“Statistics are a boring way to make a point.” - Ewan Sargent, Journalist Gender parity index in primary level enrolment in select countries in Asia, 2005 Georgia and Kazakhstan are the only countries in the sub-region to have an index equal to 1, meaning that the enrolment rate is the same for girls and boys. Armenia has a higher enrolment rate for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI of All other countries, namely Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, have lower enrolment rates for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI’s of 0.99, 0.98, 0.98 and 0.96, respectively.

Gender parity index in primary level enrolment in select countries in Asia, 2005 Georgia and Kazakhstan are the only countries in the sub-region to have an index equal to 1, meaning that the enrolment rate is the same for girls and boys. Armenia has a higher enrolment rate for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI of All other countries, namely Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, have lower enrolment rates for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI’s of 0.99, 0.98, 0.98 and 0.96, respectively. Source: MDG Info 2009.

Gender parity index in primary level enrolment in select countries in Asia, 2005 Georgia and Kazakhstan are the only countries in the sub-region to have an index equal to 1, meaning that the enrolment rate is the same for girls and boys. Armenia has a higher enrolment rate for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI of All other countries, namely Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, have lower enrolment rates for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI’s of 0.99, 0.98, 0.98 and 0.96, respectively. Source: MDG Info 2009.

Gender parity index in primary level enrolment in select countries in Asia, 2005 Georgia and Kazakhstan are the only countries in the sub-region to have an index equal to 1, meaning that the enrolment rate is the same for girls and boys. Armenia has a higher enrolment rate for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI of All other countries, namely Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, have lower enrolment rates for girls than for boys, as evidenced by the GPI’s of 0.99, 0.98, 0.98 and 0.96, respectively. Source: MDG Info 2009.

─ What is DevInfo? ─ Use of DevInfo for analysis and prioritization monitoring reporting ─ DevInfo update ─ DevInfo v6.0 Organization of the presentation

What is DevInfo?

─ It is a user-friendly database system developed by the UN ─ Initially launched in 2004; DIv6 released in 2009 ─ The system is designed to monitor human development ─ DevInfo is endorsed by the UNDG for use by Member States in monitoring the MDGs ─ It can be deployed on desktops and on the web ─ Is distributed royalty-free What is DevInfo? ─ It helps in the collation and presentation of data in the form of tables, graphs and maps

Analysis, appraisal of situation Identification of development challenges, definition of objectives Formulation of strategy and policy Costing, formulation of programs Implementation Monitoring, reporting, evaluation DevInfo and the evidence based planning cycle

Use of DevInfo for analysis and prioritization DevInfo helps present descriptive information

Selected countries in Europe and Asia: Human Development Index and Human Poverty Index, 2006 Clear presentation of regional index data CountryHuman Development IndexHuman Poverty Index High human development Slovenia0.93n.a. Czech Republic Hungary Estonia0.87n.a. Slovakia0.87n.a. Lithuania0.87n.a. Latvia0.87n.a. Croatia Bulgaria0.83n.a. Romania Montenegro Serbia Belarus Kazakhstan Russian Federation Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey Ukraine Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan0.73n.a. Republic of Moldova Medium human development Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Source: Development Indexes.

Serbia: Index of population growth between censuses by district (percent), 2002 Clear presentation of regional data

Tajikistan: Division of resident population (population per 1000 people) and Division of resident population by age group (percent), 2007 Source: Tajikistan GenderInfo. Informative depiction of distribution of population

Use of DevInfo for analysis and prioritization DevInfo helps present data for easy identification of patterns and trends

Mozambique: Proportion of population dissatisfied with health services and reasons for dissatisfaction (percent), 2005 Source: ESDEM Clear presentation of data on possible underlying factors

Armenia: Freedom of the press (rank) and Government effectiveness (rank) Easy identification of correlations and possible underlying factors As country’s rank in freedom of the press index worsens, its rank in government effectiveness index also worsens. Source: ArmeniaInfo.

Countries of Asia: Antenatal care coverage (percent) and Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (percent), Easy identification of correlations and possible underlying factors Countries with lower levels of ANC coverage also have lower proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel Source: SOWCInfo Low Medium High Low Medium High

Ghana: Net enrolment ratio in primary education (percent) and Proportion of households who get access to the nearest primary school within 30 minutes Easy identification of correlations and possible underlying factors Areas where households have less easy access to schools seem to have lower enrolment rates Source: GhanaInfo. Use of DevInfo for analysis and prioritization DevInfo helps present sub-national level data for easy identification of priority geographical areas within a country

Source: DevInfo Serbia. Easy identification of priority geographical areas

Armenia: Poverty level (percent), 2005 Easy identification of priority geographical areas Source: Armenia PRSP MDG. Areas with poverty rate above 30%

Argentina: Households with unsatisfied basic needs (percent), 2001 Easy identification of priority geographical areas Source: InfoUNICEF Argentina. Below Above 30

Argentina: Annual dropout rate (percent) and Grade repetition rate (percent) Low Annual dropout rate and low Grade repetition rate Source: InfoUNICEF Argentina Annual dropout rate Grade repetition rate Easy identification of priority geographical areas

Ghana: Net enrolment ratio in primary education (percent) and Proportion of households who get access to the nearest primary school within 30 minutes Easy identification of correlations and possible underlying factors Areas where households have less easy access to schools seem to have lower enrolment rates Source: GhanaInfo. Use of DevInfo for analysis and prioritization DevInfo helps present disaggregated data for easy detection of disparities and discriminatory patterns, and identification of priority groups

CountryGPI Armenia1.20 Azerbaijan0.88 Bulgaria1.22 Georgia1.12 Kazakhstan1.44 Kyrgyzstan1.30 Republic of Moldova1.39 Romania1.33 Russian Federation1.35 Tajikistan0.38 Turkey0.76 Ukraine1.24 Uzbekistan0.71 Countries of Europe and Asia: Gender parity index in tertiary level enrolment, 2007 Source: MDG Info Easy identification of disparities between sexes Women surpass men in enrolment in many countries

Selected countries of Asia and Europe: Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation (percent), 2002 Source: CEE CIS Regional MDG Info. Rural areas lag behind in all countries Easy identification of disparities between urban and rural areas

Easy identification of disparities between sexes Tajikistan: Coverage ratio of basic education, grades 1-9 (percent), Source: TojikInfo Girls are more disadvantaged in all regions Below 94 Between 94 and 98 Above 98

Ghana: Net enrolment ratio in primary education (percent) and Proportion of households who get access to the nearest primary school within 30 minutes Easy identification of correlations and possible underlying factors Areas where households have less easy access to schools seem to have lower enrolment rates Source: GhanaInfo. Use of DevInfo for monitoring DevInfo helps show changes over time and progress towards set targets

Source: Costa Rica Info. MD Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development Target 7: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefit of new technologies, especially information and communications Costa Rica: Fixed telephone lines (per 1000 inhabitants)

Tajikistan: Officially registered unemployment level (percent), Source: Tajik GenderInfo.

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan: Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (metric tons), Source: CEE CIS Regional MDG Info.

Ghana: Net enrolment ratio in primary education (percent) and Proportion of households who get access to the nearest primary school within 30 minutes Easy identification of correlations and possible underlying factors Areas where households have less easy access to schools seem to have lower enrolment rates Source: GhanaInfo. Use of DevInfo for reporting DevInfo facilitates the creation of standard reports

DevInfo common database can be used to produce standard periodic reports, e.g. MDG reports

The DevInfo common database can be used to produce standard periodic reports, e.g.UNDAF reports

DevInfo implementation

The number of countries adapting DevInfo to national specifications has increased steadily since 2004 DevInfo implementation

MDG Info ( UNSD GenderInfo ( UNSD, UNFPA, UNICEF UrbanInfo ( UN Habitat SOWC ( UNICEF DevInfo global adaptations

DevInfo v6.0

Field Reference Group meeting in December 2007 list of proposed enhancements and new requirements DevInfo v6.0 developed in 2008 and early 2009 DevInfo v6.0 released in 2009 The development of DevInfo v6.0

– Reduced learning curve for first-time users (data wizard) – Increased user friendliness – New options for data dissemination: flip books and videos – New options for data presentation: diVisualizer (bubble scatter plot) – Software development kit – DX UNDAF DevInfo v6.0 select new features

Joint UN program between UNSD, UNICEF and UNFPA Officially launched at 40th session of the UN Statistical Commission in February 2009 Specific functionalities to meet census dissemination requirements: –enhanced performance –template reports for dissemination at any geographical level –mapping facilities, etc. Data imported into CensusInfo from spreadsheets and packages such as CSPro and Redatam

Access to online databases around the world Open forum to share ideas, queries, etc. Wiki encyclopedia Visit and display exhibits Create and play games Online galleries for browsing data Explore adaptations and users The new

Presentation by: Astrid Marschatz, DevInfo Project Manager, UNDOCO DevInfo v6.0 training workshop Geneva, 7-11 December 2009 Thank you!!!