Better Evidence for Better Development Results

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Better Evidence for Better Development Results

• Strengthening relevant approaches for measuring
  development and progress

Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and
Evaluation, UNICEF on behalf of UNICEF, UNECE,
UNDP, UNFPA and OECD
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UN and OECD response

• Improve quality and availability of MDG data
  produced by countries
• Improve availability of disaggregated data
• Technical assistance to support countries with
  the next census
• Improve dissemination and use of statistical data
  for policy making purposes
• Global Project on Measuring the Progress of
  Societies

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Improve quality and availability of MDG data
produced by countries
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17 countries using DevInfo to monitor national
development strategies
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Improve quality and availability of MDG data
produced by countries

• 2010 Regional MDG database creation of network
  of national MDG focal points, desk review of data
  availability and quality
• Workshop to identify data disaggregations to
  include in MDG database

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13 countries carried out MICS3
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Improve availability of disaggregated data MICS
and TransMonee
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Improve availability of disaggregated data

• Preparation for MICS4 to be rolled out in 2009,
  including new modules on Youth and Adolescent
  Child Development and Life Satisfaction

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Technical assistance to support countries with
the next census

• Improve Census quality in the collection, use and
  dissemination of data on ethno-cultural
  characteristics
• Work-session on population censuses
• Introduction of Census Info as a platform for
  Census data dissemination

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Improve dissemination and use of statistical data
for policy making purposes
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Improve dissemination and use of statistical data
for policy making purposes

• Annual Meeting with NSO Directors
• Regional HD Network to create demand for data and
  to roll out new Statistical Literacy training

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Global Project on Measuring the Progress of
Societies

• Is the first systematic global effort to go
  beyond GDP by enabling and promoting new ways
  to measure societal progress
• Foster the development of sets of key economic,
  social and environmental indicators on well-being
  of society
• Brings together the large and growing movement
  that seeks to understand and measure progress

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Global Project on Measuring the Progress of
Societies

• Three main streams of work
• - What to measure?
• - How to measure?
• - Ensure that measures are used
• OECD in partnership WB, UNDP, UNICEF, IADB,
  AfDB, EC, INTOSAI, ESCWA, ESCAP, COE
• Associates national and international
  organisations, NGOs, universities, etc.
• Third World Forum Busan, Korea 27-30 October
  2009.

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UN and OECD response

• Are these initiatives relevant to your work?
• Do you have suggestion on how the enhance further
  the UN and OECD response?