The Post-Conflict Reconstruction of the Statistical System in Ukraine. Key Issues from an International Perspective

Statistics has accompanied the social forms of human civilization since its inception, reflecting also conflicts and wars. Statistics acts as a beacon, especially in turbulent times, capturing the most important aspects of reality, while helping decision-makers navigate key choices in the face of adversity of a radically changing situation. To this end, statisticians of a war-affected country make every effort by adapting the way statistics work to overcome methodological and organizational obstacles in everyday professional work, including innovative development of research instruments to substitute the destroyed or unavailable ones.