Central Statistical Office, Poland
Encyclopedia
Central Statistical Office is Poland's chief government executive agency
charged with collecting and publishing statistics related to the country's economy, population and society, at both national and local levels. The president of GUS (currently Józef Oleński) reports directly to the Prime Minister of Poland and is considered the equivalent of a Polish government minister.
GUS was organized in 1918 by Ludwik Krzywicki
, one of the most notable sociologists of his time.
Inactive during World War II
, GUS was reorganized in 1945.
The Office is divided into several separate branches, each responsible for a different set of data. The brances include the Divisions of Co-ordination of Statistical Surveys, Analyses and Regional Statistics, Dissemination, National Accounts and Finance, Business Statistics and Registers, Social Statistics, Services Statistics, Agriculture and Environment Statistics, International Cooperation, as well as Budgetary and Personnel.
Notable GUS publications include "Rocznik Statystyczny" (Statistical Yearbook), "Mały Rocznik Statystyczny" (Concise Statistical Yearbook) and "Wiadomości Statystyczne" (Statistical News).
Executive agency
An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland...
charged with collecting and publishing statistics related to the country's economy, population and society, at both national and local levels. The president of GUS (currently Józef Oleński) reports directly to the Prime Minister of Poland and is considered the equivalent of a Polish government minister.
Ludwik Krzywicki
Ludwik Krzywicki was a Polish anthropologist, economist and sociologist. One of the early champions of sociology in Poland, he approached historical materialism from a sociological viewpoint...
, one of the most notable sociologists of his time.
Inactive during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, GUS was reorganized in 1945.
The Office is divided into several separate branches, each responsible for a different set of data. The brances include the Divisions of Co-ordination of Statistical Surveys, Analyses and Regional Statistics, Dissemination, National Accounts and Finance, Business Statistics and Registers, Social Statistics, Services Statistics, Agriculture and Environment Statistics, International Cooperation, as well as Budgetary and Personnel.
Notable GUS publications include "Rocznik Statystyczny" (Statistical Yearbook), "Mały Rocznik Statystyczny" (Concise Statistical Yearbook) and "Wiadomości Statystyczne" (Statistical News).