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countries, specially concerning demand related to more survey was launched by the United Nations Statistics
specific and detailed data, such as the Stratified Plans Division (UNSD), directed at NSO’s around the world
by income at the block level of the main cities of Peru, (United Nations; World Bank, 2020). According to this
recently published by the INEI, are essential for decision- survey, published in June, eight out of ten NSO’s in
making. low and medium rent countries declared that they
experienced problems carrying out their regular
On the supply side, given the social distancing measures operations due to financial restrictions. Moreover, six
mandated by governments, the facilities of NSO’s have out of ten NSO’s surveyed stated that they required
partially or completely closed. NSO’s have been forced to external support in order to face the challenges that
implement remote working arrangements, many times have come about from this crisis. In particular, technical
without a proper setup or without protocols. The gap assistance is the area where the great majority of NSO’s
in data provision between developing and developed require urgent assistance; around 75% of NSO’s declared
countries has widened. For instance, in developing this area to be “of high priority”.
countries, not every staff member has adequate remote
work equipment. In order to monitor this situation, a

FIGURE 1: DEMAND AND SUPPLY SHOCKS ON STATISTICS

Supply shocks
• Closed facilities
• Inadequate remote
working conditions
• Financial restrictions

Reduced
NSO

capacity

Demand shocks
• Greater demand for
timely data
• Greater demand for
more detailed data
(district level, block
level, etc.)

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