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Data availability in Central Asian and Caucasus. David Boko Expert group Meeting on MDG indicators Astana, 5-8 October 2009. The necessity of global data. Data as compass for driving global agenda. The challenge to make desired data available at global level.
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Data availability in Central Asian and Caucasus David Boko Expert group Meeting on MDG indicators Astana, 5-8 October 2009
The necessity of global data • Data as compass for driving global agenda • The challenge to make desired data available at global level • How data are produced at global level: • Country produced data • Country adjusted data • Estimated data • Data compiled by International organization • Modelled data
Some facts on data availability on Central Asia countries and Azerbaijan • Data available for tends monitoring: at least 2 data points in time • Global data by type (distribution of available data by type of data
Data available for trends monitoring: at least 2 data points in time (1990-2000, 2001-2008)
Global data by data type (distribution of available data by type of data)
Global data by data type (distribution of available data by type of data)
Global data by type (distribution of available data by type of data
Global data by data type (distribution of available data by type of data)
Global data by data type (distribution of available data by type of data)
Global data by data type (distribution of available data by type of data)
Conclusions • MDG data available at global level have limited coverage over time. • Period for which data are available differs from one indicator to another • Data produced and reported by countries represent a limited percentage of all data available in global database • An important proportion of data estimated or compiled by International organizations could be compiled at country level • Adjustment of country data implies that country data may require further improvement (methods, definitions, etc.)