Regional Programme for Economic Statistics
Group discussion (30 mins) You will need a note taker and presenter 1. Each person to speak about the challenges faced so far in drafting the replication study 2. Synthesise your different views into a list of challenges 3. Identify possible solutions
Writing Layout and Presentation design
What is good writing?
Source: McAndrew, Q. University of Colorado Boulder. Business Writing. Coursera www.coursera.org/learn/writing-for-business/home/info (Accessed 5 February 2019)
Source: McAndrew, Q. University of Colorado Boulder. Business Writing. Coursera www.coursera.org/learn/writing-for-business/home/info (Accessed 5 February 2019)
Source: McAndrew, Q. University of Colorado Boulder. Business Writing. Coursera www.coursera.org/learn/writing-for-business/home/info (Accessed 5 February 2019)
Source: McAndrew, Q. University of Colorado Boulder. Business Writing. Coursera www.coursera.org/learn/writing-for-business/home/info (Accessed 5 February 2019)
Good writing • Clarity above all • Waste no time (for your reader) • Structure your documents • Make your purpose clear • Each paragraph should have one main point • Conclusion should conclude – no new information • Write in plain language • Simple words • Fewer words • Avoid repetition
Administratively, Nepal has five development regions: Eastern, Central, Western, Mid-western and Far-western. Nepal is further divided into 14 zones and 75 administrative districts. Districts are divided into smaller units, called village development committees (VDCs) and municipalities. Currently, there are 3,915 VDCs and 58 municipalities. Each VDC is composed of nine wards, with the number of wards in each municipality ranging from 9 to 35. The 75 administrative districts have been chosen as the small area of estimation in this study. Other geographical divisions in Nepal are based on ecological belts and urban/rural areas. There are three ecological belts found in Nepal: Mountain, Hill and Terai. Small area estimation could improve the quality of statistics on maternal and child health in Nepal. The country is generally divided into five regions (Eastern, Central, Western, Mid-western and Far-western), 14 zones, and 75 administrative districts. Village development committees, municipalities and wards provide further geographical breakdown, but are unevenly distributed. As a result, administrative districts were found to be the most appropriate level for small area of estimation in this study.
Good writing • Clarity above all • Waste no time (for your reader) • Structure your documents • Make your purpose clear • Each paragraph should have one main point • Conclusion should conclude – no new information • Write in plain language • Simple words • Fewer words • Avoid repetition
I. Background About UN Women UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality UN Women is the lead United Nations agency for enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations gender equality. It works to eliminate discrimination (UN), works for the elimination of against women and girls. It supports Member States discrimination against women and girls; the to achieve equality between women and men as empowerment of women; and the partners and beneficiaries of development, human achievement of equality between women and rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security. men as partners and beneficiaries of UN Women leads and coordinates the UN system to development, human rights, humanitarian ensure that commitments on gender equality and action and peace and security. Placing gender mainstreaming translate into global action. women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate UN system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
Shared drive bit.ly/2NGc7AL To address strengths and weaknesses of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems in Indonesia is to undertake a review of the current status of the system with a view to identifying areas requiring improvement and prioritizing actions. A rapid assessment and a detailed review of the current status of the system was conducted employing the rapid assessment and detailed review approaches that have been developed by WHO and Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub, from the University of Queensland. Prior to conducting the detailed review, the review committee (established for the Indonesia CRVS assessment) undertook a rapid assessment as a quick means of assessing the state of the current civil registration and vital statistics systems.
Shared drive bit.ly/2NGc7AL The Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system in Indonesia was reviewed to identify areas for improvement and agree on priorities. The assessment was conducted using tools developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub (University of Queensland). Get rid of unnecessary (with a view to) Plain language - using instead of employing Get rid of the last sentence all together A detailed review built on a rapid assessment that had been conducted as a quick means of assessing the state of the current civil registration and vital statistics systems.
Good writing • Clarity above all • Waste no time (for your reader) • Structure your documents • Make your purpose clear • Each paragraph should have one main point • Conclusion should conclude – no new information • Write in plain language • Simple words • Fewer words • Avoid repetition
Source: McAndrew, Q. University of Colorado Boulder. Business Writing. Coursera www.coursera.org/learn/writing-for-business/home/info (Accessed 5 February 2019)
Sharing and replicating good practices will improve economic statistics . A key objective of the Asia-Pacific Regional Programme for Economic Statistics (RPES) is knowledge sharing; so advances made in one country can be replicated in another, speeding up improvement of economic statistics. To enable replication, projects need to be documented and described in detail, and be understandable in an international context. This means explaining the project, data sources, resource requirements, and processes in a way that piques interest and can be understood by statisticians from any country. Six national projects have been selected to produce replication studies. Countries that have recently undertaken innovative projects to improve economic statistics have been invited to document and share their experiences at the Asia- Pacific Economic Statistics (APES) week being held in Bangkok from 17-21 June 2019. The countries and project topics are: 1. Bhutan – Export and Import Price Indices 2. Cambodia – Supply Use Table and GDP Benchmarks 3. Lao PDR – Statistical Law 4. Maldives – Review of the National Statistical System 5. Myanmar – Statistical Business Register Project 6. Vietnam – Use of unit record tax data in Statistical Business Register
Make you our purp rpose cle clear and provide a roadmap for or you our rea eader This replication study describes how Myanmar upgraded its Statistical Business Register (SBR) in 2018-19 to vastly improve how national business statistics are produced. It explains why and how the project was undertaken , the main results , and the lessons learned . Prepared by the people who worked on the project, the study provides practical recommendations to other ESCAP Member States that want to improve their business register. Background Project implementation Project results Lessons and recommendations
Good writing • Clarity above all • Waste no time (for your reader) • Structure your documents • Make your purpose clear • Each paragraph should have one main point • Conclusion should conclude – no new information • Write in plain language • Simple words • Fewer words • Avoid repetition
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Good writing • Clarity above all • Waste no time (for your reader) • Structure your documents • Make your purpose clear • Each paragraph should have one main point • Conclusion should conclude – no new information • Write in plain language • Simple words • Fewer words • Avoid repetition
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