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GUIDE TO CSO
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Choose an option to navigate: Foreword This
guide describes the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the services it
provides to users of statistics and the public in general. Since
its creation in 1945, the output of the CSO has been growing continuously
to meet data needs of planners and users, while at the same time the
technical staff has increased from 8 to around 200. A
new Statistics Act is in force since April 2001, which extends the list of
matters on which information may be collected. The new Act also provides
for the setting up of a Statistics Advisory Council to advise, among other
things, on the improvement, extension, co-ordination and harmonisation of
statistical activities in Mauritius, and the maintenance of independence,
accuracy, relevance, integrity, timeliness and professional standard of
statistical information produced by Government. In
2000 Government subscribed to the IMF General Data Dissemination System (GDDS).
This system aims at improving the quality and accessibility of data
produced and disseminated by member countries of the IMF. The country
expects to graduate to the more stringent requirements of the IMF Special
Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) in the near future. It
is hoped that this publication will create better awareness and
understanding of the CSO and its products, thereby encouraging both
professional data users and the public at large to make more effective use
of the services it provides. To facilitate access to these services, the
name and telephone number of the contact person for each subject area is
included. H.
Bundhoo Director of Statistics |
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