The role of statistics in evidence-based policy making Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF CEE/CIS; Former Vice-President of IOCE Nicolas Pron, Chief, Data Dissemination, UNICEF NYHQ; DevInfo Global Administrator

Based on UNICEF publication in partnership with World Bank, IDEAS, DevInfo and MICS Authors: 20 senior officers from national Governments, local municipalities, UNICEF, WB, IDEAS, DevInfo

What is Evidence-based Policy making? An approach that helps people make well informed decisions about policies, programmes and projects by putting the best available evidence at the heart of policy development and implementation.

Putting the best available evidence at the heart of policy making? Single Survey Expert Practice of Political Life JudgementExperience Resources Lobby system ►Think- tank ►Opinion leaders ►Media ►Civil Society Technical Capacity Policy Environment Evidence-influenced Opinion-based Evidence-based Evidence-influenced

Evidence into practice: Increasing the uptake of evidence in policy making Data Providers (Statisticians) Data Users (Policy Makers, Civil society) Need to improve dialogue Improving “usability” (Relevance, time and simplicity) Reliable Data Incentives to use evidence ????? What ? Why? When? How? Effective access

The “quality” challenge: How to match technical rigour and policy relevance? Technical rigour but no policy relevance Policy relevance but no technical rigour Evidence that is technically rigorous and policy relevant.

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What is the trend in under-five mortality?

Where should education policy be targeted?

Source: TransMONEE 2004 (Except Turkey of which data source is UNESCO) Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. DevInfo At Work Database System for Monitoring Human Development Net enrolment ratio in basic education in CEE/CIS

Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. DevInfo At Work Database System for Monitoring Human Development Net enrolment ratio in basic education in CEE/CIS Source: TransMONEE 2004 (Except Turkey of which data source is UNESCO)

Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Net enrolment ratio in basic education in CEE/CIS DevInfo At Work Database System for Monitoring Human Development Source: TransMONEE 2004 (Except Turkey of which data source is UNESCO)

Where should early child care programmes be targeted?

 Births attended by trained personnel TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data

 Births attended by trained personnel  Low birth weight Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index

 Births attended by trained personnel  Low birth weight  Underweight Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index

 Births attended by trained personnel  Low birth weight  Underweight  Diarrhoea cases Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index

 Births attended by trained personnel  Low birth weight  Underweight  Diarrhoea cases  DPT immunization Per cent Very low Low Medium High No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index

Index Very low Low Medium High No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index

How can census data be used for rapid response in emergency situations?

ZAMBI A Buffer zone radius = 200 km 2,519,000 people

Where is development aid spent?

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