Millennium Development Goals: Measuring and Monitoring Global Progress Paul Cheung Director, United Nations Statistics Division

The Millennium Declaration Adopted in September 2000 by 189 Member States Addressing the issues of peace, security and development Integrating a set of inter-connected development goals into a global agenda

Monitoring development: goals, targets and indicators MDG framework: specific goals and targets on development progress 8 goals few in number stable over time easy to communicate balance between South & North 18 time-bound targets, 48 indicators

The 8 goals Eradicate poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global partnership for development

Time-bound and quantifiable: Targets Indicators Time-bound and quantifiable: “Improve”, “halve”, “reduce” the 1990 levels by 2015 Poverty and hunger Consumption poverty, hunger and malnutrition Health Under-five mortality, measles immunization coverage, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria Education School enrolment, literacy Gender Women in wage employment, women political participation and women education Environment Forest, energy, protected areas, CO2 emissions, use of solid fuels access to water and sanitation Global partnership ODA, market access, trade, youth employment, access to ICT

International Monitoring Efforts The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators Coordinated by DESA/SD Composed of representatives from: specialized agencies, regional commissions, NSOs Responsible for: data compilation and analysis, review of data availability and technical specifications of indicators methodological development and statistical capacity building

Monitoring at the country level MDG country reporting principles national ownership capacity development minimized cost and effort for monitoring progress Widely used to inform national debate and promote the production and use of statistics for policy making and monitoring

76 country reports

Critical challenge: Strengthening statistical capacity The situation Lack of sustainable programmes of household surveys and administrative data systems The initiatives Launching of programmes to improve data production at both national and international levels Strengthening national statistical services Improve use and dissemination of data