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Regional MDG Info Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

Regional MDG Info Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Jaroslav Kling, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre

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Regional MDG Info Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

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  1. Regional MDG InfoEastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Jaroslav Kling, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre Joint UNECE-UNICEF-UNDP Meeting of the South East European and CIS countries to discuss the challenges that the monitoring of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is bringing to statisticians Paris, 13 June 2006

  2. Why a regional database? • Different country contexts produce contradiction between national adequacy and international comparability • Growing inequality between different groups or regions within a country • Various policy frameworks (EU accession, European Neighbourhood Policy, PRSP)

  3. Why a regional database? • MDGs to be relevant to national circumstances require additional/adapted indicators or disaggregations • Look beyond national averages • Disaggregated data needed (sub-national, age, ethnicity, sex, location)

  4. Content of the database – pilot • Regional MDG Info - A regional repository of MDG indicators • 35 relevant global MDG indicators • A licence-free DevInfo platform for wide dissemination • In addition 22 indicators that reflect the regional specifics (i.e. Abortion rate, Primary completion rate, Gender pay gap, Life expectancy, Unemployment rate) • Disaggregated indicators (by sex, urban/rural)

  5. Database production • Cooperation among various international agencies (i.e. UN agencies and WHO, FAO, ILO) • Use of data from various sources (44 including National MDG reports) • Use of two sources for one indicator • Metadata to each indicator

  6. Regional MDG Info additional indicators

  7. Regional MDG Infoadditional indicators Gender pay gap Percent Definition: Gender pay gap is the difference between average monthly earnings of male employees and of female employees as a percentage of average monthly earnings of male employees. Average gross monthly earnings refer to remuneration, usually in cash, paid to full time employees; it should be equivalent to the gross remuneration. Source: UNECE Gender Statistics Database, compiled from national and international (EUROSTAT) official sources.

  8. Regional MDG Info one indicator various sources

  9. Regional MDG Info metadata to each indicator INFANT MORTALITY RATE DEFINITION The infant mortality rate is typically defined as the number of infants dying before reaching the age of one year per 1,000 live births in a given year. GOAL/TARGET ADDRESSED RATIONALE METHOD OF COMPUTATION DATA COLLECTION AND SOURCE PERIODICITY OF MEASUREMENT GENDER ISSUES DISAGGREGATION ISSUES COMMENTS AND LIMITATIONS REFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL DATA COMPARISONS AGENCIES

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