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MDG Reporting: Internationally Agreed Indicators

MDG Reporting: Internationally Agreed Indicators. Jean-Etienne Chapron Statistical Division UN Economic Commission For Europe. MDG Reporting: Internationally Agreed Indicators. Initial mandate: Comprehensive report every five years.

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MDG Reporting: Internationally Agreed Indicators

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  1. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators Jean-Etienne Chapron Statistical Division UN Economic Commission For Europe

  2. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators Initial mandate: • Comprehensive report every five years. • Annual report on progress achieved towards implementing the declaration. This task involves regular monitoring at both the global and the country levels.

  3. Selection of indicators for MDG monitoring Consultations among UN secretariat, IMF, World Bank, UNFPA, UNICEF, and OECD 2. Two subsequent inter-agency expert group meetings on the quality of indicators (March and April 2002) MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators

  4. 3. Output: A list of 48 indicators was adopted by all partner agencies and the UN secretariat for the global monitoring towards the achievement of MDGs, then approved by the General Assembly. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators

  5. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators The global set of indicators is a commendable achievement: 1.consensus among agencies and collaboration in data compilation

  6. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators 2. Major step in the search for harmonization and rationalization of development indicators within the UN system

  7. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators 3. goal/target-oriented list, i.e., policy-oriented statistics 4. framework for coordination among and within international organizations and between international organizations and countries, for statistical capacity-building

  8. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators But, at the country level, there is concern on: • The relevance of goals and targets to the specific country’s circumstances

  9. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators 2. The selection of the indicators and their relevance to the targets 3. The relevance of the indicators to specific countries’ situations 4. The availability, quality and international comparability of data necessary for the MDG indicators

  10. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators From Global MDG Indicators to Country- Relevant Indicators: A Few Examples • Poverty: The use of national poverty lines is encouraged • Education: Key issue is not with primary education. Look at upper secondary level ? • Health: Malaria is not regionally relevant. Replace with tuberculosis ?

  11. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators How to Make MDG Indicators Relevant to and Applicable at the Country Level ? • MDG Indicators for national reporting should be tailored to countries’ needs and circumstances

  12. MDG Reporting:Internationally Agreed Indicators 2. MDG Indicators for national reporting should be developed taking into account: • Gender perspectives • Differences among socio-economic and/or ethnic groups • Specific country’s circumstances in all spheres (such as health, education and the economy)

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