By Kofi AHOVI Statisticians from across Africa last week met in Accra during a four-day workshop under the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) - ECOWAS Statistical Capacity Building Project (ESCAP) to discuss the legal framework affecting statistical activities on the continent. The four-day workshop, which was held under the auspices of the ECOWAS Commission, is designed to undertake region-wide activities to deal with issues relating to the legal framework and co-ordination of statistical systems, monitoring household living conditions, poverty, and statistical data dissemination. The project, which has a four-year implementation period, is expected to develop a framework to assist countries to update their laws and other regulatory instruments affecting statistical activities, taking into account the emerging need for statistical development designs. Project implementation and management will be undertaken by the Research and Statistical Department of the ECOWAS Commission, ...