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MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. PANEL DISCUSSION International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Beijing, Peoples Republic of China Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org , Website: www.ubos.org. DEFINING DEVELOPMENT.

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MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

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  1. MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTISSUES AND CHALLENGES PANEL DISCUSSION International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Beijing, Peoples Republic of China Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  2. DEFINING DEVELOPMENT • Economic Development – has been broadly defined as growth in total GDP and Per Capita GDP (volume and value of goods and services) • Social Development – defined as improvements in well-being of people and societies – people centred. • Development • Encompasses economic and social development. • In addition it covers political development, governance, organizational development etc. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  3. MEASURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • Because of complex nature of social development, its measurement is equally complex – composite indices used. • Indices of “well-Being” and “Happiness” have been tried but the latter not very widely used. • Focus on some factors that directly impact welfare of individuals and societies have been used as proxy for social development. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  4. INDICATORS COMMONLY USED IN MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • GDP and GDP Per Capita growth rate • Unemployment rates (and underemployment rates) • Poverty Rates Persons living on less than 1$ per day; or less than 2$ per day • Inequality rates • Human Development Index Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  5. UGANDA – POVERTY AND INEQUALITY TRENDS Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  6. INDONESIA – POVERTY AND INEQUALITY TRENDS Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  7. ISSUES TO NOTE • The story of declining poverty rates and rising inequality. • The regional differences (geography) in poverty rates and inequality • Urban Vs Rural • Within Urban • Among rural Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

  8. CHALLENGES OF MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • Agreeing on definition of social development - which elements are in and which are not. • Measuring Social Development • Poverty indicators • HDI – weights to attach to Income, Health, Education, etc. • Recognizing complementarity of different players in measuring social development • National Governments and Official Statistics • Private researchers and research data • International organizations • Building Trust in Social development Indicators • Focus on social development issues and not the data. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org

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