Regional MDG Info Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

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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
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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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Regional MDG Info additional indicators
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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.
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Regional MDG Info one indicator various sources
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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