Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Database Content Review Manar Soliman, UNICEF Rajesh Sharma, DevInfo Support Group Workshop on Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data Amman 13 – 15 March 2007

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Data quality procedures During data collection: Conduct a data inventory of all available data sources for the list of indicators to be included in the DB and ensure reliable, recongnised sources and archive source documents for ready reference Collect recent data to report on MDG indicators Collect data for multiple years to produce time series Collect data for all possible geographical areas and subgroups During data entry: Enter metadata for each users defined indicators & sources Sources names to follow the DI 5.0 format Verify data values, time periods & sources against original sources Do not include formulas in data values in spreadsheets Verify area ids with their relevant area names and avoid duplication/mismatch Check consistency of data values within time series, geographical areas and subgroups) Check consistency of source names with DI standards/within the same source to avoid duplication and spell checking

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan No metadata for MDG indicators*

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan No metadata for users defined indicators & sources

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Inconsistency within time series

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Inconsistency within subgroups

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Time periods in different format Preferably to enter the school year for education indicators

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan National DBs contain international data

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Inconsistency in defining sources

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan No time series*

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Projected data values for 2015

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan No recent data for MDG indicators

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan Data gaps in geographical coverage

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data March 2007, Amman, Jordan