The Secretary General of the Presidency of the Togolese Republic, Ablamba Johnson, last week officially launched the Project for the Harmonization and Improvement of Statistics in West Africa (PHASAO). Financed by the World Bank to the tune of $30 million for Togo, including $15 million in loans and $15 million in grants, PHASAO aims to improve and modernize national statistics. Seven countries in the West African sub-region (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo) are involved in the project.

This five-year project will also increase the performance of the National Statistical System (NSS) in the production and dissemination of data. In addition, it will contribute to a better implementation of the government roadmap (2020-2025) which takes into account the priorities of development actions in order to make Togo a country of cohesion, peace and a modern nation with inclusive and sustainable economic growth".