Feeling the Squeeze? It Might Be the High Price of Ignoring the Deficit Audio By Carbonatix Without independence from political control, official statistics lack credibility and value. We must repair ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Plans to give Britain's statistics office greater independence from government are welcome but convincing the public that its data are free from political bias is no easy task, says ...

In the mid-2000s, Argentina’s once-reliable inflation statistics became a flashpoint for controversy. Official figures started to diverge from independent estimates. At first, the discrepancies were ...

Last week, Tanzania’s Parliament passed an amendment to its troubling Statistics Act, which removes a threat of prison for civil society groups that publish independent statistical information. The ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada moved to formalize Statistics Canada's independence as an arms-length agency on Wednesday in an attempt to boost the agency's credibility after its head quit last year in ...