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Mechanisms Towards a Well-CoordinatedStatistical System in Support of MDG Indicators:

The Philippine Setting

Lina V. CastroDirector, Social Statistics Office

National Statistical Coordination Board

Presented during the

2007 International Conference on the MDG Statistics1- 3 October 2007Manila, Philippines

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I. IntroductionII. The Philippine Statistical

SystemIII. Mechanisms

• Statistical Coordination• Programs• Statistical Framework• Dissemination

IV. Future Directions

Outline of Presentation

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UN Millennium Summit – Sept 2000

Philippine MDG Progress Report

2003 and 2005

Introduction

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• decentralized statistical system

• government-wide system of providing statistical information and services to the public

• composed of a policy-making body, data producers, users, research and training institutions, and data providers

The Philippine Statistical System

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produces general-purpose statistics

Produces establishment- based labor and employment statistics

produces agricultural statistics

produces money and banking statistics

conducts short-term courses in statistics and researches to enhance methodologies, concepts, etc.

Policy-making and

coordinating body

Major Statistical Agencies

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Framework of Statistical Coordination

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Statistical Coordination

• NEDA Social Development Committee

• Multi-sectoral Committee on International Human Development Commitments (MC-IHDC)

• SDC Resolution No. 1 Series of 2003Expanding the Functions and Composition of the MC-IHDC which identified the NSCB and NSO as key agencies in relation to MDG indicators/ statistics

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Statistical Coordination

• NSCB Resolution No. 10, Series of 2004Adoption of and enjoining data support to the Millennium Development Goals indicators”

Designates the NSCB as the official repository of data on the Philippine MDG indicators

• Inter-agency Committees• discuss and resolve MDG-related

issues• evaluate studies on MDG indicators• Recommend measures for the

improvement of MDG data

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Statistical Coordination

• Regional Statistical Coordination Committees

• Discuss and resolve statistical issues and concerns at the subnational level

• Localization of MDGs

• NSCB MDG Team

• Tasked to compile, update, assess and analyze MDG indicators

• Address issues/concerns relative to the availability of MDG data

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Programs

• Philippine Statistical Development Program

• Includes sectoral medium-term statistical development programs related to MDG indicators

• Identifies surveys and admin-based data systems that will produce MDG data

• Identifies data problems and corresponding solutions

Latest: 2005-2010

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Programs

• System of Designated Statistics

• Established through Executive Order No. 352

• Major reference/basis for the official sources, methodology, periodicity of MDG data series

• Assures non-duplication and consistency

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Dissemination

• NSCB Website

• MDG data availability assessment• MDG data• MDG metadata• FAQs• MDG-related articles• Links to major MDG websites

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Dissemination

• MDG Watch

• Summary of Philippines’ progress based on the MDG indicators

• Shows actual rate and required rates of progress

• Shows probability of attaining the targets

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Dissemination

• Fora

• MDG Indicators Consultative MeetingJune 2004provided the basis for the formulation of an MDGs country action plan and MDGs Statistical Development Program, 2005-2010

• MDG Indicators: Establishing the MDG Data System and NetworkOctober 2004presented the infrastructure and mechanisms for the compilation and reporting of MDG statistics

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Dissemination

• Fora

Users-Producers’ Forum on Philippine MDGs

January 2006

Advocacy on the use/significance of MDG indicators in monitoring the country's progress in attaining the goals and targets of the MDGs.

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18Future Directions

• Improve the monitoring of the MDGsgeneration of sex, age-disaggregated statistics

• Formulate and improve the estimation methodology

• Study the possibility of formulating an index that would track the whole MDGs/goals and not only by indicators

• Improve the coverage, timeliness and dissemination of MDG data

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• Study on the possibility of setting measurable targets on indicators with no identified targets

• Identify and compile appropriate alternative/proxy indicators in lieu of unavailable data series

• Strengthen agencies/data sources’ commitments on MDG indicators: timeliness, coverage, sustainability