1. The Role of Data & Statistics in SDG Financing
High level political dialogue on development planning in Africa Cairo , July 2018
Tinfissi Joseph ILBOUDO
Chief Statistical Development Section
African Centre for Statistics, Economic Commission for Africa

2. Contents Introduction Status of SDGs Data in Africa
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA
Role of Data and Statistics in SDGs Financing
Key messages to African Planners

3. 1. Introduction
Investing in data for the full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Need for quality data to inform the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

4. 1. Introduction
Producing data for the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires:
Robust statistical legislations
Effective coordination of all actors in the NSS
Adequate resource
Mainstreaming NSDS with SDGs orientation in the NDP
Political will

5. 2. Status of SDGs Data in Africa
Data gaps impacts optimal allocation of resources for SDGs implementation
53% of indicators with data available for at least one African country
47% of indicators with no data available for any country in Africa

6. 2. Status of SDGs Data in Africa
Numbers of indicators with data available for at least one African country by Tier:
Tier 1: 86 available and 11 not available
Tier 2: 35 available and 36 not available
Tier 3: 3 available and 67 not available

7. 2. Status of SDGs Data in Africa
Numbers of indicators with data available for at least one African country by Goals
Goals
Available
Total % 1 6 14
43% 2 9 13
69% 3 21 27
78% 4 11
82% 5 8
57%
55% 7
67% 12 17
71%
75% 10
36% 15
33%
23%
25%
10%
64% 16 23
48% 25
44%

8. 3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) provides a new global framework for financing sustainable development that aligns all financing flows and policies with economic, social and environmental priorities and ensures that financing is stable and sustainable.

9. 3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA
Resource Requirement: 
The financing needs to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are extremely large, on the order of trillions of dollars annually
Africa requires between $200bn and 1.2trillion per annum for the SDGs to be achieved, i.e. which is about 10% to more than 50% of total GDP

10. 3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA
Potential sources of SDG Financing

11. 3. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the era of the AAAA
Example of instrument
Development Finance Assessment (DFA) and Integrated National Financial Framework – developed by Asia Pacific Development Effectiveness Facility (AP-DEF) and UNDP (document is available)

12. 4. Role of Data and Statistics in SDGs Financing
Data and Statistics which are timely, accurate, high quality and well packaging of results could influence adequate financing to support implementation and monitoring of SDG to ensure tangible policy formulation.

13. 5. Key messages to African Planners
Planners should:
Advocate for national statistical development as the base for M&E of NDP
Mainstreaming NSDS into NDP
Support resource mobilization for statistical production and use
Continuously collaborate with National Statistical Systems to improve data production and use for planning

14. Tinfissi Joseph ILBOUDO
Thank you
Tinfissi Joseph ILBOUDO
Chief Statistical Development Section
African Centre for Statistics, Economic Commission for Africa