Statistical methods are universal and hence their applicability depends neither on geographical area nor on a people’s culture. Promoting and increasing the use of statistics in developing countries can help to find solutions to the needs of their citizens. Developing countries are confronted with endemic poverty that requires implementable solutions for alleviating suffering. Such poverty is a signal call to the world to meet fundamental human needs—food, adequate shelter, access to education and healthcare, protection from violence, and freedom. Statistics and statistical tools, the matching between hypothesis, data collection, and statistical method, are necessary as development strategies in the developing counties are formulated to address these needs.
First, a reliable basis for the implementation of strategies against poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals require good statistics, an essential element of good governance. Therefore, important indicators to...
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Fonton, N.H., Hounkonnou, N. (2011). Promoting, Fostering and Development of Statistics in Developing Countries. In: Lovric, M. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04898-2_52
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