World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: Global Event on Measuring the Information Society-- Global ICT Database David Cieslikowski Development Economics Data Group World Bank 28 May 2008

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 2 Good ICT statistics… Ensure sound investment and policy decisions for ICT projects Ensure markets operate efficiently Answer important development-related questions such as the impact of ICT Highlight the need to modify programs or re-direct resources Inform the public Why do we need ICT statistics?

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 3 Developed by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development ICT infrastructure and access Access to, and use of ICT by households and individuals Use of ICT by businesses The ICT sector and trade in ICT goods Core ICT indicators for the Global ICT Database

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 4 Where do ICT statistics come from? Core ICT indicators from national sources are compiled and reported to international agencies…. Eurostat ITU OECD UNCTAD UNESCO (ICTs in education)

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 5 Creating a Global ICT database The international ICT data collecting agencies share data with each other…together…a Global ICT database

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 6 Global ICT database…proposal to be hosted on the UN Data portal Core ICT indicators from ICT data collecting agencies…proposed to be hosted by UN Data portal along with data from other UN databases

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 7 Bringing Information to the World Make UN databases freely available Organize international databases to allow searchability and open access Promote national data dissemination Build a global data dissemination infrastructure Courtesy of Ralf Becker, UNSD

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 8 Bringing Information to the World Quick facts 15 Databases 4 Table sets 55 Million records 15 Statistical domains 192 Country profiles 6 Glossaries Courtesy of Ralf Becker, UNSD

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 9 United Nations Statistics Division Key Global Indicators Commodity Trade Statistics Demographic Statistics Energy Statistics Gender Info 2007 Indicators on women and men Industrial Commodity Statistics Millennium Development Goals Indicators National Accounts Official Country Data National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates United Nations Population Division World Population Projections International organizations FAO (Agriculture) UNESCO (Education) ILO (Employment) ITU ( Information and Communication Technology) UNDP (Human Development) UNFCCC (Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data) UNHCR (Refugees and asylum) UNWTO (Tourism) WHO (Health) UNdata Coverage Courtesy of Ralf Becker, UNSD

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 10 Bringing Information to the World Available at Courtesy of Ralf Becker, UNSD

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 11 Challenges in exchanging data and metadata Exchange of statistical data and metadata is complex, resource intensive, and expensive National and international organizations develop their own, different approaches New opportunities with new technologies

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 12 A Standard for Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) Common solutions to data & metadata exchange International organizations can expand collaboration with each other and with national agencies New IT technology offers advantages A common framework saves time & money, can be implemented incrementally

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 13 Costs & benefits of SDMX Costs… Initial investment in Data Structure Definition, SDMX registry, and staff training Maintenance & updates of content & technical standards/guidelines Benefits… Use of internationally-recognized standard formats…reduce reporting/dissemination burden Improve comparataive data/metadata analysis with standard formats & content- oriented guidelines

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 14 A scenario for moving forward with the Global ICT Database… Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development-- discussions with UNSD on the UN Data portal Transfer of available core ICT indicators to UN Data portal SDMX—development for ICT indicators …grant application for funding the ICT/SDMX framework Development & implementation of ICT data and metadata exchange using SDMX framework

World Bank Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, Geneva. May 28, David Cieslikowski: 15 Thank you!