Grace Bediako

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Grace Bediako
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Grace Bediako
NationalityGhanaian
Education Achimota School, University of Ghana, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation Statistician
Awards Order of the Volta
2008

Grace Afua Bediako is a Ghanaian statistician and the former head of the Ghana Statistical Service. [1] She was formerly a member of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). [2] [3]

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Education

Bediako had her secondary education at Achimota School, and earned her first degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana. She earned a PhD degree in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to earning her doctorate degree in 1988, she acquired a diploma in Population Studies from the Regional Institute for Population Studies, Legon, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Survey Sampling from the University of Michigan. [4] [2]

Career

Grace Bediako started her career as a government statistician. She was appointed to be the head of the Ghana Statistical Service, and served from June 2004 to June 2012. [2] Prior to her career with the Government of Ghana, she was Chief of Demographic Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division from 2000 to 2004. [4] She is currently the consultant to the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and also a board member for Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and Coastal Development Authority. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Awards

Bediako received the President's award of the Order of the Volta for Public Service in 2008. [2] She is also an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. [9]

Works and publications

Bediako compiled and published the Annual Economic Survey [4] She is also responsible for the production of three major United Nations methodological reports: Handbook for Producing a National Statistical Reports on Women and Men, Technical Report on Collecting Economic Characteristics in Population and Housing Censuses, and Trial International Classification for Time-use Activities. [2]

As a government statistician, she led numerous surveys, including the Ghana Living Standards Survey, 2005/06; Crime Victimization Survey, 2009; and National Population and Housing Census, 2010. She also formulated the five-year Ghana Statistics Development Plan, which sought to strengthen the institutional and human resource capacity of the different ministries, departments and agencies with linkages as well as sources of data for the compilation of national statistics. [4]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Akinyi, Merab (2014-02-03). "Grace Bediako". Portal on African Inequalities and Structural Transformation. African Inequalities. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "STATS BOSS UNDER FIRE …GSS workers angry at Grace Bediako". Today online. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ghanaian Female Achievers". Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "President reconstitutes SADA Boar". The Presidency Republic of Ghana. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Let's support the 40-year dev't plan - Grace Bediako". Ghanaweb. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Christie, Marian (2015-08-06). "Grace Bediako urged Ghanaians to support 40-year Dev't plan". Ghana Live TV. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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  9. ↑ Individual members, International Statistical Institute, archived from the original on 2017-07-29, retrieved 2017-11-23
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