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IAOS and ISI statement regarding the dissolution of the El Salvador National Statistical Office – Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (DIGESTYC)

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The International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) have recently expressed their concerns about a recent decision in El Salvador to dissolve the Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (DIGESTYC) and to transfer the functions of the National Statistical Office to the Salvadorian Central Bank. See the joint statement by the ISI and the IAOS on El Salvador’s decision to dissolve DIGESTYC here