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Operationalizing the Data Banking Concept within a National Statistical and Information System: Problems and Prospects in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Akinyosoye V.O.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international transactions in operational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.032
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1475-3995
pISSN - 0969-6016
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1995.tb00029.x
Subject(s) - operationalization , underpinning , construct (python library) , government (linguistics) , process (computing) , computer science , information system , statistical inference , management science , business , knowledge management , process management , economics , political science , engineering , statistics , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , civil engineering , epistemology , law , programming language , operating system
The main issue raised in this paper is the role of Data Banks in the process of generating information for public administration in a country under a Federal System of Government. The conceptual underpinning is based on a data‐information‐decision construct and, an example is drawn from an effort to operationalize the concept within the National Statistical and Information System of Nigeria, a country with a relatively large public sector. The main inference from the paper is that although the availability of data from statistical agencies are necessary ingredients for national development programming, the establishment of data banks as decision support tools, is sinc qua non for success in this direction. This is particularly true of developing countries.