2. Millennium Development Goals: Measuring and Monitoring Global Progress
Paul Cheung
Director, United Nations Statistics Division

3. The Millennium Declaration
Adopted in September 2000 by 189 Member States
Addressing the issues of peace, security and development
Integrating a set of inter-connected development goals into a global agenda

4. Monitoring development: goals, targets and indicators
MDG framework: specific goals and targets on development progress
8 goals
few in number
stable over time
easy to communicate
balance between South & North
18 time-bound targets,
48 indicators

5. The 8 goals Eradicate poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development

6. Time-bound and quantifiable:
Targets
Indicators
Time-bound and quantifiable:
“Improve”, “halve”, “reduce” the 1990 levels by 2015
Poverty and hunger
Consumption poverty, hunger and malnutrition
Health
Under-five mortality, measles immunization coverage, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria
Education
School enrolment, literacy
Gender
Women in wage employment, women political participation and women education
Environment
Forest, energy, protected areas, CO2 emissions, use of solid fuels
access to water and sanitation
Global partnership
ODA, market access, trade, youth employment, access to ICT

7. International Monitoring Efforts
The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators
Coordinated by DESA/SD
Composed of representatives from:
specialized agencies,
regional commissions,
NSOs
Responsible for:
data compilation and analysis,
review of data availability and technical specifications of indicators
methodological development and statistical capacity building

8. Monitoring at the country level
MDG country reporting principles
national ownership
capacity development
minimized cost and effort for monitoring progress
Widely used to inform national debate and promote the production and use of statistics for policy making and monitoring

9. 76 country reports

10. Critical challenge: Strengthening statistical capacity
The situation
Lack of sustainable programmes of household surveys and administrative data systems
The initiatives
Launching of programmes to improve data production at both national and international levels
Strengthening national statistical services
Improve use and dissemination of data