The Role of Data & Statistics in SDG Financing High level political dialogue on development planning in Africa Cairo , 10-12 July 2018 Tinfissi Joseph ILBOUDO Chief Statistical Development Section African Centre for Statistics, Economic Commission for Africa

Contents Introduction Status of SDGs Data in Africa Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA Role of Data and Statistics in SDGs Financing Key messages to African Planners

1. Introduction Investing in data for the full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Need for quality data to inform the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

1. Introduction Producing data for the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires: Robust statistical legislations Effective coordination of all actors in the NSS Adequate resource Mainstreaming NSDS with SDGs orientation in the NDP Political will

2. Status of SDGs Data in Africa Data gaps impacts optimal allocation of resources for SDGs implementation 53% of indicators with data available for at least one African country 47% of indicators with no data available for any country in Africa

2. Status of SDGs Data in Africa Numbers of indicators with data available for at least one African country by Tier: Tier 1: 86 available and 11 not available Tier 2: 35 available and 36 not available Tier 3: 3 available and 67 not available

2. Status of SDGs Data in Africa Numbers of indicators with data available for at least one African country by Goals Goals Available Total % 1 6 14 43% 2 9 13 69% 3 21 27 78% 4 11 82% 5 8 57% 55% 7 67% 12 17 71% 75% 10 36% 15 33% 23% 25% 10% 64% 16 23 48% 25 44%

3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA The Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) provides a new global framework for financing sustainable development that aligns all financing flows and policies with economic, social and environmental priorities and ensures that financing is stable and sustainable.

3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA Resource Requirement:  The financing needs to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are extremely large, on the order of trillions of dollars annually Africa requires between $200bn and 1.2trillion per annum for the SDGs to be achieved, i.e. which is about 10% to more than 50% of total GDP

3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA Potential sources of SDG Financing

3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA Example of instrument Development Finance Assessment (DFA) and Integrated National Financial Framework – developed by Asia Pacific Development Effectiveness Facility (AP-DEF) and UNDP (document is available)

4. Role of Data and Statistics in SDGs Financing Data and Statistics which are timely, accurate, high quality and well packaging of results could influence adequate financing to support implementation and monitoring of SDG to ensure tangible policy formulation.

5. Key messages to African Planners Planners should: Advocate for national statistical development as the base for M&E of NDP Mainstreaming NSDS into NDP Support resource mobilization for statistical production and use Continuously collaborate with National Statistical Systems to improve data production and use for planning

Tinfissi Joseph ILBOUDO Thank you Tinfissi Joseph ILBOUDO Chief Statistical Development Section African Centre for Statistics, Economic Commission for Africa