NADABAS

Background

The development of NADABAS started in Mozambique in 2004 in a Nordic project operated jointly by the national statistical agencies in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and providing support to the National Statistical Institute in Mozambique.  Since then, the system has been implemented in several countries, including Lesotho (EU-project), Kenya (World Bank and Statistics Sweden),  Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana (African Development Bank) and Zambia (Statistics Sweden). NADABAS is also used in Palau and the Marshall Islands. 

Developers

The developers of NADABAS are Søren Netterstrøm (IT) and Jan Redeby (national accounts). They are now both working as independent consultants, but were employees of Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden when the development of NADABAS started. 

In addition, Mark Sturton and Glenn McKinlay, two independent consultants working in the Pacific, have taken part in further development of the system supported by the EconMap program, International Institute, Pacific Islands Training Initiative, Graduate School USA (https://pitiviti.org/initiatives/economics/index.php).

Governance model and NADABAS network

During an interim period, the system is supported  by Statistics Sweden and Statistics Norway, while arrangements are put in place for STATAFRIC to be the custodian of NADABAS.